I made it to the Burlington airport about two hours early for my flight today. I overestimated how long it would take to get up, finish cleaning up my place, and make it out the door to run a quick errand before I get something to eat at a coffee shop and to the airport.
I have time on my hands to people watch and to reflect over the last semester. I feel like I ran another race this fall with my four classes, my small teacher assistantship(which really was more of printer paper refilling than actually helping students), and prepping for my thesis work. One of my classes, Collaborative II, was a continuation from my summer Collaborative I class and it was my first time to work with a client for over seven months. It was a lot of work, time, meetings, planning, and a super big presentation in late November. I feel confident that we impacted the group of stakeholders who attended and would love for the project to receive funding, but I want nothing to do with it for four months. I learned to let go of expectations, and just push forward. Focus on myself. Prepare for my future.
Flying home to Memphis this Christmas time may be different that last year, possibly because I don’t know the next time I’ll be in Tennessee. I hope to see people I haven’t seen in months and talk to my grandmother as much as possible. My thesis may get some attention(I definitely need to do interviews), but I also just want to watch the 200 channels my parents have on their TV, eat barbecue, and see Les Miserables.
These next ten days will be a change of pace, and I guess I need it. Merry Christmas all.
Here are some crazy cool things I found on the interwebs:
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis “Thrift Store”
John Lewis is a English store that apparently does really great commercials. Here’s their Christmas ad from 2011.
Courtesy of my sister who posted this on her Facebook via Lisa Congdon
Did y’all catch this photo of cast of The Princess Bride 25 years later?
An entire Tumblr dedicated to everything Christmas.
Probably the most honest statement made about the Newtown, CT tragedy. It’s not just a gun control issue, but also a mental health issue.
My Path is Wide Open 