16 Days til My First Christmas as a Lewis!

Today also marks the last day of classes for the semester! Sadly though, I will not be free from the homework chains until finals have been completed this coming week and when I have turned in my internship paper. . .

Ooooh, my brain just shut down for a moment there, so sorry! This seems to be happening more and more lately from complete overload on my brain functioning system. Due to the potential dangers at stake, I think I should be excused from finals, Professor Stensgaard . . .

Anyways, mine and Michael's first ever Christmas tree is up and blinking! Isn't having a real-life needle-shedding deliciously smelling tree taking up space in your miniscule living room the coolest thing ever??? I love how being captivated by the blink patterns of the white lights can spontaneously take priority over staring at an only half-done term paper on your computer screen. (Maybe if random words on the page would blink on and off my homework would be more interesting . . ?) I didn't know fir trees actually existed in Nampa! (Okay, so I did, but it is still weird to see one in such close proximity!) Oh, and I must mention the red light string we have adorning the entertainment center. It is plugged into a sound sensor that Michael has. So while you are watching a movie, every sound makes the lights blink for effect. Or if you speak loudly while in the room the lights come on. I must say that's new twist on Christmas decorations for me! (PS: the pic doesn't really do the tree justice in my opinion! You can't even see the pretty lights that really make the tree! But yes, our tree is standing kinda crooked. We tried fixing that but decided to give up. :)

Nampa has officially reached winter, in my opinion. Forget that the calendar says winter does not come until the 21st. When it is only 13 degrees when you are leaving for work, then it just HAS to be winter! It has only snowed once, but when it did it was at least 4 inches. Now the snow is gone, but the bitter cold remains.


Tomorrow I will be hosting a brunch. I'd invite you all, but we'd have to sacrifice breathing room in this tiny apartment (not to mention the fact that most of you are 8 hours away and I doubt you'd come all that way for breakfast, I know I wouldn't!). I'm a little nervous to do this cuz I'm such a perfectionist and know I could easily let it stress me out. But Michael has been helping me get ready and I know he's really been wanting to have people over more often. Now that classes are done, maybe I can actually have time to cook!