End of Semester and the Holidays

My semester officially ended on December 11th with my last (and most difficult) final of the year. That was one semester I was glad to be done with and while I was sure the semester was ending in complete and utter disaster I ended respectably with a B in one class and A's in the rest so while I was sad to see my 4.0 go down, I felt I performed well considering the difficulty of the classes and the obstacles I had to overcome during the semester. Baileigh had her last day of school and Jeremy had his last day of work today and are now both on a short vacation too and I am looking forward to some family time over the next week. My next semester starts January 11th and is shaping up to be a monster with 8 hours of lab a week plus another 8 hours of lecture! We had a sad week this past week as we dealt with the loss of one of our dogs. Bear passed away in his sleep and it was hard to say goodbye. Bear started as my dog before I had even met Jeremy then became our dog after we got married and then our family dog after Baileigh was born. He was a good dog and we will miss him.

Finals

I haven't been doing a great job of posting but there has been a lot going on lately. We are approaching the end of the semester and that means time for finals. On top of reviewing everything from this semester, one of my finals is going to be cumulative over 2 semesters which means I have to go back and study all the things I dumped from my brain between semesters! On top of that I had surgery on my right wrist last Monday so writing and typing have been difficult. I have no idea when I am going to do Christmas shopping as I have not even accomplished shopping for Baileigh's birthday which is next Sunday. Ugh, crazy time of year! Finals, and Christmas, and Birthdays, Oh My!