What am I supposed to be doing now?
I'm a bit at loose ends. I should be bustling around my apartment, basking in the joy of a semester completed, treasuring my newfound chestnuts of knowledge and making my apartment pretty for Christmas.
Instead....
I am making lists of all the things I must accomplish (including celebrating Christmas in an honest to God church somewhere) in the next two weeks.
So. School Related
- finish every teeny little bit of registration. Dot all my "i"s and cross my "t"s because that is how they get you so you wind up panicking about the right class
- Bring all documentation possible to the Student Loan office and do the same process all over again. This will be important for things later on like... living.
- check out Go Train/Bus schedule for an upcoming class and figure out budget
Christmas
-buy gifts. For everyone apparently, but for everyone out west first, since my brother is being kind enough to provide a courier service
-decorate the damn apartment with Christmas ornaments - if I'm going decorate the fig
tree, decorate, if I can find a little shrub cool - but do it
-wrap gifts
-visit aforementioned brother and give him the gift bag -
-make cookies - good for gifts to friends, boyfriend's parents & possible bribes for boyfriend
-celebrate the freaking joy of the season
New Year's
- I will/may be having people over to my place for New Year's
- therefore I must put together menu (get boyfriend's imput on this) for a casual elegant New Year's Menu
- figure out group stuff to do that does not involve hanging around overcrowded, loud, expensive bars - Nathan Phillips Square w/fire works is good & I think there will be ice skating
HOusekeeping
- pay bills 'cause they don't go away
- remove mouse poison, keep traps for now
- keep house clean, as it will mean less stress with visitors
And I haven't even begun to work on my New Year's Resolutions... but I suspect balance and organizational items will be key...
What I have accomplished
- a semester of grad studies
- made new friends at school
- stayed in touch with old ones.
This was especially true last weekend, when I went to two seasonal parties. Both had very different groups of people, and both were great. Highlights include:learning to spin a dreidle upside down at the Chanukah party & having latkes for the very first time, trying to find where Baby Jesus had gone hiding after he apparently up and left his creche and shopping for Christmas presents with the boyfriend, whilst giving him BIG hints as to what would be appropriate for moi.
Kisses!
posted by Artifact Junkie @ 7:42 PM
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