Dear Winter

UNACCEPTABLE

ACCEPTABLE

The Abbreviated Update

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1. shortened; made briefer
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The long and short of it is, things have changed. Life is changing, often faster than I can keep up with. So I'll try my best to get everything out as quickly as I can, before things turn upside down on me all over again.

• Brayden and I are separated, and in the process of getting a divorce. Some of you have heard rumors, but now it's official. Let it be known that this is no one's fault. We both still love each other very much, and we're still the best of friends. But it wasn't the right time, and we will both be happier in the end. Morgan, Greta, Sarah and Chelsea, you have all been exceptionally supportive and helpful. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

• I'm living at home now, but not for long. On January 25th I'll be heading south to Orlando to work at Disneyworld! The silver lining in all of this is the wonderful new opportunities that are now in front of me. I've been offered a job with the Disney College Program, so my spring semester will be spent in the happiest place on earth! 

• I am actively working on my book, for once :) I'm on track to be mostly, if not completely, finished by the time I leave for Florida. If I'm not finished by then, I apologize in advance to my roommates.  Listening to me complain loudly and vehemently about people who don't actually exist can be entertaining, but a little confusing :)

So that's done. Now we're all on the same page. Love to you all, and Happy Holidays.

If you give a procrastinator a Pinterest...

... she will want some pins to go with it :)

And then any meager semblance of productivity she'd managed to cling to will go flying out the window.

Behold, a trend I didn't know I needed, but now can't go without :http://pinterest.com/shuttlebug/

Let it Snow! or "Twas the night before this morning"

Twas the night before ... morning ...

And all through the house

Not a creature was stirring

Not even a mouse.

My parents were nestled

All snug in their beds

With pre-Christmas panic

Nightmare-ing their heads.

But with me in my PJs

And warm stockinged feet,

Downstairs I had crept

To prepare them a treat

While sneaking around

In the warm Christmaslight*

I hung flake after flake,

A snow paper delight.

*Christmaslight - n - Here defined as any light, glow, or reflection caused by objects relating to or in association with the celebration of winter holidays, namely Christmas. ex: candles, Christmas tree lights, roaring fires, the hazy glow from a streetlight partially obscured by falling snow or ice

The Little Things

People say that it's the little things in life that can make you happiest. No argument there.  However, what gets at me is how often the little things can also completely ruin your day. Or your week.

Why is it that in a life where things are falling apart right and left, the thing that brings me to tears is that there's not enough hot water for my bath? All I wanted was one hour to relax with a book, some good music and some foamy, scented, bubbly goodness! Is that too much to ask? Just an hour, so I can forget about everything else that sucks right now!

It's a mark of how close one is to the edge when it takes something so little to send one off into an emotional breakdown.

Words and Rhymes

How did it get so late so soon?

It's night before it's afternoon.

December is here before it's June.

My goodness how the time has flewn.

How did it get so late so soon?

~ Dr. Seuss

Ok, just for a second, can we talk about what a perfect word "flewn" is? Thank you, Dr. Seuss, for such a beautifully absurd rhyme! It almost tricks your brain into thinking it's a real word for a moment. Clever little flewn!

Also, shouldn't the past tense of "spite" be "spote?" The past tense of "smite" is "smote," so it stands to reason ... Look, "spited" sounds ri.di.cu.lous.  If you did something out of spite, or to spite someone, you should be able to say at the end of everything, "Yes, I SPOTE him!"