well, once again it's been a while since i posted. the good thing though, is that during the interim time, i've been having some enjoyable times with friends and family.

the christmas vacation was spent primarily in Virginia with my grandmother and other assorted extended family members. as usual, that was a pretty crazy time with 30+ people at the house on christmas morning. if any more cousins get married and/or have babies, i don't think we'll be able to fit them all into grandma's living room. amazingly enough, i didn't do as much hiding out in the basement as i did over the thanksgiving holiday despite the fact that i did manage to read 3 books between christmas day and the day after…

well, it's 2:30 in the morning, and i've been half-heartedly trying to write this post for about… oh… 4 hours now. i think i'll just let this one go and try to come up with something better tomorrow.

suffice it to say, i had an enjoyable little vacation, and i'm hoping everyone else did as well.