Feels good to get out of the city for a while (but let a few days pass—I’m sure I’ll be missing NY insanely). 

It’s been a nice night so far—saw my parents, sister, grandparents, and two of my best friends; ate a real dinner for the first time in three months, and am very quickly getting used to my new tempurpedic mattress <3 But I haven’t yet shaken off all the finals-week anxiety, ughh why haven’t my teachers put up any grades yet?! Isn’t there some sort of rule (unspoken or not) that they’re supposed to be up by, um, Christmas? At the same time, I don’t think I’ll be too happy with my grades, especially after that shit Calc test this morning—but still, the annoyance of not knowing is almost worse than figuring out you totally bombed your finals. 

Alright, enough talk about school. First semester is o-v-e-r, now I should just enjoy my month-long break. Christmas mass tomorrow morning, then some last-minute gift-shopping at Northpark; also, Nani, Cherry, and I might go test drive a car at some dealership in McKinney so we can score free tickets to Lights All Night, this two-day dance party in Dallas—so excited! Let the merriment begin!