A beautiful Christmas tree in the apt building... After a hectic first real teaching week at work, at the end of the week (finally!!) I realize that Christmas, and a New Year is just around the corner. I don't know if I'm getting any better at waking up at the crack of dawn, but I am definitely getting better at sleep walking. Working without my morning coffee makes even sleep talking, hallucinating voices and forgetting to turn off the stove- burning my pot to ashes- possible. Now thinking, what have I gotten myself into? Am I walking slowly into a swamp. But I hope there's something nice in the swamp. Maybe a waterproof spa and massage coupon... ahhh... :)