Merry Christmas!

Man this has been a hectic past couple of days. I think the worst thing about having finals end only 3 days before Christmas is the fact that since we law students don't have any time to shop for gifts while studying, we're forced to get all our shopping done at the last minute (the worst time to do it). In past years, I would scoff at the people who were out on Christmas Eve doing "last minute shopping." "Should've done it earlier," I would say. Last night, standing in line at Borders just before closing time, with gifts piled up to my chin, I reached a sort of understanding.

Target looked like it got hit by a tornado, especially the toy and electronics sections. The mall was jam-packed with people, and the lines everywhere were out of control. Drivers are also especially bad this time of year. I think its because they're too busy thinking about the people left on their lists to notice other cars... or other people. Yesterday for instance, I almost got hit three times. One of those times I wasn't even in a car.

Anyways, I'm glad that Christmas is finally here. It's like the shopping day off. Come Monday, it's going to be nuts again as people return stuff and go post-Christmas bargain-hunting.

I learned my lesson this year. From now on, I'm doing my Christmas shopping in August.