South Carolina

And so I've returned from the road once again. South Carolina was my last and final trip of the Fall Winter season, I'm both thrilled with that notion and a little sad about it too. Thrilled with no more school visits, no more speaking for groups of students, no more google maps scattered throughout my car and purse, no more itineraries to print-highlight-and double check, no more getting lost on the road, and most importantly, no more being away from home and my sweet sweet bed. :o) But the sad part is that I was sad to leave South Carolina, I wish I could've stayed longer but I was also ready to come home. Bittersweet in all senses I suppose.

So I'm back in the office doing the day to day work that I've neglected while being on the road. Like cleaning, today I plan to do a clean sweep of my office, organize my desk, maybe do a little color coordinating and figure out a new system to organize the hundreds of files, forms, post-it-notes and random stuff that pile up on my desk. Change. I'm definitely a person that needs change in her life I've realized. From this job, from growing up in general, just realized that I need to continually be changing, achieving, growing, searching, finding and doing. I do enjoy sitting on my butt and watching a season of Friends straight through (which to me also shows dedication and the will power to not move, really great attributes if you ask me), but I also like to be doing something. Painting, writing, reading, working out, playing with my pet spider Harry, editing photos, taking photos, researching, playing some athletic game, just doing something.

So Thanksgiving was fantastic! We fried a turkey and if you've never done that before or are like me and shake your head in disappointment at the human race for even considering frying one more thing.......try it before you diss it. It was so good! And not even a little greasy, and that's not sarcasm. I had such a great time with Nicholas and Dana and got to stay with them for something like nine days. It was a nice break from work and life in Oregon and a great opportunity to spend time with family (and do a little Corban recruiting as I spoke at two schools while there). I was able to play with Koda, Drover and Harley (their pets) all the live long day...and apparently I'm an animal person.

I also got to see different sites for a show that I like to watch. It's filmed in the town I flew into, so some of the random local pre-existing sites that are part of the show we went and saw. If you're wondering why I haven't actually put the name of the show....that's for a reason. Ha! This is a badly acted show that I'm not even proud to be a fan of....lets just say I started watching it when I was in high school and it stuck. But I was embarrassingly excited about it.

I'll put some photos up of the lovely South Carolina and my lovely family there. And I'll attempt to keep this up and running while in the office too. Any exciting things that happen. Updates on the house- which hasn't changed, they stopped rebuilding so we have an unfinished house I fear permanently. Until then. Happy Holidays.

Love. Joy. Peace. ......that's the traditional Holiday slogan, yeah?
And yes, Nicholas, that "yeah" was just for you.