Winter Break in New Jersey
Hey Everyone!!
I hope you all enjoyed your holidays as much as I did. One of the best things about being in college is that right at the time when you really DESPERATELY need a break from living away from home and doing homework and projects and papers, you get a FABULOUS winter break that lasts for an entire month. Now don't get me wrong, I love being at SNHU but after first semester classes and finals, a break is really something u look forward to.
Christmas was amazing!! I actually had to work Christmas eve eve, Christmas eve, and Christmas day which wasnt so amazing but the rest was great. Working in a bakery basically means that you will be working on holidays so after the last four years of doing it, its kind of become second nature. However, when I wasnt at the bakery I was home with my entire family and thats honestly my favorite part about Christmas. My little cousin LOVES Christmas so her enthusiasm definitely rubs off on us. We have a huge buffet and eat until we are too full to sit up straight and then its present time! I'm not the biggest fan of Christmas but I am a fan of being around my family. 
New Year's was just as fun in my hometown. I got to spend it with all of my high school friends who I dont get to see or even talk to very often during the school year. It felt like old times and sometimes you really need that when you get back from college. I definitely miss all of my friends that I have at SNHU but there's something about rekindling old friendships at home that help give you a reality check. We had a really great time just reminising and catching up with each other's lives. I definitely recommend hanging out with your old friends when you are home for break (even though I know the temptation of sleeping and lounging around doing nothing is very very strong). 
These girls are my friends from home. I've known them for a VERY long time!!
My next big adventure over the winter break was taking one of my friends to New York City. He'd never been there before and I just couldn't let him go through life without experiencing it. I've lived about 30 minutes by train (20 minutes by car) from the city my whole life and really take advantage of it. I dont go nearly as much as I should but when I do I LOVE IT!! The lights, the sounds, the places, the restaurants, the people..everythin about the city is definitely an experience and if you haven't been my advice is GO!! and if you can go when the tree is up in Rockefeller Center...it's definitely a cool thing to see. I'll even put a picture up of it just as a preview...
I get to go to the city again at the end of this week which i'm VERY EXCITED about. My family got free tickets to any Broadway musical for Christmas so we are going to see the newly opened The Little Mermaid. Its going to be amazing. I've loved the story since I was little and i'm kind of a sucker for Broadway shows. (Don't judge me until you go see one...they really are amazing)
Well I believe that's the latest update in the life of Liz. TTYS!! Byezz :)
PS....GO SEE JUNO!!! the movie is sarcastic and new and hysterical. Pay close attention to the conversation Juno has with her dad at the kitchen table towards the end of the movie..what her dad has to say is relatively insightful.