Didja Miss Me?

Apparently, I've been actually doing stuff lately. A couple of days without a blog post? Unthinkable!

Even now, my fingers are a little too stiff for typing, because they're still warming up after Chris and I walked home from the mall. We also had adventures downtown yesterday (we even bought fruits and vegetables in Chinatown!). I've been outside walking quite a bit in the past few days, and it's surreal that this is Christmas. Today it was plus 6 (Celsius), and with the sun out and no wind, it felt like spring. The grass is green, the roses are blooming, and there are so many songbirds and ducks around! How can this be within a couple weeks of Christmas? The decorations seem out of place.

I also met with the prof for the class I'm TAing next semester: medical history! We actually had a lot of fun, and I've found that my European history classes are going to help me a lot with this class; I'm not as clueless as I worried. We're even going to be reading from Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain. I'm especially excited about this course because I'll be doing no marking, which will complement the other TAing course (all marking) nicely. I'll be doing only in-class work (seminars, lecturing, etc.). This course (along with my three grad courses) will get me out of the house more next semester, which will probably be a good idea.

I don't know what else is new. Tomorrow evening I'll be flying home! I'm so excited to be home and to see everyone. (Wee Girlie keeps thinking she sees Auntie Mary in public; apparently she misses me; her mother is also anxious to have me home, as she may end up having the baby early.) I have to confess that it'll be difficult to be away from Christopher for so long. Everyone correctly told us that it would be good for us to get away from everyone else, as newlyweds, and build a strong family unit. However, no one told me that the side-effect of building a strong relationship would be that I can't fathom being away from him anymore. The trip home will be interesting. (Not to mention the fact that I've become a total homebody hermit here, and it's going to be a real shock to the system to be around so many people!) In summary: going from just Christopher to everyone but Christopher? That'll take some adjusting.

But Christmas sounds like all kinds of fun! Bridesmaid dress shopping with Meg, get-togethers with the old high school crowd, Chris's best friend Bernie (and now Dana's boyfriend) coming for the same days as Chris... Okay, now I'm getting excited!

I'd better get myself some more eggnog.