It's officially Christmas time!

What a week.
Monday I had classes and then Liz and I got our lease signed - we both like having the certainty that brings. After that I had to start packing, so of course I get an email about the New Fantasyland at Disney World. And when I went to the site, there was a story that goes along with it all! I was thoroughly distracted. I'm such a six year old girl :]
And after that I realized that I didn't have work for over a week, so I could paint my nails! It's the little things in life :] (We can't have painted nails at work because if the polish were to chip into food that would be all kinds of terrible.)
I had orchestra that evening, and the basses actually got out early! What's been happening recently is the violins leave first because they don't play on some songs, then violas and finally the celloes and basses go. So I got to watch more of the Monday Night Countdown before Da Bears played.
And by halftime, I was playing Kingdom Hearts instead - that was an ugly game.
Tuesday I finished packing and made pancakes for brunch with Geoff, then I was off!
The drive wasn't too bad, there was one point where the traffic was getting slow, but I was hungry so I got some fries from Arby's and when I got back on the road it was smooth going.
And once I got home, I got to chill with my family! We watched some tv, including a geeky Castle episode - which was amazing :D It was so funny.
Wednesday I helped clean up around the house, and then half of the Bogdas arrived! My mom and I went to pick up our Turkey Trot race packets and get some running gear from Dick Pond's with Aunt Kelly and McKayla joining us and then bring dinner home, and at last Melissa and Uncle Mark got there (Kristin couldn't join us :[ )
Thursday it was Thanksgiving! I went for a short run with my mom and we started making food. We ate dinner around 3, and that's always a good time when my family gets together :]
After dinner it was time to figure out what we're doing with Black Friday. A few stores had good deals that we wanted to take advantage of and opened that evening, so we went out with the crazies. That was an experience. We went to Target, HHGregg and Kohl's, going to sleep quickly when we got back :]
Friday we left the house around 10 - that was nice. We normally leave around 7am.
We went to Game Stop and then the mall. Where we got our peppermint bark cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory! After eating that it was officially Christmas Time :D
However, it was a bit insane there, and by a bit I mean a LOT. We finished what we wanted to look at and got the heck out of there.
We were home by 4, that was nice too :] Then it was nap time for everyone!
After all the girls took a nap, we had some family time watching Brave. We're such a Disney family :]
Saturday morning my mom and I were out in the cold running the Turkey Trot. It was so cold! And it took them 20 ish minutes after when they said it would start to actually start the race, so we were all standing there freezing.
But after that, it was time for football! And Purdue won! IU sucks! :] And Virginia Tech won! It was a good afternoon for football.
Uncle Mark and McKayla had to leave that afternoon, so the rest of the girls did some more shopping that evening before watching more football. Unfortunately, the evening brought another Notre Dame win, so the day wasn't quite perfect for football.
Today my mom, dad and brother went to the Bears game so it was just me, Melissa and Aunt Kelly at the house in the morning. We all had to get on the 290, so we went to lunch together and started our respective drives back. Mine was annoying as all get out - there were two spots where it was gridlocked traffic. During the first one, I was listening to the Bears game on the Milwaukee radio station (in Merrillville, IN - odd...) and when I got to the front of the jam there was one car pulled over to change a tire - not even a police car or anything.
During the second jam, I was listening to Christmas music and there was nothing at the front - suddenly everyone around me was moving again. That was even more annoying.
But I made it back. I unpacked and put up my few Christmas decorations for my room, then decided to write a petition to be treasurer for chapter. I added a few things at the chapter meeting, and just sent it out. Here goes.
And now I'm watching the Giants beat up the Packers and wondering what the heck is on Aaron Rogers's face... It's an interesting look...
This week I've got a few exams, so it's back to that. I want it to be Christmas break already...
Later!
-Carly