Merry December, every one!
Today I am feeling some kind of jubilant and sad. I am thrilled because finals are over (and I rocked them), I have vacation from work until the new semester begins (end of January), and I have not one ounce of stress. I'm a little sad because when I'm not busy, I realize how lonely it can be. Nick has been working non stop, which is wonderful for us financially, but it's leaving me home alone a lot. So far I have contented myself with finding How I Met Your Mother on Netflix Instant Watch (why didn't anyone ever tell me how dang funny that show is?! I have watched like 35 episodes!), and trying my hand at gluten-free baking.
The baking is going pretty well. I made some gluten free chocolate chip cookies, and Nick inhaled them. It's been so long since he could have sweets that I think even if they had turned out awful, he would have inhaled them just the same. It's kind of pain, though, because I literally spent 30 minutes reading labels before I could begin mixing ingredients. Thankfully, my Costco "pure vanilla" is gluten free, as is my baking powder. I did have get to out the bags of brown rice flour and xanthum gum that my mother-in-law gave us, which is pretty much what allowed the baking to happen at all. Last time we saw her, she gave us a bag of special gluten-free oats, so I think I'm going to try oatmeal cookies next. (Cue Nick's gleeful squeal here)
But back to the lonely thing. When I am busy, I miss my friends, and usually end up staying out too late or skipping some study time just so I can see them. But the as soon as the semester ends and I have tons of free time, I can't even beg people to hang out with me. Maybe I smell badly. I pretty much sent out an SOS of sorts this morning; I texted 6 different people telling them about my free time and how I missed them, etc. etc. I have only gotten 1 response, and it was of the "I'll let you know" variety. Their loss, because I'm awesome. Duh.
Anyway, I plan to have a really wonderful holiday next week, complete with many different family gatherings, and I'm quite excited. I hope you all have a great holiday, too!
1 comments:
Yay for rocking your finals! I'm so proud of you!
What you described? The baking and the hours of Netflix part? That is like my idea of HEAVEN. All that blissful alone time...ahhh. I can understand how it could get lonely though. If you get too lonely you can always come out here and spend a couple of days with my family! You wouldn't be alone for a second! ;)
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