Thank the technicals god's for the gift of wireless internet. This is being posted beneath an umbrella on my snow covered deck. Who would have guessed that technology and the outdoors could fuse together in such a magical way. Despite my mothers warnings of frostbite and electrocution I am doing my best to balance my computer on my knees while typing as rapidly as possible to avoid freezing my fingertips. All the while my dog is frolicing in the day old snow, it's just perfect.

P.S. I changed my mind about home being a good thing. I would choose a cardboard box over the torment of my obnoxious family members. My sisters scream for me to fix the computer, my dad yells at me when I eat "his cookies", and my mother thinks that I should be doing chores. Really, they have it all wrong. I deserved a weekend of peace and relaxation, but unfortunatley that was an unreasonable request. To add to my misery, my former love interest (because you couldn't call him anything else) called me at odd hours to tell me I should have made time for HIS family this holiday season. I thought over meant, well over. I must be living in my own world of misconceptions.

So yes, my 8:00am lecture will be a welcomed escape tomorrow morning instead of a torturous reminder of my status as merely a student. This week is sure to keep me busy, I've already filled it with categorized "to-do" lists. Hopefully I'll quickly forget my family encounters and resume the much preferred short and sweet phone conversation relationship.