3 Days until Christmas starts!!

Wow what a week!

I thought I was the bomb when I got all of my finals done by Wednesday morning. Seriously, how could life get any better than just being able to kick back the rest of finals week and chill out? HA! Our neighbor went into labor Friday night and 1/2 of our apartment complex had to move out Friday and Saturday!

We spent almost all of Friday helping one family or another either with babysitting or packing or moving. It was a full day of service and at the end of it I was exhausted. We repeated this on Saturday with a little less helping because I was beginning to feel sick from not having a jacket the day before while the door kept getting opened and closed.

It got much better on Saturday night, we were able to go to the Galusha Christmas party which was a blast. The getting there was not so fun because of the snowstorm that had come into town, but Jason had purchased chains and we put them to good use getting in and out of Rexburg and Shelley. this year's event was at Fred's house and it was huge and beautiful! We played games and ate lots of food and just basically enjoyed ourselves. Alisabeth spent the entire 50 minute trip there screaming at the top of her lungs for some reason and then was great during the party. After we got in the car and started driving she started up again, but by this point she was so exhausted that she conked out after about 10 minutes. She's getting molars in and her canines at the same time. I have a feeling that this is the cause of much of her discomfort, but I think the rest is that she hates being restrained in her carseat especially when she's tired. Saturday she refused to take a nap because we were doing so much stuff that she was too wired.

Today most everyone is gone so church is going to be empty. Alisabeth has a runny nose anyway so I am probably going to come home with her since I'm not feeling too hot either and we don't want to get all the little kiddies sick. Luckily the other teachers who never show up are actually going to be there and have agreed to do the lesson so it really can't be a more perfect day to be out of commission.

I am quite excited for this upcoming week. We only have three days and here's a rough list of what we have to accomplish:

Dismantle every carpeted room and get everything off the floor

which entails cleaning everything as we go and finally getting a bunch of stuff organized.

Clean my kitchen which has been ignored hopelessly for the second 1/2 of the semester

Get the laundry done and pick out the trip clothes and get them packed

Did I mention that one of our large suitcases is already filled with the presents and

things we're bringing home? I also have to seperate immediately the stuff I want to take to

Florida so that I don't have to repack.

Sort through my stuff and give 1/2 of it away to DI.

Go through Alisa's stuff and figure out if anything still fits her.

Organize the old baby clothes that don't fit her to prepare for the next one.

Finish a couple of Christmas presents

and . . .

get ready for Jury duty in Tucson because they found out that I'd be home for Christmas and decided to make sure I served my country during that time :)

All that plus make sure my 1 year old feels loved and wanted and gets her naps.

I can't wait to begin!

I am really excited for this trip though to be in Florida for Christmas and then to be able to spend New Years in Tucson is going to be a blast. I can't wait for everyone to see Alisabeth, and for her to see everyone, especially her little cousins. She's really into babies her own age right now. She be-lines for them and cares nothing for parents if they're around :)