And it begins
As I mentioned, I'm doing Holidailies again this year, and today's prompt is:
"It's the first day of Holidailies, so introduce yourself."
Easy enough, right? First off,
I did it! 50149 words. Unfortunately, the story's not finished. It's sort of at the end of the first half, maybe, or even the first third. No matter, it's not like I was writing it for any purpose other than to have something to do during November. Maybe sometime this year, I'll finish it.
So anyway, back to the prompt. Well, I'm Megan, as you probably know. I live in the Washington D.C. area and work for the government. Like everyone else who lives in this area.
This holiday season is definitely a little bit weird for me. It's only the second time in my life where I won't have a formal Christmas vacation, since I've spent most of my life as a student. It's also the first time in four years that I've been away from my family during the holiday season. It's the first time I've ever set up my Christmas tree alone and possibly most frighteningly, it's the first time I'm going to have to travel during the holiday season. Braving the airports and everything. Can't say that I'm looking forward to it, but I will have just over a week at home, which is nice. I'm realizing how crazy it is when you get a chance to go home for a week. I have a number of friends I want to visit, and of course the standard holiday events, and I'm also finally getting sworn in as an attorney. I took the bar exam this summer and found out that I passed in October, but I couldn't afford to fly back for the swearing in ceremony in November. I heard the ceremony was nice, but not worth flying across the country for. So instead, I contacted one of the Illinois Supreme Court Justices and he agreed to administer my oath while I'm home for Christmas. It's nice that my family will be able to attend the ceremony, since it's really their support that got me through those three years. I think it means a lot to my grandparents that they will be able to be there.
It feels like November came and went and I missed it. Time really has been flying. I can't believe that I moved here nearly three months ago. It feels like I just got here, and yet it feels like I've been here forever.
So anyway, back to the prompt. Well, I'm Megan, as you probably know. I live in the Washington D.C. area and work for the government. Like everyone else who lives in this area.
This holiday season is definitely a little bit weird for me. It's only the second time in my life where I won't have a formal Christmas vacation, since I've spent most of my life as a student. It's also the first time in four years that I've been away from my family during the holiday season. It's the first time I've ever set up my Christmas tree alone and possibly most frighteningly, it's the first time I'm going to have to travel during the holiday season. Braving the airports and everything. Can't say that I'm looking forward to it, but I will have just over a week at home, which is nice. I'm realizing how crazy it is when you get a chance to go home for a week. I have a number of friends I want to visit, and of course the standard holiday events, and I'm also finally getting sworn in as an attorney. I took the bar exam this summer and found out that I passed in October, but I couldn't afford to fly back for the swearing in ceremony in November. I heard the ceremony was nice, but not worth flying across the country for. So instead, I contacted one of the Illinois Supreme Court Justices and he agreed to administer my oath while I'm home for Christmas. It's nice that my family will be able to attend the ceremony, since it's really their support that got me through those three years. I think it means a lot to my grandparents that they will be able to be there.
It feels like November came and went and I missed it. Time really has been flying. I can't believe that I moved here nearly three months ago. It feels like I just got here, and yet it feels like I've been here forever.
Comments
You're doing great with the mileage (i.e., I think you would leave me in the dust at this point).
Happy Holidailies.
My mileage is... well, it's not what I wanted this year. I wanted to hit 1000km for the year - 621 miles. What got me, I think, was moving and not running for a few weeks, and then being sick this past week didn't help either. But it's a solid goal for next year!