cj cregg and crocs

so, the most dreaded break of the year has begun. I'm not a huge fan of xmas break, and never have been. it's a month off, yes...which is too long for me. however, unlike the summer, it's also cold and grey out for most of the break. i love christmas and i LOVE my birthday (which was fantastic this year), but everything around those couple of days kinda stinks.

i had a great weekend with jason after finals were over, just hanging around the apartment and watching tv. i finished a book and just relaxed, which after this semester, i was sure if i knew how to do that anymore. my parents picked me up on sunday, and i started right back up at hallmark on monday. this week has been pretty good...i worked a lot and i've gotten a lot of stuff done. applications are getting worked on, my room is getting organized (hopefully for the big move whereever in the summer), and i'm reading. however, there has been one thing looming over my entire first week here at home.

WEST WING
my parents 'made the mistake' (and by mistake i mean one of the best gifts ever...you people are good this year!) of purchasing the first 2 seasons of the west wing (aka my favorite show ever) on dvd. so...i've been watching about a disc a night since i got them. all well and good until i got to wednesday...the last episodes of the first season. i had off the entire day from work, so i was in the living room organizing binders and stuff and watching away. the last episode of the first season, if you have never watched the west wing, ends on a HUGE cliffhanger! HUGE! there's a shooting, but they don't let on who has been shot..you just see images of the staff running for cover. it was 9 years ago that i saw that episode, so i don't remember who got shot. I HAD TO FIND OUT! so...it was time for season two. i found out in the first 10 minutes of the second season who got shot...i won't tell you because if you haven't seen it, i want you to watch it with me. i'm plugging along the second season...i get to the second disc and put it in my computer. it says "this disc has been played before...do you want it to start at the beginning or where it was last played". PARDON? so...it turns out who ever makes the west wing dvd gave me 2 first discs and no second disc. boo. to make matters worse (not that this is a terrible, unfixable tragedy), my favorite episode of west wing EVER is on the second disc (for those of you who have seen the series, it's "Noel", the christmas episode...with yo yo ma). i tried to pass the time by watching the first seasons extras disc...but it's not the same. so...no more west wing for a while.

jason comes home today, which could not thrill either of us more. my friends are basically working or out seeing family and i've been working, so i've seen no one (except nikki and fred at hallmark for a few minutes) aside from hallmark people and family. he has been alone at his apartment for a week. soo....we miss each other.

i guess i should read the golden compass or watch the first season of saturday night live. there was something driving about west wing, with the story lines and the endearing characters...but snl is way funnier.

i have work today, then jason comes home and we're going to a coffee house to see my friend nathan play. tomorrow = off...sunday, work...monday, work / xmas eve....tuesday = chrismas!!!...wednesday, work, thursday, work, friday off, saturday brewer family christmas...sunday, new york...monday, new years eve (anyone have plans?)...tuesday, new years and jason's last day. this break needs to go a lot faster. i need a15 in my life...i need something to do. i'm bored.

merry christmas...annual retrospective coming soon!

i'm peachy!

edit: yes, to the dismay of many of my friends, i purchased crocs. and you can suck it because they are comfy and i do not experience foot and back pain after 8+ hours of work on my feet. they are also not the normal style, but the mary janes.