It's good to be home for Christmas. It took a 20 hour busride to get to Buffalo from the ATL. And 1-1/2 hours to Houghton. And another 5 hours to Albany from there. It was all worth it though.

Like most visits home, I'm lacking in the sleep department. I was at the greyhound station by 10:30pm thursday. The bus left at 12:45am. I didn't get much shuteye on the bus. I was in the front seat and the wipers were making a horrible noise (it rained the whole way to buffalo, so the wipers never went off). Also the front end of the bus shook bad too. We didn't get to Houghton until 2:30am Saturday morning. We left for Albany Saturday in the early afternoon. Then after getting to Albany we went to a Christmas party. The annual Olson Christmas party. There were like 50+ people there. And their house aint very big either. But it was a blast! We played Settlers of Catan at 2:30am. That party didn't end until 5:30am Sunday morning. Needless to say, I missed church. I wanted to go too, bummer.

So yeah, I've been staying up late alot. I'm sure when I'm in my 40's I'll be cursing myself. But it's been fun. I'm glad I'm home for Christmas and New Year's. I needed to see my friends and family. I'm sure some of you can agree.