I'm taking a study break

I have a date with the girls at 4:30 (that's 18 minutes ago, by this clock). They're late. They're out with Richie, taking video and getting a cookie. We're going to make Christmas cookies, decorate the Christmas tree, and listen to Christmas music until 6:30. Then it's back to the grindstone for me.

I have a test on Tuesday. It's the biggest test I've had in med school so far, covering four weeks and three anatomy dissections (one mine, two of the other teams') total. I'm nervous about it and I feel like my brain is swimming in info that is still sort of half-baked. I hope it rises and sets if I add equal parts "diligence and patience" (Dr. Churchward's encouragement phrase). This has been a difficult holiday, but not nearly as difficult as it could have been. It's difficult because I absolutely do not have time to do the holiday things I love doing or spend as much time with the girlies as I'd like. But it's less difficult than it could've been in the sense that I have gotten to read a chapter of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever to the girls each night and Richie is taking care of the rest.

This year Richie's making a Christmas website instead of us sending Christmas cards. That's why I haven't been posting photos; I'm saving them up so they'll be a surprise.

My fam is home, so it's off I go! And I actually showered just before sitting to type this, so I'm even clean.

Merry Christmas!