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I duck out of the frame on an interesting talk about politics to take this picture

The Christmas break really did fly by!  I always feel kind of sad when everyone has to leave to go home for Christmas, but it's an important time to connect with family and friends back home.  Well, now everyone's back and ready to go for a new term.

     At the beginning of the year we had a few days to settle in, but this time round we're launching right into the semester.  The cool part about the second semester is the reading break in Mid-February.  The workload is a lot easier to stomach for me if I know I'm going to be getting a break in the middle!
     This past week and weekend has been going really well for me.  I've had a good start on my classes while at the same time spending lots of quality time with old friends and making some new ones.  A group went out to see Where the Wild Things Are (which I would highly recommend if you're in an artsy, eclectic mood), and there's talk of skating at the Forks* tomorrow.
     Judging by how life is right now, I'm expecting 2010 to be a good year.  I hope the same for you!


* "The Forks" is a really cool place near downtown Winnipeg, located where the Red and Assiniboine Rivers meet.  These rivers, when frozen, provide a great place to skate -- I'm going to have to grab some skates at Value Village tomorrow!