Saturday, December 28, 2013

Catch Up!

Well friends, it has been a while...since Thanksgiving actually. Let's just put it out there, Im a crappy blogger! So sorry about this! I guess often times I just cannot decide what I want to say or that what I have to say should be said...I don't want to be a bragger, but I also don't want to be one of those people throwing an online pity party! This week I will have a few different post though! My first post will be a simple recap of what I have been up to. The next post will be more interesting and about one of my favorite people, my grandmother. The third post will be about my Christmas list and New Years goals!

So lets get started. I honestly haven't had to much happen since I last posted. My roommate from St. Andrews, Becca, and I decorated our dorm for Christmas and started advent calendars to count down to our homecomings!

We also went to the Christmas Market in Edinburgh to pass a little time in Scotland and to take a nice study break.
I was lucky enough to then be headed home on December 4! I cannot even describe how much of a blessing this was, God knew I needed it! He did give me a run for my money in the sanity department on my journey home though. After 25 hours of travel I had just landed in Cincinnati and proceeded to sit in the plane on the runway for a solid half of an hour. Lets just say the poor woman next to me realized I was antsy and couldn't hold my stuff together for much longer! Once we arrived I lugged my 50 pounds of carry-ons to baggage claim...where the fire alarm was going off and everyone was being evacuated. My mom and I tried to move slowly out the door to see if my bag would come through, and it did! About 30 seconds after exiting. Not long after the start of watching my bag circle on the luggage carousel for an hour I had a minor panic attack, banging my head against the glass window which Im sure was a sight in and of itself. That is not the end though, oh no! A nice man waiting like everyone else began to ask me about Scotland as he and his wife are soon traveling there and the poor fella just didn't know what was coming. I was so tired and anxious to get home (and lets be honest, eat some american food) that I began balling and could not answer his questions. Oops; sorry sir!
After that minor debacle that my friends have all commented they would have paid to see, I woke up bright and early to make my way to Lexington for a little surprise! Around 7:45 am I snuck into The Cottage (my roommates house) to surprise them as they had no idea I was home. It made for a lovely day of breakfast, catching up, and simply spending the day with some of my favorite people.
I then headed back to NKY and also surprised my grandma, as she had no idea I was back yet either! Friends, I would just like to mention this was so lovely because of all the things and people to miss, my grandma was hands down in the top three on my list!
After a full day of running around KY my mom and I got a good nights rest then headed off the South Carolina to spend the weekend in Charleston with my dad and family friends. Instead of coming home after, we spent the week at the friends house in SC. The next weekend mom and I headed up the East Coast to spend the weekend in Northern VA to do our annual Christmas trip, one of my favorite traditions!
Soon it was time to head home though to prep for Christmas! Christmas was simple, yet perfect. I decorated the house while mom worked; she then redecorated. We shopped, cooked, baked, babysat good friends and so on. On Christmas Eve we stuck to our annual tradition of taking Grandma to mass, then going to Bonefish with just her and my parents. The next morning we woke up early, the three of us (mom, dad, and I) opened gifts and then headed to my mom's side of the family for breakfast. We then spent the middle of the day beginning a new Christmas tradition, followed by dinner at our house with my dad's family. The night ended with our annual gift exchange that took a new turn this year: every gift was either whiskey or money....I guess you could say Im okay with that!
You all are now pretty close to up to date on my life and the only things coming up are my 21st Birthday and finally seeing my brother and his wife come mid-January!!

So until later this week...


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