I am displaced

I'm realizing that it becomes harder and harder to write a post when I've let it lapse this long.

It's difficult to just jump right in, especially when the reasons why I haven't been posting still hold true. That being that I've been in quite a funk and am having trouble finding my way out of it.

Blogging about it always seems to come off as me being whiny, and that's not what I want to turn this blog into.

So, I'll just avoid all of that.

There is one more week of classes left before the exam period. I'm really looking forward to the semester being over. I'm ready to recharge my batteries a bit, revise my syllabus (now that I'm more familiar with the course), and think about my future plans a bit.

I'm also looking forward to Christmas. Christmas is by far my favorite holiday. Christmas in North Carolina always feels a bit weird for me though. It's never quite cold enough, and there usually isn't much snow (read: none). But I love the Christmas lights and the tree, and I love that there's still a big part of my ten year old little brother that still believes in Santa.

In other news, I bought my new car last Wednesday. After a month or so of looking, it came down to the Honda Civic and the Nissan Sentra. The Civic was definitely winning out over all others until I saw the Sentra. Once Nissan came down to my price (after a few days of me being really disappointed that I wasn't getting the car I wanted), I bought the car. I have no idea how I'm going to fare financially over the next month or so after I got killed in deductions for a mandatory retirement program, but I'm quite pleased with the car. My days of driving the old Taurus are gone.

Now I just need my mood to match my shiny new car.