The holidays are fast approaching! If you are like me, you spent the weekend doing all the last minute preparations for Christmas! WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME, GUYS!
It will be a short week for me... I work Monday and Tuesday, then I don't go back to work until January 5th. Hopefully I can catch up on lots of stuff during that time! But let's face it... I will probably just do a lot of relaxing.
Here is what I was up to this weekend!
Work was a struggle. I texted Santa many times as a tactic to try to get the children to behave. That's right. I resorted to
pretend texting a fictional character to try to restore order in my classroom. Oddly, it worked for the older kids. The younger kids (who I would presume would be more likely to believe in Santa)... not so much.
I had some errands to run after work, including a quick trip to Michael's to purchase a picture frame. I was quite pleased with myself that I left the store with
only the picture frame... even though there were "60% off Christmas Decor!" signs every step of the way. I forced myself not to glance down the aisles and to just focus on the task at hand. I can't believe I made it out of there without an impulse purchase. The weekend was already a success!
The best part about Friday was playing cards with Paul in our beautifully decorated dining room with the Christmas lights twinkling. I just felt this immense feeling of
happiness and I didn't know where it was coming from... other than I was just so happy to be in my warm, cozy home, with my favorite person in the whole world.
I had a really strong tempo run on Saturday morning. It was
really cold, but I hit the marks I wanted to hit!
As I was finishing up my run, I started to daydream about the Serial podcast. If you don't want to be spoiled, skip ahead until the part that says,
"YOU CAN START READING AGAIN!"
I was daydreaming about Serial and the different articles/blog posts I have been reading regarding Adnan's case. I am 90% sure Adnan had nothing to do with the crime. I feel like it is impossible to be 100% sure as I don't think I am qualified to say that. But I am pretty damn sure he didn't do it. I was contemplating writing Adnan a letter and telling him I support him, as suggested by the blog
Split the Moon. Then I thought, "Nah, that is crazy."
Well, no sooner did I decide it was crazy, than did a car pull up beside me and roll down their window. It was an older, Middle Eastern couple. They had Mapquest directions printed out and looked lost. The woman asked me for directions to Lisburn Road. They were really close, so I explained to them how to get there. Then I looked at the destination address on their printed out directions. It was the Camp Hill State Prison! Talk about a
sign right!? Now, I don't believe in signs. I don't believe the universe was telling me,
"Yes, you have to write Adnan a letter!", but it sure was a coincidence, and it prompted me to reconsider my decision.
YOU CAN START READING AGAIN!
OH, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!
If you love Serial, you really have to read these blogs... they cover it in way more depth than the podcast does. In fact, these blogs are better than the podcast!
The View From LL2
Split the Moon
Okay, done talking about Serial...
After my run, we went to my brother's new house to visit for a little bit. Paul played with our niece Ellie and I took photographs!
Later that afternoon, I helped my friend Danielle wrap all of her Christmas gifts. I have been helping out a lot of people with their wrapping this year. It is fun because
I love to wrap Christmas presents and I get to help someone else out in the process. It's a win-win for everyone!
It took us three hours, but we got it done!
Then I had a million errands to run... I was starving, but I toughed it out. All I had to eat that day was some shredded wheat and half a turkey sandwich. I did not plan well at
all. Why didn't I bring snacks in the car!? I was so hangry, hirritated, husterated, and hannoyed, but I managed to get all of errands done so we could enjoy the last couple days leading up to Christmas without driving around everywhere.
When I got home, I was rewarded for my perseverance. Paul made another turkey, and I had a big 'ol turkey leg for dinner!
And then dessert....
Yes, there is caramel up in that shit!
I thought I was going to go to bed, but then I read a blog about Serial on
The View From LL2 for the next 4 hours. I'm not joking. It was a late night! I got on Facebook but it just depressed me. It seemed like everyone in my news feed was out doing something Christmassy with all their friends, while I was home in my pajamas. I try not to let Facebook get me down, but that night, it did! Maybe that is a post for another time....
We spent pretty much all day Sunday at Paul's parent's house working on a Christmas present to give our family, friends, and of course YOU! This is the only hint you get...
I did get an easy run in between sessions...
When we finally got home that evening, it was time to
relax! Paul caught up with football and I did random things around the house to get ready for the week ahead.
It's been awhile since I blessed you with pictures of my babies, so I will leave you with this:
Have you ever "texted", "called", or "emailed" Santa?
If you listen to Serial, how sure are you of Adnan's guilt/innocence?
Do you ever feel like people on Facebook are having way more fun than you?
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