Giving my eyes a rest from reading politics to give my mind a chance to process. Pressing question of the weekend: Do we do a lot of decorations for Christmas? Mom's exhausted from decorating the house and doesn't feel like doing Christmas decorations. I love Christmas and since we scarecly decorated last year, I really want all of the "crap" out this year. I even offered to do it all, but was rebuted with "you can't do it all in a day". Jackie said stop pushing. SO fine. Whatever we do will be fine with me...When I get my own place... Kris and I talked to Jackie and Tim about their Tempe place today. It looks like us moving in is a sure thing. The rent is very affordable, it's a four bedroom 3-bath place, they pay for someone to come and do the landscaping, there's a POOL, and we've got all kinds of furnature and goods lined up for us to take from family members. We're pretty excited. The only thing I'm not excited for is the bills. >.< And, I have to admit because The Lady knows it well, I do love my home and if it weren't for the horrendous commute to school, I would stay at home. But I can't commute, so away I go. See parents? Your fault. 0: ) It was a very good weekend after all, even though I didn't get as much work done as I had hoped and I spent the first half of Saturday being an Ice Queen. Stress, sleep, communication, it all adds up you know. But Kris got his new speakers installed in his car (there's something to journal about, babe!), I finished the presentation for the advent show and the performances went fine, I got to spend a little time with the two families, and Kris and I had a good time together. That might not sound surprising to some people, but you have to understand that when two people are both stressed out and busy, that quality together time is so rare. Even though we see each other every day, sometimes it takes an unbelievable amount of effort to make that time worth something. But this past weekend wasn't like that. It had been a good length of time since we'd been able to be with each other the way we were this weekend; effortlessly happy. When you giggle together, you know things are good. Mind you, a giggle is different than laughter; a giggle is shameless, intimate, and free. Well, change of pace. Finals begin tomorrow. Not officially, but for me they do. Monday: Journalism News Writing, Part 1 Tuesday: Government And then I'm golden until Friday night when I've got French. Isn't that weird, a final on a Friday night? After that I've got my last final Monday morning at 7:40 and then I am DONE. One more semester in the bag. I hope my grades are good... Alright, break time over. Back to politics... Carrie