I am so glad we have had this break from school. It was been reenergizing and has given me a chance to breathe again. Finals were pretty intense and it was encouraging to look ahead to the break, and it has been a wonderful break. Cory finished finals that Tuesday of finals week and he came out to my house, since my brother and his friend were here already. And then I finished up on Wednesday and a friend brought me home. It was nice to have that day at home and just relax and do laundry. That next morning, early on Thursday Cory and I headed to the airport to fly down to Florida. We got to Orlando after spending a long day traveling, and it was nice to be back there. I hadn’t been back since we moved in the beginning of August, but Cory went back for Thanksgiving. And I must say I had such a great time down in Orlando. I was only there from that Thursday to the Tuesday the 23rd. It was a quick trip but it was packed. Cory and I spent a lot of time with his family, we had his big family Christmas celebration, and his immediate family Christmas the next day, and went to his brother and sister in law’s house another day where we had a bonfire and cooked hotdogs and made smores and then watched The Dark Knight, on blu-ray I might add. Another day I went to the Browns, the family I used to nanny for. And it was so refreshing to be around them and see the kids and spend time with them again. I have missed them so much and was so glad and thankful to be able to spend some time with one of my favorite families. I also got to spend some time with my sweet friend Lindsey one night and then another night I got to see Megan and Lia. There are some other people I would have loved to see, but I’ll have to save them for next time down. I also went over to the house to vacuum it and make sure everything looked alright. And while we were in the neighborhood we stopped by the O’Brien’s. It was so great to see them, even if it was just for a few minutes. We also saw the Bryant’s after stopping by the Browns again. And then another day Cory and I went to the flew market with his family. It was lots of fun and huge. It was the Webster flea market, one I had never been to before, but it was so big and fun to walk around in. But all in all it was such a wonderful trip. I loved every bit of it and was so glad to have been down there. It was a really really great trip. I wouldn’t have changed any of it.
I came back from Orlando and spent a wonderful Christmas Eve and Christmas with my family. It was great to have Dad and Chip here and the family together. It was just us, but it was perfect. We had a great and quiet Christmas. It’s been so great to relax and just spend time at home. Our old next door neighbor’s (the McClafferty’s) came over one night, and I got to see one of my best friends, Meredith, which was really great. Alli and Amy went down to Orlando after Christmas, and Cory came back up on the 31st. New Years Eve we went to our old next door neighbors house, the McClafferty’s, in Collierville. It was great to see old neighbors and friends. We even were able to go next door and walk through our old house. It was neat to see it and see the changes the owners (it’s the same family who bought the house from us, back in 98) made and also the things that were the same. I loved that house and was glad we were able to see it. It was neat that Cory was able to see it to.
It’s been a great break. I can’t believe it’s almost time to go back to school. But this break was definitely a much needed one, and it has been really wonderful.
~Sarah
