Countdown!

• Two weeks until I am on the beaches of Mexico!

• One week until I am HOME!

Done!!

I'm done with my second quarter at FIDM!! I thought I'd never see the day! My classmates and I agree that this quarter was so much worse than our first quarter. All the lackluster was gone and we just didn't enjoy it. Hopefully our third (and final) quarter will be better!

I'm looking forward to enjoying lazy days for the next two weeks! I'll have a little bit of work mixed in, but I'm excited to be a bum again!

My Christmas Tree Experience

I bought a Christmas tree for our apartment right after Thanksgiving. I didn't realize how funny the story behind it was until I was telling my mom today.

I went to Target after work to get the tree. I was all dolled up and in my work clothes, which I didn’t think would be that big of a deal. I found the tree I wanted (for more than 50% off!!) and found a guy to help me get it down from the shelf. After he got it down, he asked me if I wanted him to carry it to customer service for me while I continued shopping. I had no shopping left to do so I put the tree in my cart and wheeled up to the checkout. The lady at checkout asked if I needed help with it. I said, “no, I was fine.” At the end of the checkout she doubled checked and asked if I wanted someone to carry the tree out to my car for me. I said, “no, I live just a few blocks away, I’m just going to carry it.” (I must have looked incompetent or something.) This tree is a 6-foot tall tree all boxed up. It wasn’t that huge of a box or that heavy.....until I tried carrying it home. So here I am (remember, all dolled up and in my nice Michael Kors work clothes) carrying a Christmas tree home on the streets of LA. It got to be pretty heavy and awkward by the time I made it home. I’m sure it was quite the sight!

Anyway, I have a pretty tree in my apartment waiting for me to get brave enough to go back to Target and get ornaments.

My Uncle Bill carves and paints Santas! I love them! (One in my mom's that I may "forget" to bring home when I go home for Christmas.)