squeezing in a last november post

yowza. it's practically december already!
i'm procrastinating studying in hopes that my large large coffee will start to kick in.

updates:

thanksgiving break was amazingly welcome and fun!

• thursday i went to liz's, had intense and hilarious board game moments, meat sweats, pie sweats, pumpkin roll sweats, and walked in on joe showering. good times.
• friday, we went black friday shopping downtown, then came back and hung out in our cleanish room, and then emie, krystian, bridget and michelle and i had a fatty party at honey court in chinatown, stopped for gas and doughnuts, then went to cary park to take in the seattle view, visited the fremont troll, and chilled at gasworks park. such a great night!
  
• saturday, went to sarah's for more delicious thanksgiving food, and then hung out with emie and krystian watching movies, chowing on leftover chinese, and going for a nighttime stroll.

it's getting closer to christmas!!!! :D i now have 2 secret santas, and inspired by aimi's post about an awesometastic santa clause, my ultra wishlist that only a very generous and wealthy santa should think about would include:

• a car! ANY car. just nothing too large or gas guzzling.
• a new camera, one that would inspire me to lug it along with me and take more pictures.
• a CD drive for my laptop that works!
• speakers...i really really like creature speakers
• a nintendo DS or a gaming system with the new guitar hero!
• clothes and shoes money!

tomorrow i have my first final, skills validation, which is basically picking a random skill out of a hat (like injections or wound dressings, etc) and doing it perfectly while a professor watches you. i wasn't nervous at all before thanksgiving, but now the anxiety has kind of caught up. i think it'll be alright. but i really need to stop blogging and start studying.

p.s. i almost forgot...what is everybody thankful for? i'm thankful for friends. lots of good friends. old ones, new ones, ones that help you clean. here's to friends, cheers!! ^__^