Goodbye, Winter Break

My delightful 5 weeks off from school comes to an end today.  What have I been up to for the last month?  Here's the breakdown, in bullet points (what else did you expect from me?):

• Lots of TV-watching: Friends Seasons 5, 6, 7 & 8; Family Ties Season 1; Arrested Development Seasons 1, 2 & 3
• Reading lots of books ranging from inspiring to brain-numbing: The Moral Imagination by John Paul Lederach; I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max; Runaway Jury by John Grisham; Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs; and Finding Faith: A Search for What's Real by Brian McLaren
• 2 nights out at The Diner in Adams Morgan
• 2 wonderful weeks in California
• 2 wonderful Christmas celebrations with 2 wonderful families
• Record-setting hours of sleep
• 2 shots of tequila, 3 kamikazes, 1 failed Vodka & Cran attempt, several glasses of champagne, too much Gin & Tonic 
• 2 nights of karaoke, with performances including 'NSYNC, Jay-Z (after 2 songs, we were consequently banned from singing Jay-Z), Christina Aguilera, Fergie, Bette Midler, and more...
• 2 nights of dancing at Deja
• Possibly the best New Years Eve I've ever had
• 2 DC-on-foot cards (National Cathedral and Union Station)
• Lots of amazing food with amazing friends Kristen, Steve, Derek, Becky, Jen, Cassy, Rachelle, Josh, Hannah, Bekah, Jason, Katie, and Sarah.
• New friends Ralph, Melissa, Markie, and David ;-)
• Only 2 personal crises
• 1 trip to Santa Cruz, 1 lost (and then found) cell phone, 2 traffic tickets
• 1 haircut by the amazing Aimee (if you need a stylist in Fresno, let me know; she's great!)
• 1 night on Derek's couch, 1 night in Becky's housesitting bed, 1 night on Derek's air mattress, and 1 night in Kristen's spare bedroom
• 2 new star shirts, 2 new pairs of star earrings, and 1 new star purse
• 1 new (and much appreciated) digital camera (thanks Steve!!)
• 276 new pictures with said camera
• Sadly, only 1 serving of Yodigity frozen yogurt
• 1 blind date
• 9 new books for next semester's classes

I'd call that a success!  Tomorrow I'll start my second semester of grad school with Conflict Analysis & Resolution: Theory and Practice, and I'll continue Thursday with Comparative Peace Processes and Dialogue: Approaches and Applications.  It should be a good, albeit busy, 4 months.  So, goodbye, Winter Break!  We had a blast, but now it's time to move on.  Bring on the semester!