Almost Christmas

I can't believe its already Christmastime - especially considering the weather around here is nothing like winter. It is cold today but nothing like what I have been used to in December. And I can't complain.

John is working hard on studying for mid-terms this week and his last day of school before the break is this Thursday. He is really excited to have some time off and see his family for the holidays. His other big news is that he was offered an internship position at Johnson & Johnson in Irvine, CA. It is a 10-12 week internship during the summer and he's just glad that he's got an offer from a really good company.

I got the word that I got the job at ASU! I'll be starting in the MBA Admissions office on January 5th. I'm excited and nervous. I'm really sad to leave Scottsdale Culinary because I've made such good friends here, but I need a permanent and secure job. Change is good, I guess, and I hope this is one for the better. Its always a little scary to start something new.

So this means that I will get 2 weeks off for vacation and we'll get to spend more time with family for the holidays - YAY! And it also means that I will probably be staying here in AZ this summer while John goes to CA for his internship... sad. Fortunately, its close enough that we'll still be able to see each other on the weekends. But, as John reminds me, I need to stop thinking about that and just focus on the nearer future.

Merry Christmas! We've had a couple of parties with friends and I got some awesome pics that I'll post soon.

Welcome to December

We had both chicken and turkey for Thanksgiving this year. Dave and Charity came up from Tucson and we had turkey/chicken dinner at our apartment. It was a fun day and dinner came out great, mostly. I was a little disappointed in my rolls and the stuffing wasn't fantastic, but we had fun and all got plenty to eat.

I was really excited about finally using my stemware - I love those glasses. It was a lot of hard work all day in the kitchen but it was worth it in the end. And now I can say I did Thanksgiving dinner, even though we didn't do a full turkey. We'll tackle that another year.

I am sad to report that I only made it to 22,031 words on my NaNoWriMo novel before November 30th. I procrastinated too long and didn't dedicate enough time to spend on writing enough during the month. I didn't think it would be a big deal, but on Sunday night when I had officially given up I was feeling rather disappointed in myself. But I did write quite a bit and now I know that it makes a difference to me if I finish or not, so next year I'll plan better.

John flew to Atlanta a couple weeks ago for second round interviews with Johnson & Johnson. He hasn't heard back from them a yes or a no yet so we're crossing our fingers. Meanwhile, he's got two more interviews on campus this week and getting really tired of it all. But I have full confidence in him and I'm not worried - I know he'll get a good internship.

Work is going well for me - I'm still at Scottsdale Culinary Institute and having a great time. They really like me there, too, so I'm hoping that they'll hire me on permanently. I do have an interview at ASU on Wednesday, though, just to keep my options open. I do like it here at the Culinary school so I hope things will work out.

So now we get to look forward to Christmas and the holiday break. And I am really looking forward to more time off - it's hard to come back to life after vacation. I've got the week of Christmas off of work so we'll get to be in Utah with John's family for more than a couple of days. I'm also looking forward to some snow - haven't seen much of that down here in AZ.

So welcome to December!!