Did it feel like a break? Perhaps.

Bwog traveled around everywhere:

  • Spent like 7 hours in the car on Thanksgiving
  • Went to Miami for the first time to visit my sister!
  • Went to the Thanksgiving Day parade
  • Went to a lights festival!!!
  • Went to some Bridgemas (aka Cambridge Christmas) things, including a Christmas concert and a Secret Santa potluck
  • Received a very cute watercolor painting of a robin in the aforementioned Secret Santa
  • Went to the English department Christmas party and learned that English majors and professors in England drink a LOT of alcohol

Bwog was both entertained and disappointed:

  • Saw an IGUANA
  • Watched “Griswold Family Christmas,” and it was cinematic gold
  • Watched the new Hunger Games, and it was so good
  • Watched lots of Xmas movies
  • Saw the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie in theaters… it was bad….
  • Ended up at the concert of a really bad Backstreet Boy cover band
  • Read all of Bleak House

Bwog didn’t forget about coursework:

  • Did not work on my thesis
  • Did not work on any of the other assignments I should have worked on
  • Did not begin my thesis
  • Read a book for my thesis
  • Spent hours writing the first draft of an 8-page paper
  • Wrote two essays

Bwog spent some “quality” time with friends and families:

  • Met some brand new family members
  • Continued an annual tradition of going to the Waverly Diner with high school friends
  • Dealt with unruly cousins
  • Met the new partners of two of my immediate family members
  • Saw some high school friends
  • Saw some hometown friends!!
  • Read over my little sister’s college essays (god I do not miss that one bit)
  • Played so much with my 1-year-old brother
  • Celebrated my dog’s 10th bday!!
  • Celebrated my dog’s fourth birthday with a cake!!
  • Was reminded how insane my family is

Bwog ate, played, and ran:

  • Had so many Brussels sprouts (iykyk lol)
  • Had three different thanksgiving meals (child of a divorce moment)
  • Ate a thousand and one oatmeal cookies
  • Played lots of Mario Kart and FIFA 23
  • Ran a 5k on Thanksgiving

Bwog meditated:

  • Complained
  • Panicked
  • Doubted going back to school the whole break
  • Languished!
  • Was stressed
  • Was cold, but felt festive

Bwog went shopping:

  • Finally purchased a Columbia sweatshirt (thank you Black Friday sales)
  • Went thrifting for new sweaters and SCORED, it was such a good haul
  • Did some online shopping
  • Bought a Christmas tree

Fall Flowers via Pixabay