Saturday, December 20, 2008

Beautiful Vacation

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our house mascot and i devoured that book in a couple of hours

christmas break is here, and i’ve spent my first few days of vacation relaxing.  aaaaaah…!  near the end of the summer, some of my friends plopped me in front of a television and introduced me to 24.  i never watch tv.  never.  but i kinda liked 24, and so on and off during the semester, i’d watch an episode or two online.  the show kinda makes me laugh and cry at the same time.  i laugh when jack gets into terminator mode and takes out 1304123 bad guys at once.  i cry when another good guy dies.  the last few days i finished off season 1, and i’m now afraid to start season 2.  i don’t want to spend my whole christmas watching this show… i think there’s 7 seasons or something.

besides watching 24, i’ve done my share of cleaning around the house.  my housemates and i agreed to do a little end-of-the-semester cleaning, and our house is looking pretty darn nice.  i’ll probably spend more time cleaning parts of the house, just to relax.  i feel like cleaning is kind of like painting.  one of my housemates paints houses over the summer, and he explains how he finds the work quite rewarding.  the task can be quite challenging, and the finished result looks so good.  he says there’s this great sense of satisfaction seeing a house transformed by your hard work, even if you just added a coat of paint.  i completely agree—seeing the results of your labor is a nice luxury.

and of course, i’ve been cooking again.  during the entire semester, i did minimal cooking and just bought my food at the spoelhof cafe.  the food there is healthier than johnnys, and there are fewer students so the environment is much more subdued.  oftentimes i’ll catch up on some studying while eating, and every thursday i’ll have a business lunch with my team and some calvin staff members.  i just walked back from grocery shopping where i bumped into a friend’s mom.  the nice thing about living in a neighborhood by calvin is rubbing shoulders with faculty, staff and students off-campus.  after being here for 3 years, the area’s really starting to feel like home.

as christmas nears, friends are coming back from semesters abroad, and i’m oh-so-excited to see them again.  last christmas i had a blast hanging out with friends in town, and i’m sure this christmas will be similar.  there’ll be plenty of hot chocolate by the fireplace, board games, christmas music, and general snow-related shenanigans.  nothing like a well-deserved break!

Posted by Nehe555 on 12/20 at 10:14 PM
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I’m Back

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i know i haven’t written all semester.  you can find out why by looking at the calvin homepage right now and clicking on the news item about a t-shirt business.  when the news item is removed from the calvin homepage, you can read the article here.

i’ll be writing much more later.  ah, a vacation feels sooo nice right now!

Posted by Nehe555 on 12/20 at 02:01 AM
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