Winter Wanderings

I love the winter, particularly the time before Christmas. There's just something magical about the snow and the Christmas lights together. One snowy night near the end of the semester I was walking outside my apartment, and saw three deer. I tracked them through the woods for a while in the falling snow, and there was something almost other-worldly about it. The woods change in the snow - they become a hushed sparkling twilight waiting for magic to happen.

I hoped to go sledding, but ended up being too busy with grading and such when my friends had time. Perhaps I'll get a chance to go later in the winter. However, I did find time to do a snow sculpture. :-) It only took a bit over an hour, though I had some trouble getting the icicle for the horn. I had to go out on my balcony (third floor), and knock down icicles from the roof with a broom handle (and hope no one walked underneath at just the wrong time ;-).

The semester ended very well - I was able to pull my final papers together, and I got As in all of my classes, which I had barely dared to hope was possible. It's good because it will give me a bit of a buffer for if I take harder classes in the future (I have to maintain around a 3.5 GPA to keep my funding).

Christmas with my family was very lovely, and I've been having a great time hanging out in Delaware and relaxing.