While working this past weekend, my friends (coworkers) and I were talking about Christmas. We are definitely excited that Christmas is right around the corner. It means we are on vacation, seeing friends and family back home, working, and relaxing before the upcoming semester, but, the one thing we all agreed on was this; none of us are feeling the Christmas spirit. Though this semester has felt the worse with finals being literally the week of Christmas, it feels like everyone around me, including me, is so focused on school work and studying for finals that Christmas has come and it feels like it has already passed.

I love that our campus has started to get more festive. Each year there are more decorations than the year before. Windows that look like wrapped presents, wreaths hanging in and out of community buildings, CAs holding programs for snowflake decorations and ugly sweater parties, but, none of it has seemed to make me feel Christmassy.

I don't think I ever understood the lyrics to "I'll Be Home For Christmas", as much as I did this year. I honestly have never felt so homesick before right now. All I am hoping for is that when I finally get home, I can muster up my Christmas spirit before Christmas day. I just wish it was a little more Christmassy being here.