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Merry Belated Christmas!
We opened presents at 3 in the morning, because really, why not? After getting back from midnight mass, there's no reason not to just go ahead and open presents, because then you can just sleep in Christmas morning instead of waking up at the crack of dawn tired and groggy. I got a Target gift card from my parents to help decorate and furnish my apartment once I get to Austin, along with some tools, candy, clothes, and other miscellaneous stuff.
This will also be my last Christmas in Tampa, because my parents decided to move to Houston last week for job related reasons. So instead of being a 1,000 miles away once I move to Austin, they'll be only about 100. And it looks like I might be able to snag some of their furniture as well, at least once they move it. I may be eating off a cardboard table in the meantime, but it'll be worth it in the end.
So now not only am I trying to clean out my room (7 trash bags and counting...) but now the entire house. I've been selling old CD's and DVD's, and am going to try and craigslist some older furniture, to try and make a little money instead of just throwing it out. And then I'm donating a lot of my old books to the library book sale, so they can make some money off them. I also found $63 worth of change in a plastic bag I'd forgotten about, along with old baby stuff, and things like my 7th grade report card (straight A's). I'll be incredibly busy with packing then until I leave for my 2 week DC/NYC trip on January 17th.
My alarm clock broke a while ago, so I took it apart and found that this alarm clock IC to runs the whole show.
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