It's Christmas Eve

It has been quite a while since I've written anything. Sorry. Apparently it is much easier to keep this thing current when I have nothing to write about. Lately, so much has been happening that by the time I get home, the last thing I want to do is sit on my computer and think! Since today is Christmas Eve and I successful slept in this morning, I figure now would be the perfect time to recap the last two weeks.
I successfully completed my student teaching at NAU and all the required portfolios and assignments that went a long with that. I moved everything I own from Flagstaff to Seattle. I like to say, "everything I own" because I think it sounds impressive. But actually everything I own fit easily into a 4x8 uhaul trailor. Getting the trailor turned out to be the biggest challenge of the whole moving experience. No one seems to be moving to Flagstaff so they didn't have a trailor for me (even though I made my reservation over a week in advance!). I ended up having to drive to Sedona to pick up my trailor. And the uhaul guy wasn't there for an hour and a half so we (Leanna and I) had to wait. When I finally got the trailor to my house my roommate had to back it down our long driveway. Unfortunantly we had gotten a ton of snow, so this was not an easy endeavour. Once everything was loaded in the trailor and my bed was strapped into the back of my truck I was able to hit the road. The ride down was uneventful other then that I had to drive about 20mph slower then I would have without the trailor.

The next few days were spent seeing all my Tucson friends and organizing all my belongings. I was so busy packing, running around meeting with people, and getting everything done that I needed to get done that I didn't sleep very much for about four days. I think I ate two real meals over a period of 3 days. It was very bizarre.

Sophia and I arrived in Seattle last Sunday, no problem. Since then I have had two days of work at my mom's office, driven to Eastern Washington and back, seen several of my old friends, visited my high school, and had two fun nights out with my sister.

Yesterday was probably the most intersting day here yet. I got only about 6 hours of sleep (as oppossed to my usual 8) then went to Mars Hill church. It is a pretty cool church. After Sophia, JP, and I went and saw the new house our Dad bought and had dinner with him and some family friends. After dinner we (Sophia, JP, and I) took care of one last Christmas gift before heading to the U District to find our drunk cousin. They (cousin, her boyfriend, and his sisters) had gone to the Seahawks game earlier that day and even though it was already 6pm they were still drinking at a quick pace. We played darts and pool and goofed around. It was a lot of fun. Then a friend of mine from high school came too. We all had a pretty good time, I think. My cousin reached her max and everyone pretty much went there own ways. JP and Sophia are on better terms now and I got to catch up with my friend. All in all it was a good night. Since I'll be moving soon, that is the last time the three of us (Sophia, JP, and I) are going to get to go out and have fun like that together. It's sort of depressing when you think about it.

Now I am enjoying sitting in my living room watching my family run around and finish up their Christmas stuff. I need to get moving though. I need to buy a couple cards still and wrap a gift or two. Tonight I am having dinner with my family at 6pm. Then I have to visit my dad at his friends'. JP's flight leaves bright and early tomorrow morning so we are going to have to break tradition. Usually we open all our presents on Christmas morning. But this year we have to do it on Christmas Eve. The Eve vs. Christmas Day debate has been a heated one in my family for as long as I can remember. Which is the right day to open gifts on? My vote is for Christmas Day. But sometimes exceptions need to be mad. Tonight we are all going to the midnight service at church. It is one of my favorite services of the year and I love the tradition of it.

But now I think that it is time I get ready for the day. I will try to keep current. Especially since I am moving to Spain in exactly three weeks.

Quick thought though... why is it that I always make connections with people right before I leave?! It is a really annoying habit. In Flagstaff I was in school for 3.5 years with a friend and it wasn't until our last semester together that we finally started hanging out. And now here in Seattle, I've started to talk to an old friend, but I am leaving in three weeks. What is that about? I think it could be some sort of subconcious notion that it's safer to be friends with people if you have an out (like moving). I don't know what that stems from or how to stop it. I need to though. What I should do is be more receptive to the idea of spending time with and/or talking to that person more BEFORE I'm about to leave. It's frustrating.