{"id":234,"date":"2012-12-12T21:37:09","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T21:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/?p=234"},"modified":"2012-12-12T21:37:09","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T21:37:09","slug":"and-have-a-merry-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/2012\/12\/12\/and-have-a-merry-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"And Have a Merry Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May I describe to you what euphoria feels like? It is being cuddled up with a million fuzzy kittens next to a warm fire while eating from an unlimited supply of candy.<\/p>\n<p>That is almost exactly how I feel right about now.<\/p>\n<p>My friends, I have made it to the end of another semester. I am currently writing this after completing my fourth and last final exam. Oh, it feels good. All of my hard work has reached a temporary end, and I may now look forward to Christmas break. Allow me to share just a few of the things I\u2019m excited for in the upcoming weeks.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No homework: I actually might not know what to do with myself for a while. I currently feel guilty for using my laptop for anything besides completing a research paper. Hopefully this will pass soon, and I\u2019ll be able to fully relax.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Christmas shopping: I think I have gotten better at this as the years go by. I have learned to be sneaky and take my friends and family by surprise when they receive their gift. I also like to think I\u2019m getting better at wrapping gifts\u2026 The package may never look perfect, but it always has character!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Reading for fun: It has been some time since I was able to finish a book outside of school. I think it\u2019s absolutely necessary for a person\u2019s well being to read a book as often as you can that feeds both your soul and your mind. Do yourself a huge favor and go to a bookstore or a bookish friend\u2019s home and pick out a title that looks interesting. Read it cover to cover. You\u2019ll be amazed what a good, unassigned book can do for your outlook.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Home cooked meals: Beef stew. Eggnog. Pumpkin cookies. Breakfast quiche. Need I say more?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the next few days, I look forward to the on-campus Christmas gatherings, white elephant gift exchanges and spontaneous caroling. It will take a while for it to sink in that I don\u2019t have to budget homework or study sessions into this time, but I plan to enjoy the Christmas season in Riverside before looking forward to Christmas back home. Watch out, Ukiah, I\u2019m coming for you soon!<\/p>\n<p>Looking back, this semester truly has been eventful, and I really believe that I learned so much from each of my classes. I feel that this semester has brought me closer to my eventual degree. For now, I will enjoy this sense of accomplishment in the completion of my fall 2012 semester and pray that I finished well.<\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May I describe to you what euphoria feels like? It is being cuddled up with a million fuzzy kittens next to a warm fire while eating from an unlimited supply of candy. That is almost exactly how I feel right about now. My friends, I have made it to the end of another semester. I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aubrey-macmillan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}