Can you believe it’s almost Christmas?!?! Aieeeee!! Have any of you started shopping yet? I think I’m going to give everyone homemade presents this year. I just learned how to knit and am having so much fun doing it! (I know ha ha ha. Okay, so maybe fun isn’t exactly the right word, but it is quite relaxing!) I’m soooo looking forward to going home for the holiday–not that it’s torture living here–far from it–but I’m terribly homesick and actually looking forward to the snow. What are you all doing to celebrate your respective holidays? I completely agree with Jen on the whole missing-our-holiday-parties thing. Special events are just not the same anymore!