Our Core Concentration blog assignment for today was to name what we are most excited for in the coming winter holidays break. My answers are pretty typical, even though these are only the first few.
I'm most looking forward to Christmas. I'm not religious, but I like to think of it as a secular winter holiday that is more about family, joy, tradition, and gift-giving than it is about Jesus. We have a lot of traditions established on Christmas and around this time of year. I can't believe December has gone by so fast! It seems like just yesterday I was wishing for Thanksgiving vacation to be here. Now the school year is almost halfway over. I'm looking forward to the warmer weather after break, too, but I like the cold for now. I like staying in and getting warm with my family even if the cold is comforting sometimes. Just this morning it was 32 degrees outside and frost was all over my lawn. It makes me excited for Christmas, which is in only 5 days. We're about halfway done with decorating our tree and should finish putting up the ornaments tonight or tomorrow night. We don't have any special dinner traditions for Christmas, but my parents will probably go out to dinner tomorrow since they won't have to work (they're teachers) for three more weeks.
Another typical but true answer is that I'm looking forward to sleeping in instead of waking up before the crack of dawn to walk in the cold to a long bus ride to school. My Core teacher, Mrs. Frazier, mentioned to us today that tomorrow is our last day of waking up early before the three-week vacation. I'd rather relax and pace my work out over three weeks than risk being stressed out by the immediate schoolwork at hand. I'm pretty proud of what I've done this quarter, too, and I'm excited to be let off from always worrying and panicking about my grades.
Either way, happy holidays! I hope, whoever is reading this, that your winter vacation is lovely. Make sure you celebrate and enjoy what Christmas is really about.
I'm most looking forward to Christmas. I'm not religious, but I like to think of it as a secular winter holiday that is more about family, joy, tradition, and gift-giving than it is about Jesus. We have a lot of traditions established on Christmas and around this time of year. I can't believe December has gone by so fast! It seems like just yesterday I was wishing for Thanksgiving vacation to be here. Now the school year is almost halfway over. I'm looking forward to the warmer weather after break, too, but I like the cold for now. I like staying in and getting warm with my family even if the cold is comforting sometimes. Just this morning it was 32 degrees outside and frost was all over my lawn. It makes me excited for Christmas, which is in only 5 days. We're about halfway done with decorating our tree and should finish putting up the ornaments tonight or tomorrow night. We don't have any special dinner traditions for Christmas, but my parents will probably go out to dinner tomorrow since they won't have to work (they're teachers) for three more weeks.
Another typical but true answer is that I'm looking forward to sleeping in instead of waking up before the crack of dawn to walk in the cold to a long bus ride to school. My Core teacher, Mrs. Frazier, mentioned to us today that tomorrow is our last day of waking up early before the three-week vacation. I'd rather relax and pace my work out over three weeks than risk being stressed out by the immediate schoolwork at hand. I'm pretty proud of what I've done this quarter, too, and I'm excited to be let off from always worrying and panicking about my grades.
Either way, happy holidays! I hope, whoever is reading this, that your winter vacation is lovely. Make sure you celebrate and enjoy what Christmas is really about.
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