And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.”

How good it is to remember…

Merry Christmas, one and all!

I was gonna do a “end of the year survey” but got bored with it…so no survey for you.

Anyways, it’s so awesome to be home. No worries about classes, no work for school…just no stress in general, which is always a wonderful thing. I got my grades and GPA a few days ago, which was a little disappointing(for me), but eh. In case you want to see:

Physics: B
Physics Lab: B+
Chemistry: A
Chemistry Lab: B+
Calculus III: B+
International Relations: A
Intro to Engineering: A
My GPA is 3.62 right now, which is a lot lower than I’d like.
I feel ok about school, though, mainly because now I’m used to the routine and know how I need to study for next semester. Next semester will be crazily filled with studying, but hey..that’s what I’m going to college for, so that’s what I’ll do.

Off the topic of school, has been a pretty awesome week so far. Last week was just full of being lazy and enjoying home life once again…wow, I missed my mom’s cooking. Sunday, a bunch of people from my church went Christmas-caroling through a couple of different nursing homes…it was so joyous, singing to all these people…especially when they smiled and sang along. I do love Christmas songs. If I had my way, they’d be sung all year round.

Christmas is only three days away! I can’t wait for it…always such a happy time of year. Actually this whole season is so much fun. In a few minutes, I’m going to do some work(i.e. leave-raking) for a neighbor, and tomorrow and Saturday will be working at Wright’s Gourmet..even though I won’t get to relax, at least I’ll be getting paid. Anyways, need to eat and then run to work…

Yummy macaroni and cheese…I love my dad for making me some!! 🙂

Today was a pretty awesome day. Got to sleep in late, and then hung out with Rob(from my bible study group) for a while…we tossed the football around for a while, then went trekking through a bunch of trails by Lake Alice. I love hiking so much – me and Rob were talking about hiking part of the Appalachian trail in a few years, which will rock hardcore.

Got back to my dorm for some studying for my final exam. It shouldn’t be that hard, but studying always helps! Tomorrow, gonna take the exam at 7:30, then head back to Tampa around 10:30 or so. No thinking about school for a while…bliss.

Now, back to studying.

Physics exam was intense. Intensely hard, that is. As soon as I looked at the test, I felt my mind erasing itself…definitely not a good feeling. Oh well. At least I only have one more exam, and then I’m free.

I think I shall go to the Union bookstore and console myself with a good book.

Well, 2 exams down, two to go. I’m so happy calculus and chem are finally done…such a relief to see the books sitting on my dresser and know I don’t have to worry about reading them anymore. I aced the final calc exam, giving me a B+ for the class. And this morning, only missed 3 questions on the chem final, so got an A for the class! God is good. I’m most worried about physics though…I can only miss 1 or 2 questions to get an A..so I’m going to be studying like crazy.

Can’t wait ’til finals are all over so I can go home and really get into the Christmas spirit…this Wednesday, I’ll be back in Tampa!

Chocolate and strawberries…nothing’s better than that.

There’s got to be fondue in heaven.

And the moon is simply beautiful tonight.