A Little Eccentric

Warm and Fuzzy

Hello all! Yay, it is Christmas break and less than a month until I depart for France. My leave date in January 14th and I will be there until June 19th. That is over five months, which is quite a long time. I am nervous, but getting more excited everyday. I need to watch Notre Dame or Garou or something every so often to keep myself from getting cold feet. See, I compare the study abroad experience to getting married. Deep down I know it is the right thing and I am thrilled to be going, but I can't stop all the little insecurities and doubts from creeping into my head. Oh, and congrats to Jessie on her new plan to go to Spain! I commend you, and even if it isn't for sure yet, I hope you go and have a lovely time. We shall have to hang out a lot before I leave.
I got to spend this weekend in Winter Park. It was very cold, but I had a blast. John's family has a big house there and even though there were alot of us, I got my own room. I was quite happy about this despite the fact it was a den and didn't have a door. I didn't get to ski because of the cost, but I went sledding instead and still had a marvelous time. We played a lot of board games, and I won both Balderdash and Cranium, so I feel all warm and fuzzy inside. We also watched a lot of football, stayed up late and slept in until 11am both days. I love being in college and being able to go do stuff like that with my friends.
It is break time, which means all my old high school buddies will be coming back from all our various locations. I am so very fond of my college friends, but my high school ones are still my closest people (with the exception of Cait). If nothing else, we have been friends for years and have been through so many things together. They know me inside and out and they are the ones I miss the most. When I do things like get grouchy and say, "Don't touch me!!" they are the ones that laugh and mess up my hair. My mom pointed out that one special thing about my friends is that most of us met when we were like 14 or 15 so we got to know each other as people, whereas a lot of people this age focus mostly on dating. We know each other for who we are, which is something that is often hard to find. As Nick said to me this semester, "You aren't 'a girl'...you are Molly." (Trust me, it was actually a compliment).
It sounds like Miss Anna Talley is back, Steven is getting in tomorrow, Becky, Erin, and the "ewe-dubbers" are out, so now the fun begins. First thing on the schedule? Bowling and Sharis, of course!

posted by Molly Jo @ 6:12 PM