Christmas is tomorrow?

With finals officially over and having been back home for a week now, I'm caught in a time warp. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, it's just different...first, I don't feel like the semester is over and I should be going back to school on Monday (but I'm glad to be done!)...second, there's Christmas, which apparently is tomorrow. It's not like I've been hiding in a box and was unaware that tomorrow is Christmas, but it kinda feels like it. I mean, when I'm in school (and every other college kid can attest to this) December doesn't feel like the holidays. Rather, it's scrambling to finish last minute projects, cramming for final exams, and occasionally sleeping if you're lucky. So, after I'm all done with that I come home and only have x-amount of days to prepare for the holiday...it's weird. Oh well, it's tomorrow and I'm excited to be with my family :)


Finally, there's this whole South Africa thing. Ya know, the thing that stimulated this blog in the first place. I didn't believe my friends who had done the South Africa program last year when they told me that it didn't really hit them that they were leaving until they got to the airport, but now that I'm leaving in less than a month I'm beginning to understand. I have lived in the United States for 21 years, have never traveled outside of the country and yet in exactly 28 days I will be getting on a plane to live in a foreign country for 5 full months...don't get me wrong, I'm still excited and I'm definitely not having second thoughts, it's just all part of my mental processing. 


On a lighter note, I don't start my part-time job (and by that I mean my 2 week job) until January 3rd so I'm excited to catch up with friends next week and relax a little. I also finally conquered my school stuff and have it all packed away and now only have to sort my clothes, yipee! Well, it being Christmas I best finish wrapping some gifts. Merry Christmas everyone! ♥

Grace, mercy, and peace, which come from God the Father and from Jesus Christ—the Son of the Father—will continue to be with us who live in truth and love.
2 John 1:3 


Many blessings and much love,
Janelle