hearts

Exaaams are coming. I'm not really ready but thankfully, I only really have 2 finals and then a few final papers!
But with exams coming, that only means Christmas is coming, and lucky me gets to go to Congo for a whole MONTH! God is so awesome. He worked it out so well! I'm realllllly excited to see my fambly again!
This weekend I decided to get off campus and stay 2 nights at my great aunt's house (her place is like 4 mi from campus). I just needed to GET AWAY from it all. There's too much going on at school so it's way too easy to get distracted. Plus, I can never study in my room because my roommate is in there often and my bed is REALLY tempting ... and so is the internet! Yeah so anyway I got away yesterday and last night i was able to write 2 short essays in 2 hours! They were just rough drafts, but it's such a relieving feeling being done with papers for this whole week. Of course I'll have to write the final drafts Next week, but it's a big accomplishment for me;-) I can concentrate so much easier here. I did all my Old Test. assignments for Thursday, and my comm. assignment for tomorrow... i planned on working on french tonight, but found my aunt's giant tv MUCH more interesting.
This week was just extremely hard and stressful so it's good to get away and take a long bath in a jet tub, make chocolate chip cookies, and sit down and watch a movie or 2. This is what I've done the past 2 nights! A few things outside of school have been bugging me and making me even more stressed out. I'm very thankful for these 2 nights away from my dorm room! It really makes a difference being in a different environment. I should do this much more often! My great aunt is gone in FL until Jan., so that's why I really came... but next semester, even when she's here she said I can come over anytime, and I just might be doing that. Especially around exam times.

OK- Now it's 1am and I really should be getting to bed! woooops.
Tonight I'm very happy. I love my life and my awesome friends. Had a beyond wonderful phone convo with one friend last night and it just made me really happy--and i will stay happy for a long time!
i'm so random. this needs to end now!