Christmas Cards

            Is anyone else out there feeling the crunch right about now? I think I have more work to do this week than I have had to do all semester so far. It is just like everything is culminating in dropping a bomb on my life and seeing what happens. I do get the odd feeling every once in a while that I am a guinea pig but that's just because I'm sleep deprived. IF any of you are out there feeling this as well don't worry because you are not alone on that one. You've got some good company right here. Just don't try to stop me on campus to ask how I'm handling it because I may be in a daze at that point. I've been forced to use my walks from the dorms to my classes as my meditation time because it's the only time that I really get to just be. I don't have to use my brain to make my walks. I just get to let me feet do the work and my mind can sit back and enjoy the scenery. Enough about my neurosis already!

            We're right in the thick of it as I have said and I am sure you are all breaking out your coping mechanisms. For me I usually do one of a few things to just unwind and taking my walks is one of them. Some of you may engage in any number of things that just ease your sense of despair and vertigo from all of the work you are being drowned in right now. Some of your may go out partying. Some of you may read for pleasure, certainly not me. Then there are the less common and more quirky ways of coping.

            One thing that I do to keep myself from going crazy is to look ahead to the holidays. I always love the holidays and especially Christmas. Getting Christmas cards is always a huge thrill for me because then it is time for a vacation. Since coming to college, I have used making my own Christmas cards as a way of putting myself in that space so I don't lose my mind. IT has worked so far, maybe it will work for you. Give it a try and make sure you send me one.