*Whew*

The semester is finally over and finals week sucked unshaven balls. I slept about 3 hours a night and studied the rest of the time. I drove up north to visit Mike Thursday night after everything was done, and by the time I got to Beulah I was crashing and burning. He took me out for a really nice dinner, but I was so pooped I fell asleep almost right after we got home. Luckily I've been able to enjoy this long weekend with him completely homework free, as I will be for the next month! I visited him Friday morning at his school and got to meet his College Prep class, and stayed with him for his lunch period. We went out Friday night to see I Am Legend in the theaters in Traverse City, and we loved it! Yesterday we went Christmas shopping all day, and today we just got to relax. It's been so nice to not have anything to stress about. :)

Tomorrow is Shruti's birthday!! So I'm driving down to Kzoo for the afternoon to spend some time with her. After that it's all the way back to the Mountain until a few days after Christmas. I'm so excited!!! I've come through three semesters of grad school, and I'm a mere semester away from being halfway done. As usual, I'm thrilled to be in this sweet aftermath. After Thanksgiving pharmacy school pretty much consumes everything I do, and it's nice to wake up from it and realize there is more to life than studying and taking exams. My grades turned out ok, and I'm still maintaining my goal of at least a 3.0 throughout pharm school. Even still, after a year and a half out of WMU, I still wish I could pull off the A's of my undergrad years--but I know I'm doing well, and for right now, that's damn good enough!

Hooray for making it through to another much needed vacation!