Break!

My Thanksgiving break officially started today at noon. I submitted my 40+ page paper this morning at 11:03am, just in time to head out for a parting breakfast for two of my three wonderful guests that visited this weekend. Most people in the program jetted out this past Thursday. Two of us will remain for the entire break (there is another still around, but he leaves Wednesday). 

This week will be full of many visitors, many lunch dates, many dinner dates, many museum trips, and many heart-to-hearts. And yet I will still find time for that extra research and writing. 

But, my goodness, I didn't realize how heavily everything has been weighing down on me. Turning this draft in was such a relief! After I submitted the draft, and as we sat in the cutesie cafe for our late breakfast today, I exhaled in a way that I haven't in a while. And tonight at the Thai restaurant with my dear friend (a recent Kenyon grad), and two first-year Kenyon friends of mine, I exhaled a bit more. And I've just done it again. 

Now, we will eat some ice-cream and watch a movie in my warm and cozy apartment. I'll likely distract myself, every now and again, by looking out the window to see if tonight's snow will stick.