...see you later break

The week before Christmas break seemed the longest week ever. Tests and projects seemed so much harder with the giddy anticipation of break hovering over my head.

 Done. 12 hours later. home. at last.

3 weeks. over. just like that.

I'm afraid there wasn't enough time in the break. Not time enough to play with my nieces and nephews. Only a few hours with my brothers. Just a few Sunday's at church to talk to everyone and no not everyone got talked too.

Break was blissful. Sleeping in and afternoon naps. Going shopping and yes even though I like shopping I can only handle it in small doses. Let's just put this way I think I over dosed on shopping.

 I could drink coffee because I wanted to and not because I had to stay awake. Mother let me stay happy in the kitchen merrily cooking to my heart's content. I listened too hours and hours of Pandora, because at school it's almost impossible to listen to Internet radio. I got to hear some of the best speakers on the radio and I didn't have to sit still and take notes.

If you think break was a 3 week long stretch of wonderfulness. Well it wasn't.

The night before Christmas Eve I went to bed wondering when mom and dad would be back from the ER with grandma. One week later I was at a funeral. For my grandma's cousin. Wednesday the
e-mail's started coming. A little boy from our church in the hospital. Tests...lots of tests being run and then one short e-mail.

Urgent prayer: diagnoses of Leukemia.

That evening I hugged his big sister and wished I didn't have to leave my church family.

Tonight is my last night without a curfew. Not that it really matters because I don't have anywhere to go.

This is probably one of the last nights without stress. No I don't really stress a lot, but a college student is always stressed even when they don't know it.

This is the last time my blog will get updated after 10 pm. Bye bye endless Internet.

Break will be sorely missed, but I don't really want to miss my last semester and all it will entail.  I can't even imagine the adventures God has in store, but I know there will be many. And oh those people who know me so well. I'm glad they will put up with me for a few more months, cause I can't wait to see them.

See you later break. Hello adventure!