I sort of forgot about that whole “I’ll post from my parents’ house” thing from last time. Oh well. I had a nice Thanksgiving even without blogging. I made a pretty fantastic red velvet cake to take to the Captain’s house. I had no idea that his cousins used to eat red velvet cake when they were little and it would be such a nostalgic treat for them. I’m really happy with how it turned out. I’ve decided that I make a mean cake. 
Captain and I spent a lot of time together, which was my main goal for the break.
Even though I had a great time, there were a couple things that happened while I was at home that do not make me happy. First, I accidentally washed my digital camera with my laundry. I am the most anal person I know, especially when it comes to electronics, and so this was a particularly shocking discovery. My camera, case and all, fell out of the bag it was in and into the laundry. I dumped the laundry into the washing machine. The rest is history. That problem was solved today when I ordered a new camera. Thank you, Christmas sales. I don’t do professional photography, I just like having a little point-and-shoot to chronicle my life in veterinary school (and to take lots of pictures of my cats).
Crappy thing #2 was the fact that one of my cats, James, had a horrible start to his visit at Grandma’s (a.k.a. my parents’ house). I had planned ahead and asked my mom to open the side door so I wouldn’t have to walk the cats past the crazy dog, but the combination of the carrier, rain, a 2 hour car ride, and a slight pause for me to get the door open was too much for my boy. He flipped out and the whole carrier was shaking. I got him inside and realized that he had “wet his pants” and had also rolled in the mess. Some quiet time in the bathroom with some clean towels and a quasi-bath was enough to set him straight. He was rubbing on my arm within 10 minutes. I just felt really bad that he was so scared.
The only other negative thing I can think of was the fact that my break was so short. I really wish I’d have had MORE time with Captain, but I suppose that’s what Christmas break is for. Today marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping and finals season. I wasn’t really thinking about finals until I got to school today and everyone seemed really worried and stressed. I did some organizing and such today and I’m in a good position to start studying hard tomorrow after class. I’m crossing my fingers for some good motivation.
I’d rather be baking Christmas cookies…
