Break!

I apologize for the length of time since my last post. Although it seems like I would have more time over break, it somehow seems that I have less! It's amazing how much time you lose when you get to sleep in and then don't have a routine. This has proved true for everything I used to have no trouble getting done while at school - blogging, reading my daily Bible readings, working out, etc!

Despite my inability to manage my time while away from school, I've had a delightful break hanging with family, seeing old friends, and laying around reading. This is my first break EVER that I haven't had to worry about finals right around the corner. My only school responsibility during this month off is to order my books for next semester!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas (despite what everyone thinks, Christmas really is 12 days long!) full of celebration of Christ's birth and life and love and death and resurrection. I know this holiday is really about his birth, but I have a hard time only celebrating one part of the life of Christ when I know the whole story! Like I've talked about in other posts, I love the liturgical year, but we can't completely recreate the feelings of the Israelites because we are lucky enough to know the story of our Savior!

Well, that's all I have to say for now! I have a bananagrams date with my brother, and I'm blogging on my iPod touch, so it's a little slower than usual (and pretty darn trendy!). For now, I'll end with a few pictures from my break. Merry Christmas!!

Chicago at night is beautiful! 

Kyle concentrating on Words with Friends ;)

The giant Christmas tree at Macy's in the city. Awesome!

It's been a Bananagrams kind of break :)