Dance With Your Heart...

It's December and we all know what that means... FINALS. Since I'm currently averaging an A in the art of procrastinating, I'll go ahead and practice some more.

In the latest overnight Hollywood gossip: In an attempt of staying out of jail trouble, my friend Lilo has gotten her life together and has completed her first stint of probation duty, and is already in progress on her second stint. To be rewarded, she was granted permission to take herself, and her sister to the land of lei's and hula dancers, or more commonly known as Hawaii. After being there a mere 48 hours, her $5,000 Chanel purse was stolen along with her passport, a wad of $10,000, credit cards, and her documents from the court granting her to travel while at a party. BREAKING NEWS: The purse has been found, but the money? Nope.  Probation check-in on Wednesday.

"Sara, you have to run this set of races with me. It will get me in shape for the IRONMAN." Yes, one of my fellow co-workers and his wife are competing in next years IRONMAN, and as  part of his training, he found a set of races he wanted me to do with him. Of course I would. "It's called the Polar Bear Grand Prix. A race in December, January and February." Sure no problem. That was September when were in the midst of high 60° to the low 70°'s. Getting his dates mixed up, he was unable to participate with me, and I am now forced to complete these by myself. I didn't mention I ran in 25° did I? And on top of that HILLS? We'll put it this way; glad I got out there and ran, but not my personal best.

"Hey Mom, when I drive at night, especially rainy nights, sometimes I'm not sure if I'm over the stripes on the road." Her response? I'll get right on that and make you an eye appointment. "Do you remember the last time you got your eyes checked?" Sure do. Eleven years ago/5th grade.  Except for the night driving part, I figured my eyes were good, and I would just be told you're getting old. I could deal. "Okay Sara, we're gonna dilate your eyes, and you probably won't be able to see for a little bit." There were two things I was dreading, having my eyes dilated, and hearing I needed glasses. "You're left eye is slower than your right eye, so I am gonna go ahead and write you a prescription for glasses." Awesome. Glasses, and I only needed a prescription for one eye. No wonder I'm the driver of the short bus. #islandofmisfittoys.

While I should have been paying attention to my fellow peers as they gave speeches on their papers, I was catching up on the latest gossip. Included in that gossip? Coldplay. Summer 2012. Touring the continent of North America. Oh. Dear. God. I may have performed a little Justin Bieber squeal. In the middle of a speech. It's a good thing I'm a workaholic. Because I will be attending.

In sports news, Indiana University beat the number one team in the nation, the University of Kentucky Wildcats. UK was up by one with five seconds left in the game, and as time ran out, IU shot a ridiclious three pointer, and won the game at the buzzer. I still can't watch the clip. Hey, at least, UL is undefeated, and there's a strong possibility that UL could be #2 in the polls as THE Ohio State lost this weekend. That ranking makes me incredibly nervous.

Working my shift in my beloved Christmas Room at the PFM, both of my bosses were out there with me, and we happened to get on the subject of National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. "Sara, have you seen it?" "No." I mean you are talking to the reigning champion of not finishing movies. "Really?! I can't believe that." I mean I've seen clips of it, but have never seen it from beginning to end. "You need to RedBox it tonight and watch it." It just happened to be my luck Saturday night, and it was on T.V. Of the parts that I watched, I just didn't get the fascination or the humor.  A Christmas Story is better.

Three shifts of work, and two trips to school to take finals, Sara will officially be on Christmas break. I'm not usually one to rush the days, but I'm so ready. Reading, sleeping, and lots and lots of family time. Bring it.

Ladies and gentlemen, we've got ourselves a crisis Tuesday night. This week, NBC is having an one hour special "catch up" with Prince William and Catherine. At 8:00. FOX is then showing their hit T.V. show called gLee. At 8:00. Get real. Rude.

Remember the saying, "you can't teach an old dog new tricks"? In my case, ya kinda have to. Our soon to be 14 year old dog Tucker, has gone blind, and can't jump up to boss Joker around. Being the loving master she is, Mom went out and got a set of three stairs for Tucker to access Joker. Training him to do this should be fun to watch.

I've done all the Pinteresting I can do, I've cleaned my room, (yea, I'm that desperate) I'm caught up on laundry, and I've blogged. I'm guessing the art of procrastinating is over. So long fun life, see ya Thursday afternoon.

-Sara-