Finals: My finals went really well! I was nervous about the huge paper I had to write for my theory class, but I guess I did well on it, because I got an A in the class (something I've been told is pretty hard to do with this professor). I really wasn't expecting it because I had gotten B+s on all of our exams. My grades for the semester were A+, A+, A, A, and B+. I knew I couldn't achieve a 4.0 because for my ethics class, in order to get an A, you had to write this huge final paper that you had to start halfway through the semester and give weekly updates to the professor about your research and how your paper is coming along. I knew that if I did the paper, I wouldn't be able to focus as much on my other classes, so I chose to opt out. Nonetheless, I am still extremely satisfied with my semester grades!
Sad news of the day: Brian's Grandpa Ozzie went into the hospital a couple weeks before my birthday, in mid-October. They moved him to a nursing home a couple weeks later, and around Thanksgiving they moved him to hospice care. A couple days before Christmas, Ozzie stopped breathing and they had to resuscitate him. Around 4 AM Christmas Eve morning, Ozzie passed away. It was a very sad time for Brian and his family. The wake was December 30th and the funeral was December 31st. Rest in peace, Ozzie.
Christmas celebrations: My original plan for Christmas was to drive home to the Cities on the 23rd, drive to Siren on the 24th for our annual Christmas celebration with my mom's side of the family, drive back to the Cities that night, and drive back up to Cloud on the 25th to have Christmas with my dad, then go to Brian's mom's. Then we got news that a huge blizzard was coming in, expecting 10-20 inches of snow. I didn't want to have to drive through that, or get stuck somewhere, so my mom and I decided it would be best if I just stayed in St. Cloud instead of driving down for the family Christmas. I was very sad I couldn't see my family, but it actually ended up working quite well. I'm glad I was able to be there for Brian during that difficult time, and I still had a great Christmas with the Zenzens. On the 24th we went to Brian's Grandma's house and had dinner with his family, and on Christmas day we went to his mom's.
The blizzard ended up being so bad that my dad couldn't even drive down until the 26th, and even then it still snowed all day and I couldn't get out of Cloud until the 28th. I went home for the 28th and got to see Aja and my family. On the 29th, I got to have breakfast with my friend Alyssa, who goes to school out in Philly. Then I had a small Christmas celebration with my mom, stepdad, sister, brother-in-law, and niece. I'm glad I got to see them! That night I went out to Applebee's with some friends, then drove back the next morning for the wake.
Christmas Gifts!: I feel so lucky! I got great Christmas gifts this year! My dad gave me some Vikings slippers to wear when I watch the games (go Vikes!), as well as some money to use on a dinner date with Brian. We ended up using the money when we went out to dinner on New Year's Eve at Applebee's.
My Mom gave me a pajama set from Victoria's Secret, as well as a gift card. She also got me this awesome new flat iron, with a matching hair dryer!
Kathy gave me a Victoria's Secret gift card, a jam sampler, a cute brown leather bracelet, and a lovely purple pashmina.
And the grand finale...Brian gave me a lovely cashmere sweater from Victoria' Secret, the new Victoria's Secret perfume (Velvet Amber Blackberry), and the matching lotion,
Shopping: As always, with the holiday season, I have done a LOT of shopping lately! Becky's become my new shopping partner. I spent my VS giftcards I got. (VS is having their semi-annual sale! Great deals!) and we also hit up Bath and Body Works' semi-annual sale. I even got some great deals on some shirts at Target! Now all this snow needs to start melting so I can go swimsuit shopping!
New Year's: I had a lot of fun on New Year's Eve! Brian and I went out to dinner at Applebee's, and then we headed over to Brian's friend Dan's house. It wasn't anything to exciting, just people hanging out and talking, but I had a great time!
Football and Celebrating: For Christmas, I gave Brian Vikings tickets! We went to the game on the 3rd, and the beat the Giants 44-7. It was a really fun game to be at! Our section actually started the Wave throughout the entire Dome. I would definitely like to go to another game! I'm very excited for what the playoffs will bring.
The 3rd was also Becky's birthday, so we went out to dinner with the family after we got back from the game. Happy 26th Becky!
Well I suppose that's about it for now, I'm enjoying my last week of break before classes start again! Ah, one more thing...my dad brought down my old Nintendo 64 and me and Brian have been absolutely addicted to playing Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros!. Love N64!
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