Yeah, I'm still around!!

It's the last week of college before Christmas break!! That means finals! This morning I had my A&P final, and in about 2 hrs I'll have my Math final. Then it's the big nursing final on Friday.

Unfortunatly I haven't been able to get much work over Christmas break, which was stressing me out at first. However I've decided that I'm going to choose to enjoy my time off, free of work and studying, and have a great time. Maybe I'll be able to finish some projects that I've started oh so long ago!! I'm actually beginning to look forward to the free time that I'll have and I've already begun making a mental list of everything I'd like to get accomplished.

Mom and I were taking yesterday about the traditions of Christmas and where they all origionate....why do we celebrate Christ's birth on Dec. 25 anywhy?? Anyhow it stirred up some thought, and interstingly enough after reading some information Mom found it actually began to make me wonder if we really realize why we have the traditions we do, such as the mistel toe, holly, christmas trees, even the date Dec. 25 etc.

I'll have to post the article that Mom found and let you guys read it for yourselves. (I'll add that to my list of things to accomplish next week :) haha.

Also we currently are taking care of a homeless ferret that our lovely doberman found Sunday night. Apparently our dog was barking up a storm late Sunday night, and upon inspection Sam found a ferret hiding up against the side of the house. I got home about 11pm to find Sam waving his flashlight at me... asking me to give him a hand as everyone else was in bed and didn't want to contribute to the cause. lol. So Sam graciously rescued the ferret while I held the flashlight and convinced him (and myself) the terrified ferret wasn't going to bite his finger off. He's actually quite a friendly fellow and now lives in our kitchen in an abandoned bird cage. It all works out!
Needless to say Rochelle fell in love with him before she set eyes on the thing. We call him Garret the Ferret (who can't eat a carrot). We were told vegetables are hard on their digestive tracks and should be avoided. I really don't know what we'll do with it, we called the humane league hoping the owners called in to report it missing, but thus far there's been no word. So, for now Rochelle's very happy to have another pet around the house!