Winding Down

This will probably be one of my last posts...

It's one day until December. I'm officially listening to Christmas music.. Harry Connick Jr. To be exact. I'm quite excited to see everyone.. I actually need a break from paradise life. I am going to go home and work which thrills me.

My Thanksgiving was perfect. My roommates mom sent a box of food on the sea plane which got it here still warm. We ate all day and I watched House. Our room was a mess for three days after though because we were so full! We went Christmas shopping... I wish I had enough money to just bring warm weather and the beach home with me :D The weirdest part of it all is I'm sitting in basketball shorts and a red IU tee shirt. The sun is flooding through my windows and warming me. My fan is officially off. I had it on to sleep last night and ended up freezing.. but a good freezing. Like summer nights when its chilly. I love that kind of sleep. Stores have Christmas decorations up! It is fun seeing an Island Christmas. There have been a lot of cruise ships in... it angers me because traffic is so unbelieveably difficult!

I am going to be completely sad when I leave because this Island has become a second home for me. I've made friends that I hope to keep for ever. I have learned so much about myself and about family. ( I am currently putting off my last essay final oops) I love driving around the streets and seeing the families and people standing outside and laughing together. I feel like state-side everyone is always running around non-stop trying to live their lives before they are too old. People here actually sit and enjoy their surroundings. I think that when we are so busy trying to please and perfect and be better that sometimes we need to stop and just listen to what is around us. Being here taught me to sit and listen. To see, to open my eyes and ears and close my mouth and stop my feet. At home something always needs to be done but if we are always getting something done then when will we have time to see what God has done? Or what beauty is around us. Family is the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING GOD GAVE US. that and friends... and by friends i mean real true honest to goodness friends. A laugh can cure anything and spending time with family and friends, enjoying the world we were given, that will bring laughter. So this holiday season if you have a day turn on some good music, light a candle, make a pie, spend time with your family. Dance, sing, laugh. When we take everything so seriously we drive our minds crazy. Live (not too dangerously) just live, the way God wants you to live. Enjoy what we have not crave what we want.

Happy Holidays

Peace and Love

Cordelia