I recovered from my trip over the end of the semester rather ungracefully because I feel like I have promptly fallen into the deep hole that is December and all that it brings.

My last paper was turned in at 4 pm on Sunday. I found out that I got a B in my XML class… could have gotten an A- but I made a stupid mistake. I think I have received an A in my collection development plan… but I won’t know for sure till I hear from the prof, which should be in the next week or so.

Now that we are entering the second half of the month, it feels as if the insanity is building. But when I look at my schedule it seems relatively empty (which is a good thing as I do have Christmas knitting to finish).

Saturday is The Husband’s company’s Christmas party. We will be meeting up for dinner in the city at Firenze by Night. After dinner, we will adjourn to Beach Blanket Babylon.

Sunday, we go back up to the city to have dinner with The Husband’s brother and his wife before they get in their car and move back to Toronto.

Next Friday, begins vacation. My work is giving us Friday and Monday off for Christmas as well as the 2nd. So, I decided to just take the four days inbetween off and catch my breath away from both work and school. The Husband is also taking this time off, and we have reservations for a couple nights in Mendocino. Mmmmm… nothing quite like the cold, foggy coastline of NorCal to relax me.

As for Christmas knitting, I may be doing alright, but I’m not going to make that claim. I just have the decrease section of my mother-in-law’s Clapotis to do, then it will get mailed off to Canada and hopefully make it through customs without too much trouble. My mother’s afghan is another story as I haven’t been working on it. I’d guesstimate that I have about a quarter of it done. I’m trying desperately trying to avoid the vision of being up late on the 24th wishing it done.