The end of another year.

Well, 7 days until I'm 33, and 6 until my hubby is 29! At least HE is still in his 20s! Ah well, this is life isn't it? I find myself appreciating it more and more lately. Could be this new lease on life. I have not finished A New Earth. I'm just not much of a reader, but I have continued to carry the lessons with me and try to read just a little bit here and there to continue my journey. It really has helped me stay out of the negative flow of thought that usually corrupts my brain! I'm sure the meds are helping. Lexapro is so far so good!

I'm on a break with teaching. I still have to submit my grades, but the end of the semester wrapped up very nicely. Just a few Ds and Fs. I'm excited to start a new semester, but nervous about the new class I'll be teaching. I need to get reading (uh-oh) so I know what I'm teaching:) But at least the 2 sections of what I taught this semester will be a breeze since I've already taught it once. I'll be teaching T/TH and T evenings. So, that is nice. Not as many lectures to prep for as when you have a 3 day a week class.

The biggest thing I'm excited about is having our credit cards paid off. I had planned on being done by Dec, but things never go as planned. I needed new tires, we went to St. Thomas, and we had massive vet bills! So, now if everything goes as planned I should be paid off by the end of January! Fingers crossed. It will feel so freeing!

It has been nice that for the first time in forever, I am not scrambling to figure out how to pay for those unexpected expenses. This teaching job is really great for the added income if nothing else. Weird how when the rest of the world is freaking out about the economy, we are actually doing fairly well. However, the adjunct thing is never a sure thing, so I am hoping to save save save after January and getting the debts paid!

Oh what else can I bore you with??? It is cold and snowy and up until yesterday I was walking my dogs every night. THey love this snow! But, the below zero temps are just a little too low for my or the dogs liking. Hopefully it warms up a little or they'll be bouncing off the walls.

Christmas shopping is done on my end, but not Josh's. He is a procrastinator. Not sure, but I think a Wii is in store for our family! That will be fun if I am right. Can't tell for sure with that sneaky man!

Okay, well, that is enough rambling for now! Merry Christmas and Happy Winter Holidays to all!