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I hope everybody's had a very excellent holiday! :)

WARNING: LONG ENTRY!! Really, only appropriate for the extremely curious or the extremely bored.

Holidays. Ha. I always come back from trips thinking, "What should I say?" And I've again ended up confused. Let's try to break it down.

December 22-25. Troy, MI. I arrived home and spent a few relaxing days with my family at home. My brother had gotten me season 10 of Friends, so my parents and I finished up the series in that time, among other things. Christmas Eve was really nice this year; my family stayed up playing Mah Jong and we finished the evening watching Bride & Prejudice.

December 25-27. Chicago, IL. On a last minute whim, my family drove down to Chicago to spend Christmas with some family friends. While in Chicago, I ended up at Millenium Park and checking out the weird fountain and the Bean. SHINY! Funny stuff: I didn't realize how long it's been since I've walked through a cold city decked out for Christmas. It felt really, really good.

December 27-29. Troy, MI. Back home for a few days for some more laziness and lots of football. Finished reading [livejournal.com profile] tocketeuanchim's Love of Wolves and finally got her crit to her an hour and half before leaving for Los Angeles...

December 29-January 2. Las Vegas, NV. Flew back to Los Angeles and immediately embarked on road trip with Jeff to get to Las Vegas, where he had late holiday celebrations wiht his family (his two sisters live in Vegas) and I met up with college buddies (including [livejournal.com profile] sansceo). I got to spend some quality time with the Jeffs, and I really just had a wonderful time with them. It was also really nice to see my college buddies again and catch up. This is the first time I've been to Vegas after turning 21, so it was fun to expeience another side of the city. :) No winnings to boast of, I'm sad to say.

In summary, a very fun and relaxing break and I'm glad I had it, because life is now really really annoying.

TO-DO LIST:
  • Pack up everything and move sundries to new apartment.
  • Close gas and electric accounts.
  • Change address with:
    • Harper's.
    • DMV.
    • car insurance people.
    • credit card people.
    • bank.
    • Pasadena Public Library.
    • people in general.

  • Get data before conference on January 22.
  • Pay new rent.
  • Move big stuff like furniture.
  • Send off late Christmas presents to [livejournal.com profile] the_marchioness and my brother.
  • Prep for Chem 153 (I am TAing Advanced Inorganic Chemistry this term.)
  • Get data for conference January 22-26.


I woke up feeling pretty panicked. I'm trying to stay calm, but this bites. One thing at a time. BREATHE. There, better.

All in all, life's good, but busy. No time yet to catch up on the flist, but I hope you all had a great holiday, and happy new year, everybody!!

Mah jong

Date: 2006-01-03 06:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-marchioness.livejournal.com
Ha. We played it Christmas Eve and Christmas day as well. Fabulous! :)

Re: Mah jong

Date: 2006-01-03 10:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] happychemist.livejournal.com
I love Mah Jong and don't get to play it enough. :)

Re: Mah jong

Date: 2006-01-04 12:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-marchioness.livejournal.com
Well, if when you move out here in a couple of years we can play! And H said she wants to learn how to play, so we just need to find one more person to drag in. :)

Re: Mah jong

Date: 2006-01-04 01:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] happychemist.livejournal.com
We can get V out there for med school :p

Re: Mah jong

Date: 2006-01-04 01:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bijoux.livejournal.com
We will see.

Date: 2006-01-03 08:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jennlynnfs.livejournal.com
Yay! Your back. I'm glad to hear you had a great time during the holidays. Christmas in Chicago sounds like fun.

Bummer about coming back and having to move. Being in a new place is kind of fun, but the whole process of getting there sucks. :P

Date: 2006-01-03 10:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] happychemist.livejournal.com
I really wish I didn't have to move, because then we all could have hung out this weekend instead! BAH moving.

I'll feel happier when it's over with :)

Date: 2006-01-03 09:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] worldmaker-13.livejournal.com
Glad you had great holidays!!

It's always a bit of a panic when you come back from fun to work. Just do remember one step at a time, and it doesn't seem quite so overwhelmingly large.

Date: 2006-01-03 10:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] happychemist.livejournal.com
:) Thanks for the advice. I did break it down into small tasks this afternoon, so things are going well. Yaay!

Date: 2006-01-03 10:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] semioticwarrior.livejournal.com
Sounds like a terrific vacation! What's the conference? Are you presenting?

Date: 2006-01-03 10:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] happychemist.livejournal.com
The conference is the Gordon Conference on Protein Derived Cofactors, Radicals, and Quinones (http://www.grc.uri.edu/programs/2006/protder.htm) and it'll be at the Holiday Inn in Ventura. I'll be presenting a poster, and my professor will be giving a talk on my research :)

It's so cool that he's willing to go out and talk about my stuff, but nerve-wracking to try to stay ahead of him to give him stuff to talk about! :)

Date: 2006-01-04 03:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] semioticwarrior.livejournal.com
That does sound nerve-wracking but very exciting! And what a complement! Good for you!

Date: 2006-01-03 10:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-mongrel.livejournal.com
Sounds like you had a great holiday! And whoa, dude, you were in Chicago?! Next time we should hang out!!

Date: 2006-01-03 10:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] happychemist.livejournal.com
I know! I wanted to tell you, but my parents gave me a whole evening's notice, and since we were only there for 3 days, we had to spend all the time together. :(

I will definitely tell you the next time I roll into town! :)

Date: 2006-01-03 10:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-mongrel.livejournal.com
You'd bettah! I'll cook you dinner (fish! with tomatoes!)

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