semester 1 finally ended for me on the 19th of december, and christmas break finally arrived! i had about 3 weeks plus a few days off, and it felt great!
alex headed back to cranbrook just a couple days after school ended, and this was our first christmas apart. :(
for the first time in over ten years i didnt spend my christmas holidays in cranbrook, bc, my hometown. my parents decided to spend their holidays here in toronto with my sister and i, and the rest of my moms side of the family. during their time here the four of us were so busy visiting family after family. my mom has seven sisters, and they all have families.. so you do the math :S
my grandparents live in toronto as well, which made the holiday festivities even more fun.
oh! and how could i forget. my grandpa turned 101 over the christmas holidays!!! can you believe it??? we all celebrated his birthday with a big family dinner at his favorite chinese restaurant, and spoiled him with gifts.
here is a picture of the whole family:
after all the christmas festivities were over, my parents headed back to cranbrook on the 26th of december. which left me to do some boxing day shopping in the city! i didnt get much because the crowds were so scary, but i managed to get a few things from urban outfitters.
december 29th: ALEX COMES BACK TO TORONTO just in time to celebrate a late christmas and my birthday/new years just a couple days later.
we initially decided that since he didnt get back to toronto until late on the 29th, we would exchange gifts and such on the 30th, but i just couldnt wait.. so we ended up waking up at 2 in the morning and ripping into them. (well, 2am.. it is the 30th! kinda... ) its the 5 year old child in me :D
alex got me the books that i really wanted from mary-kate and ashley olsen, and... my very first marc by marc jacobs item! a wallet that i had my eye on for months! i was thrilled beyond belief and am taking care of it very well.
i made alex a massive stocking filled with stuff that he wanted. some xbox games, clothing, and a gift certificate to make a contribution to a new computer screen (his broke).
we did happen to take pictures of our belated christmas, but my computer crashed, and all my photos got deleted :( (we havent been having good luck with electronics..)
for my birthday/new years eve, him and i just spent the day relaxing and hanging out. in the evening, he took me out for dinner at auerge du pommier, and then we went out for drinks with a few friends. just in time for the stroke of midnight, we headed back home to ring in the new year with my sister and her fiancee. then the four of us had a blast together playing the wii.
pheww.. almost all caught up.
last wednesday i started the new semester. im not too thrilled with my schedule because i somehow ended up with a 5 day school week again, but the hours wont be too bad once spring comes and its a bit warmer out.
this semester i have 7 classes: studio design/theory 2005, quantity surveying 1043, law reqs 2022, mechanical/electrical 2046, steel-frame design 2034, cade 3001, and my elective, personal finance 1027.
its a stressful semester again, but hopefully ill make it!
okay. all caught up.. i am going to try and do my best to keep up with posting this year. its one of my new years resolutions!
happy new year everyone!
2 comments:
I was suprised to see a post!! Lol. I check from time to time, but it seemed you had dropped off the face of the earth. Hehe.
sorry mindy! lol i am going to try and keep up!
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