It's beginning to feel a lot like winter...

Last week was so mild, with temperatures around 58 degrees and humidity hovering after the rain, I began to wonder whether winter would come before the holidays. Today's brisk 40 degree air has restored my faith in a white Christmas though!

Suffolk students begin to miss dorm life when winter approaches, uncertainty of a heated apartment sets in, and the dreaded anticipation of mice inhabiting your home appears. This will be our first winter in the Beacon Hill apartment so the mice issue is a great unknown. The heat works, so far...but inconsistently. You can find us hanging around in bathing suits on an unusually balmy day or bundled together beneath down comforters when the radiators are cold. This "all or nothing" trend keeps us on our toes though, and helps us refrain from complaining for fear of sounding pendulous.

In exactly one week I'll be on my way home for Thanksgiving break- and I am counting the seconds! My mom will be meeting me in NH (she's living in CA on an extended business trip) and it will be five days of Nana's cooking, relaxation, reunion, and shopping! Thanksgiving must be a little later than usual because when we return from the break there are only two weeks of classes left in the semester! That fact might worry me, however, I think I'm going to escape this semester without any final exams! That's not to say I don't have a lot of work to do, there are major projects and papers due for each class, but the absence of test anxiety will serve my soul well...

My plans for Christmas Break are the only thing keeping me going right now. Don't be deceived, I'm not actually doing much of anything, and that's exactly why I'm so psyched. My aunt's wedding is a few days before Christmas, and of course the holidays will be exciting and busy, but once December 26th arrives you can find me in the house. I'm house sitting for family friends until Spring semester starts; the house is on the water and comes equipped with my own master suite, 2 Portuguese water dogs, a stocked fridge, fireplace, and exercise equipment -- what more could I need? I'm lucky, I know... you can come visit, there are several guest rooms!

Before then, however, I have a 2nd Computer Science Midterm (because one just isn't enough) and need to finish East of Eden (600 pages of good vs. evil). They serve to make vacation sweeter...

Until Next time,

Kayla