Holiday Highlights

And some low-lights. So, I'm back at work now after being off for nearly a month. You might be asking yourself what I did with close to four weeks of unadulterated freedom. Most years during this joyous time I visit friends and family, mom and I usually do something cultural in Atlanta (visit a museum, etc.), I go to the movies, clean my house, read, and watch TV. I did some of that usual stuff but here are the highlights and low-lights:

Highlights

• The world didn't end
• Holiday movies on Hallmark and Lifetime (my favorites include The Road to Christmas, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Trading Christmas, and The Christmas Card)
• Reading multiple books guilt free
• Esther Price chocolates
• Finally watching The Big Bang Theory (super funny!)
• Working out a minimum of 4 days a week
• Cheese grits on Christmas morning
• Visiting Kelly, Frances, Lindsey, Whitney, Jennifer, Barbara and my family
• No school work

Low-lights

• Attempting a 3-day cleanse (I lasted a day and a half)
• Weight lost: negative 2 pounds (think about it)
• Completing bodypump for the first time in a year (I couldn't walk for 2 days after)
• Seeing Les Miserables (did you know the entire movie is all singing, no talking?)
• Two weeks of restless nights due to lack of a schedule requiring that I get up at a certain time each day (when working I usually wake up between 5 and 6am)
• Gloomy weather

New Year's Resolutions

• Don't make any New Year's resolutions--I didn't succeed in any last year so I'm going to skip that bit of disappointment all together.

I did enjoy the break but I did not "make the most" of it. I think school sucked all the energy and joy out of the season for me. I will hopefully complete school this July so Christmas 2013 will be totally different (this is not a New Year's resolution).