Sounds like someone has a case of the mondays!

Ah the Monday after a holiday weekend, is there anything more hated? Anyway, I had a good vacation. Wednesday I was able to get “The Jimmy” about 90% finished, though I worked on it until 2 am. By the time we got home it was 3 in the morning so Thursday we slept in until about 11. After dragging my face off the pillow, it was time to make some pies and my famous home made ice cream. At this point I feel impressed to warn everyone to NEVER use regular granulated salt to make ice cream, you MUST use rock salt. Thanksgiving was great. Get together with the family and eat like we all die tomorrow. After the afternoon meal, it was time for some serious laziness. My wife, mom and sister were busy planning their attack on the morning sales. My dad was valiantly holding down a chair, despite having had surgery on both wrists the previous day. After looking through the ‘deals’ and ‘super saver early bird sales’, Nikki decided that staying in bed sounded like a much better use of her time. I would have gone out if not for two simple truths. 1, we are nearly finished with Christmas shopping. Nikki, in her infinite wisdom as a woman (No really, just ask her! Or any woman for that matter!), has seen to it that I have an enjoyable holiday season by finishing our Christmas shopping early. Yes I hate Christmas shopping, and for no other reason than the people. The human creature, when faced with such an endeavor, de-evolves into a life form best described as prehistoric. 2, I don’t go shopping the day after Thanksgiving because I went… twice. After nearly punching an elderly lady for repeatedly clipping the back of my heels with her shopping cart, I swore to myself that I’d never go out again. Thus I slept, happily and dreamt of dinosaurs rampaging through my high school, only to have me chastise them for eating people and suggesting the plentiful livestock ranches as an alternative source of food. Life was good. After waking from this disturbing dream, it was time to head over and finish the Jimmy (te hee). It went pretty fast and we were out of there within two hours. From there we went over to Jamie’s house to start our Lord of the Rings fest. The intent was to watch the all of the extended editions in two days, and we did it. The last half was done at our place because Jamie’s dad commandeered the TV for the BYU Utah game, which was supposedly a good game but I don't much care. Sunday came without much warning, and I was able to wash my car for the first time in about two months (And likely the last time this year. This is also the reason the weather has turned wet and stormy incase you were wondering). That evening we had planned to have dinner with Nikki’s parents, so we drove up to Bountiful and enjoyed a post Thanksgiving dinner with them. While there, we obtained two parakeets and brought them home for the girls to drool over. We’ve decided to name them Pete and Kara (Pete after the bird in Red Dwarf that gets turned into a T-Rex, and Kara because when you combine the two names and rearrange the letters you get parakeet. I am SO nerdy!). Anyway, that was our vacation. I am now down to the final two weeks of school this semester, and things are looking alright. These next 14 days are sure to be a bit hellish, but once they are over I get a substantial break from school before next semester starts. Furthermore, my class load next semester is a little lighter, so I should be able to participate in more friendly type activities. After school is done, it’s time to start on the truck project. The garage is ready and waiting and I am itching to get my hands back on something besides homework.