Heh.

It seems like I'm only updating once a month in this thing. But since Brittany nor Melissa nor Kenna update theirs very often, it doesn't leave me motivation to update mine either.

Anyway, Christmas is a week from today, though I consider my actual Christmas to be on Christmas Eve, therefore making it less than a week. Saturday afternoon we're putting together all the tamales, so on the 24th all we have to do is just toss them onto the stove and cook them. But we usually leave about a dozen that we actually put together on Christmas, since preparing the tamales a week before is considering cheating from the original traditions of my great-grandmother. Then again, if we were going to be sticklers about abiding by her traditions we'd all have to pray in front of a makeshift altar for about 2 hours. I think we're fine with just skipping that.

Getting ready for Christmas is fun. It's keeping me busy, and it's just nice to spend some extra time with the family. Work is all right, and I'm taking winter session so my winter break shall be a bit shorter. But Brittany and I are going beach camping at Carpinteria in January, which should result in two days of pure relaxation.

When I posted on here in October I talked about how I was playing the field, but all that has since blown over. James and I never went anywhere beyond texting, and I've gotten over my crush on Brian, though he's a great friend and we're trying to find time in our schedules to hang out. I'd like to meet some guys, but I'm sort of tired with meeting them over the Internet and I don't really care to go out to bars or parties. Oh well, I'll just focus on school and work and friends and family. Can't go wrong with that.