Word of the day: Cap'n Crunch. Because I do love him so.

But seriously. TIPS class has eaten my week. And it will eat me up until Tuesday, and then I'm done with it FOREVER.

My parents washed my car on Sunday without even telling me they were going to do it first. I look out the window, and there they are out there with sponges and a bucket. That is a true expression of love. Speaking of parents and expressions of love, my parents reminded me of a high school couple most of the time I was home. I was like, "Is it just me, or did you guys fall more in love when I left??" It was kind of gross, actually. But I was slightly jealous--I want that kind of marriage when I'm an oldie.

Coming home from break is so wonderful. Everyone was excited, and I got to introduce all to Jacob. He was approving.

I pretty much spent my week doing schoolwork, or that's how it felt.

P.S. I Love You makes me cry. Every time. Like four times. Ugh. I have a love-hate relationship with that movie. It was especially weird watching it while typing up TIPS notes with Amy.

I am a beast in coffee shops. Four pages in Starbucks? YEAH! That's a page more an hour than I do in my dorm room. Plus, I saw Juan Moreno, a counselor from Governor's School. I haven't seen him since 2006, and he remembered me! I'm not sure he remembered my name, but he at least remembered me and came up and gave me a hug. He was buying Where the Wild Things are ornaments for his kindergarten class :) Super cute.

Speaking of kindergartners and how wonderful they are, one of these days I'm going to adopt all of my kindgartners and take them all home with me. That is a lie. I will adopt a select few. Not the ones whose noses run too much or who refuse to sit still. My Friday was made by Rebecca. She asked me to look at how well she did on her activity, so I gave her a "That's AWESOME" face and she made it back at me. Lisa was proud. And, on Monday, I was looking over Isaac's shoulder at his work, and in the middle of saying something along the lines of, "go away" he looked up and went, "You have BIG teeth!" I said "Thanks?" The next question was funny too, though I can't remember if it was him asking why they were so big or if he was asking if they were real.

I made eye contact with Greasy on the only day he was on campus this week. We kind of almost ran into each other again...and that's the first time we've made eye contact in like a month. Ugh. Those stupid blue eyes. And he stalked me at my church on Sunday...again. I'm wondering how long he'll keep that up until he stops coming altogether. Because it is slightly coincidental that he only shows up on Sundays that I'm there. And that he tried to act happier than he ever did in church even when we were dating. It was only slightly fake.

Next semester is almost here. Thank goodness.

I had my Ukraine internship interview on Thursday in the midst of making my TIPS notebook. The lady was an absolute sweetheart, though she was frank in telling me she wasn't sure if she was going to tell me yes or no. The conversation got really deep--though it's supposed to. I realized just how much I need an accountability partner and that there are definitely problems in my relationship with God--a lot more than there should be. Guilt, compromise, bitterness, resentment, the works. I really want to revamp. God's been working on my heart more since the Casting Crowns concert.

We went to see The Fantastic Mr. Fox on Friday. It was FANTASTIC. Definitely worth the money. There are so many great movies coming out this Christmas, I want to get a temporary boyfriend to take me to all of them because I don't have the money for that many movie tickets. I'll dump him when we've seen all of them.

It snowed last night!!!

I got really sick to my stomach last night too, so I stayed in the bathroom just in case I threw up. That's the first time I've ever found myself curled up next to a toilet in a towel and disney princess blanket, shaking violently and reading Eclipse.

We listened to so much Christmas music today, and it was WONDERFUL!

Jacob Corbett is not a good acting partner. Unreliable and rude. Well, not extremely. But he ditched me for the practice time HE arranged. He told me he was going to do a Southern accent, so I practiced one. Then he suddenly didn't do one, so now I have to re-practice. He didn't memorize all his lines, so our last class performance was awkward because I had to pick up the slack where he forgot, and he didn't take the blame for how it went. I just hope it ends up ok. And that he shows up in Sanderson tomorrow night.

I don't want to write any more papers this semester. I don't know if I have it in me anymore. End of the year tally:

CHOW: 3 papers
DOCTRINE: 2 papers
TECS: 13 papers
ACTING: 12 papers
TIPS: 6 papers

TOTAL: 36 papers

Not to mention all the projects that also required writing.

And my MTW application, and I hope that counts.

I need to exercise.....after Christmas.

I bought cereal today!

I am SO ready to go home for a month.

Song of the day: Santa Baby (which is too slutty for Kait)