As Andi has pointed out, Christmas is a time to celebrate the birth of Christ, his life, and all that he has done for us. That being said, I too have a christmas to do list with a little added flavor from a December Birthday leading up.

December 1-15: Drink enormous amounts of caffine, read enormous amounts of legal material, sleep 4 hours a night with a break every hour to get 15 minutes of studying in, and kiss the sunlight goodbye (as if we get more than 2 hours in Minnesota anyway).

December 16: sit around and wonder why my final couldn’t be today.

December 17: study up until the last minute before my final thinking how the final schedulers have had it out for me for the last 6 years. Call rob congradulating him on living another year while making it clear it was way harder for me to accomplish the same.

December 18-22: Continue studying non-stop, drinking caffine, and sleeping like an insomniac between finals, trials, and oral arguements.

December 23: Emerge from a commatose state only to realize i have no christmas presents as well as no way to get to Valdosta, GA. Sit around all day thinking how unfortunate i have it.

December 24: Start driving at 12:01am to make it to Valdosta in time to open my PJs, which i will wear for the next 36 hours. Stop at various “travel stops” to solve the present problem. Don’t forget to get Circus Peanuts for Isaac.

December 25: Sleep until everyone forces me out of bed. Wonder when the majority of the presents became Isaacs and not mine. Eat an orange in defiance. Laugh at one of the girls for crying. Spend the rest of the day in my PJs playing with the fantastic things Isaac received. Don’t let him play with any of it.