http://seanmcb.com/2005/12/23/christmas-is-coming-my-dog-is-getting-fat I'm a junior at a brand new engineering college. I blog about my life, web stuff, software, technology, and pretty much anything else that strikes my fancy. Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:57:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 http://seanmcb.com/2005/12/23/christmas-is-coming-my-dog-is-getting-fat#comment-87 Mon, 02 Jan 2006 20:37:20 +0000 http://seanmcb.com/2005/12/23/christmas-is-coming-my-dog-is-getting-fat#comment-87 [...] This Christmas break has been an interesting one. In many ways it didn’t feel like Christmas. Sean’s post pretty much sums up initial reaction to getting home from Olin. My family has always been pretty big on traditions but for various reasons we ended up breaking most of them this year. We used to go to Seven Springs a couple of days early, pick out a tree and do some skiing (it was quite hectic last year due to Olin’s calendar). We would then open presents on Christmas morning and head over to Grandma’s and Grandpa’s house. However both my grandfathers, one of my grandmothers and my great aunt have passed away since I was a child. It just doesn’t feel the same anymore. This year we stayed at home. We brother and I didn’t get up at the earliest sign of light like we used to (we have grown wiser in our old age). And in a great reversal of roles my brother and I were itching to go skiing at Seven Springs and my parent’s weren’t (we used to dread this because we would always miss whatever our friends were doing). So we ended up at Seven Springs two days after Christmas. Since we didn’t even make it to Pennsylvania until two days after we normally do, we didn’t spend a night a Grandma’s house. Instead we dropped in town for a single day, went out to eat and then came back to Seven Springs. Unfortunately it proceeded to rain the rest of the time we were there (skiing + rain = no fun) so we decided to come home early (on New Year’s Eve). Sidenote:New Year’s Eve - not so exciting when all your college friends a) never came home b) have family plans. [...] […] This Christmas break has been an interesting one. In many ways it didn’t feel like Christmas. Sean’s post pretty much sums up initial reaction to getting home from Olin. My family has always been pretty big on traditions but for various reasons we ended up breaking most of them this year. We used to go to Seven Springs a couple of days early, pick out a tree and do some skiing (it was quite hectic last year due to Olin’s calendar). We would then open presents on Christmas morning and head over to Grandma’s and Grandpa’s house. However both my grandfathers, one of my grandmothers and my great aunt have passed away since I was a child. It just doesn’t feel the same anymore. This year we stayed at home. We brother and I didn’t get up at the earliest sign of light like we used to (we have grown wiser in our old age). And in a great reversal of roles my brother and I were itching to go skiing at Seven Springs and my parent’s weren’t (we used to dread this because we would always miss whatever our friends were doing). So we ended up at Seven Springs two days after Christmas. Since we didn’t even make it to Pennsylvania until two days after we normally do, we didn’t spend a night a Grandma’s house. Instead we dropped in town for a single day, went out to eat and then came back to Seven Springs. Unfortunately it proceeded to rain the rest of the time we were there (skiing + rain = no fun) so we decided to come home early (on New Year’s Eve). Sidenote:New Year’s Eve - not so exciting when all your college friends a) never came home b) have family plans. […]

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