My Last Christmas Break Ever - Day Three...

Some wonderful things that happened today:

• I woke up at 5:00 and was afraid I wouldn't go back to sleep, and the next time I looked at the clock it was 7:00.
• The newspaper was on time.
• Sweet Girl's package arrived safely and right on time.
• I wrapped some gifts and gift-bagged others.
• Another 45 minutes on the elliptical. I'm going to see how many days in a row I can exercise. And walking to the refrigerator doesn't count. I'm currently on a roll of three days in a row.
• The neighbor worked on his car without musical (?) accompaniment.
• I bumped into the Warrior Princess at Wally World.
• Hubby and I ran errands together and didn't forget nearly as many items at the grocery store as we usually do.
• My gymnastics season tickets arrived. What a relief! Our seats are the same again this year, so we will strategically position ourselves to see who has to sit next to the know-it-all on the left. She's a nice lady, but if I cheer for a less-than-perfect routine, she points out the deductions that I clearly missed.
• Temperatures were in the upper 60's. Which sort of made up for the fact that it rained off and on and on and on and on for most of the day, ruining an otherwise ideal day for cycling.
• I finished a crochet project and am very pleased with it. Details later.
• I took a nap.
• I bought yarn for my next crochet project and supplies to make more cake pops and crock pot candy. 

Fantastic Friday........

I may be trying to generate some fantastic-ness here, but I'm going to give it all I've got.

Fantastic features of this particular Friday:

• Unpacking the remaining boxes in my classroom.
• Having a dip in the pool when I got home from school.
• Living close enough to school that the air conditioner doesn't have time to cool the car off.
• Finishing the (ugly) placemats I've been working on. Except for the fringe.
• Having that last teeny weeny bottle of wine (finally).
• Seeing the Braves go ahead 2-1 in the top of the third inning. (Please hold, please hold, please hold).
• Realizing we're under 30 days to kickoff for college football.
• Knowing I don't have to hear the alarm clock go off tomorrow morning.
• Ending the week of pre-planning with the knowledge that it's my last one.
• Eating dinner at a local restaurant and having Randy as our waiter.
• Finding the perfect gift bags.
• Getting new carpet in our hallways.
• Going out to lunch with the whole teaching team (sans the Warrior Princess - sniff, sniff).
• Returning to the routine of getting on the elliptical every morning. Yes, really.
• Getting a text message from Hubby that he is NOT playing golf tomorrow. Now I don't have to worry about whether or not he will get home in time to go to my niece's wedding.
• Cashing my gigantic check for doing jury duty. I may be able to retire on it alone. Or not.
• Turning in early.