So being in AK with the fam hasn't been as bad as I thought; I've gotten to see almost all my friends, I'm spending new years @ a 5 star snowboarding resort snowboarding my ass off, and with my fiance and my best friend. wooot.  but alas the drama will begin on January 4th when I get back to Chicago and have to try to put everything back in order.  First will be classes; taking 5 classes and working about 24 hours a week is going to be a bitch but I've done more before so I know I can do it, but I also want to reorganize my personal life.  Exercise will be key, as well as putting down the video games and picking up the instruments and the textbooks, to make me smarter and a better, more well rounded person.  I'm also going to start biking to class once the snow goes away, so I will be extra healthy.

Right now, however, I'm enjoying snowboarding, which due to injury, I've been unable to enjoy in 3 years.  I won't be able to snowboard for at least another year after this, so it will be my last vestage of winter fun for the time being, and the memories will have to last. It will though, because I'm with my new family and my lifelong friends.

Reflecting on last year, I know I don't even care what has happened, only what is about to; wedding, graduation, and my own life evolving. I can't wait. Have a happy new year everyone!