Journal #28 - Winter Break

Christmas break is always a great time of the year, unfortunately i was very buisy during my break and did not get to enjoy the true relaxations that some other people had gotten. What I did on my first day of christmas break was I had to work at Barnes and Noble. I had made good money over break, but it was really annoying to have to work so much. He first day was an 8 hour shift, so i went home and slept that night. The first sunday I went to my aunts house in Athens and we celebreated christmas with my mom's side of the family. This was a buisy day and I did not get home until the later evening that night. I worked 8 hour shifts at work the next two days and did not get to relaw much either of those two days. THen I was gone in St. Louis for the Illinois Braggin Rights Game, which was a dissappointing performance by the Illini in a horrid lost. Then we came back on christmas eve and my grandma came over. THe rest of the night was spent preparing for the upcoming christmas day. Then christmas was the first real day that I had gotten to relax during our break from school. I spent the day relaxing, but then I realized I had to work the next day. So then I worked the day after christmas. THe next day my cousins from chicago came down and spent the night with us, but of course I had to work from 5 til close that night so I barely got to see my cousins. The next day was the last monday and one week left of break. I luckily had gotten the next four days off of work and got to have fun with friends as well as some relaxing time for me. I then worked on the last friday of break for 8 hours. I left for chicago on friday to not only see the Illini lose to Gonzaga by 2 in overtime, but I also got to eat at Harry Carry's. This is probably the best steakhouse I have ever eaten in. THe steak I had was so juicy that it melted in my mouth. Then I came home on the last day of break, so I spent the rest of that day preparing for school. So not much time was spent having a good time on my break, but I accomplished a lot and spent some quality time with my family.