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For once I looked forward to my Winter break. In the past I had dreaded it due to the fact that I would have nothing to do. But now I’m overjoyed because I get a break from work even though I’m assigned stuff over break. I haven’t worked on any of it so far and I go back on the 3rd. And with break comes the time to be able to actually blog.

My Winter break was full. First, I worked on my eagle scout project. I made storage units for the music instruments in the band room of my shcool. Then at the request of the teacher, I fixed up stands and a small poorly built shelf that was already present.

On Christmas day my family and I traveled to my relatives. The visit there at first was a bit dull. We ate this big delicious dinner and proceeded to dessert and presents. I got $35 and a calendar that day. The next day I was able to go to the mall. It was PACKED with people. I almost wanted to leave, but I got over it. I went into American Eagle and spent a nice sum of money. That is my favorite clothing store.

That was one side of the family, now I had to wait for the other side; 4 days to be exact. Luckily my grandparents had DSL and a nice new computer I helped set up. At the other side of the familiy’s party it was really no different. We ate and proceeded to presents. I was given this book Children are Americans Too! by Bill O’Reilly. It was an interesting book. I read the whole thing that day. Not only was it easy to read but was highly interesting for me.

But alas I now have to think about school once more. I’ll get through it though.

A few weekends ago I visited my Grandmother. She is a widow. Part of the reason for going up there was remembering my past grandfather. She was hit pretty hard by his death in march. She had to learn some stuff she wasn’t used to, but she got through. I knew it was important for my family and I to go visit her during this time.

While there, I met up with some other relatives. Surprisingly, I actually enjoyed myself. Usually when it comes to family gatherings, I’m a loner. But I got to listening to my older relatives stories. They were all humorous and intersting. My uncle Dan enlightened me of my grandfather’s and his brother’s past. It was interesting to hear all that he had done. He was truly a good man. He was a writer and has had many things published. Maybe I’ll take up writing as a hobby someday, but definitely not as an occupation.

Overall, that weekend was very enlightening. I felt like it was worth it–like I learned something. Even though what I learned wasn’t necessary, it was intersting nonetheless. I now look foward to gatherings like that. Learning is a great reason to visit someone or going someplace. Maybe we should make everything a learning experience, even simple pleasures.