Tis the Season

Its Christmas time, it has started to snow here in western New York. I have a love and hate relationship with the snow. It is so pretty at times and light and fluffy. However snow can also be dangerous to drive in and I really do not like the cold at all. Christmas time is also means it is the end of my semester and I have a ton of work do. I have spent most of the weekend writing papers and putting together power points. Yesterday I took the time to put my tree up.

Traditions over the year have become more and more important to me. I love making cookies and putting up the tree, I have tried to start collecting ornaments that are cute and have a story behind them. For example I have a ballerina that I got when I sang with the RPO. I also have Tim Hortan’s cup because of my love for their coffee, also because I use to have breakfast there all the time when I was in middle school. I also have a St. Anthony’s one to remind me of my church. I also try to decorate cookies every year and I love going to midnight mass. The holidays are the most special because you get to spend time with family and friends.

I finish my last class for my first semester of my Masters, it has been a hard transition but I am glad I did choice to get my Masters. I enjoy my classmates a lot and have learned a lot from them. I have also been force to think outside the box and challenge my ideas. This is what I enjoy most about education, the ability to challenge by beliefs and ideas.

Things are always so busy however also during the holiday time. Thursday the AmeriCorps program had its community service training followed by holiday card making. Because of my night class, I wasn’t able to stay for the card making. Every year we make Christmas cards for the troops is a really great night.

In other news I am still planning the MLK day event, we just got a donation from BJ’s Club and also Zonta Club members will be donating fleece for the project. I am getting more excited about the project and can’t wait to see how happy the kids are when they get the blankets. It should be a great event….On MLK day from 1-3 at the Senior Center in Batavia, NY,

I also cleaned out my storage area; I donated a bunch of stuffed animals that have been in storage since I moved into my apartment. I also find a ton of pictures that I really need to go through and pick ones to save. It so funny to see old pictures of me and of growing up, you forget so much of the small stuff. As much fun as it is to look back at those pictures, I am happy about where I am now. It’s funny what a big deal you make of stuff when you are younger, and how little it means later on in life. So often you hear to be young again, but I truly don’t want to be I am happy where I am now and what the next couple years hold for me.