Long December

Well I must say I had a particularly good end of 2008. Traveled to Colorado with my brother, father, and step-mom for some ski time in Beaver Creek. We ate very well, had a lot of fun, and relaxed. After CO I traveled the beautiful Alabama Gulf Coast for some beach time with the students. The retreat was amazing despite my stress and lack of sleep. The students simply never stop amazing me.

Of course all of you already knew what I had been up to. I just wanted to post something on my blog for the archives. Hopefully sometime I'll get around to posting some pictures of both trips.

California

California really looks beautiful. I would love to travel there someday. I met my sisters biological sister at her wedding. Her sister's name is Ashley and she is 20. She told me that every morning homeless crackheads dig through her trash and look for unlocked windows and doors to break in to. She lives in California and wants to move to Alabama. When asked why she said because she wants to move away from the drama and closer to family. I hope she makes it.

I have heard people in Alabama say several times that California will eventually break off into the ocean. This is most likely due to the San Andreas Fault. I wonder if they say that in California?

Never enough time...

Why is it I never have enough time? I do my best to stay organized. I keep calendars, I take notes, I set reminders, I write to do lists...and yet there's never enough time.

Every time my mom comes to town we fight about spending time with each other. She thinks its because I never "make" time for her when she comes. I think its because she tells me a week before she comes and I already have stuff planned. I know that sounds terrible, to not make time for your mom, but it is always major things that I can't change.

If I don't already have something major planned, there's always something minor planned. For example, I already have plans for the next three weekends. Not stuff for the whole weekend, but something is going on at least one night.

My mom is coming to town in a few weeks. Jack is coming to town the same weekend. They both will demand my attention. All I want to do is sleep.

I guess it is a blessing. There are a lot of people who care about me.

I wish I had time (and money) to go to London. It seems like a neat place.