Merry Christmas!

So I just got back to Boise after a 10 day trip home, and apparently, it's Christmas. I got here and not only were there Christmas cookies (sorry mom), but also a Christmas village set up by my aunt. More like a Chrismas Metropolis. Hundreds of thousands (literally) of little ceramic houses, shops, people, animals, trees, and like 10 Santas. Oh, and today, they got a huge tree and already have the lights up, etc. I just feel like it's a bit early for all of this, but then again, I really don't require all of this - a bottle of whiskey will pretty much do it for me. I hate whiskey.

It was good to be home, but I felt really rushed the whole time. I wanted to try to spend time with lots of people in addition to my fam, and I don't think I was very successful. I only saw some of my good friends once for about an hour. But I did get to hang out with my brother and his girlfriend, Alicia, quite a bit, which is good. We all went to see the Blue Man Group, which was awesome. I would highly recommend seeing both their stage show and their touring rock concert. Also worth noting is that we saw the show at the new Sprint Center in downtown KC. It is amazing.

The only real bummer of the last few days was the fact that I had to fly during the KU - MU game. My parents and I watched the first 8 minutes or so at a bar in the airport, and then I tried desperately to avoid hearing updates so I could watch it when I got to Boise (my aunt DV-Red it for me). This proved to be frustratingly difficult. Every a-hole I passed was screaming loud enough about the game for me to hear through the music I was blasting on my iPod. And, of course, this is the one time in my life I'm on a plane TVs in the seats. They didn't have ABC for some reason, but people were watching ESPN to get the score updates, and then screaming across the whole plane about it. So, I had some inkling as to what was going on, but I wasn't all that sure until I got here. Then, literally the second thing my uncle said to me when I got here (after, "Welcome back") was something about how both BSU and KU lost. I was too tired to be pissed. But I'm not too tired today to be pissed that the Chiefs lost to the Raiders... Oh well. I think there's an episode of either Seinfeld or Curb Your Enthusiasm where they talk about trying to get people to not tell who won a Lakers game they had taped. It's not as funny in real life.

In more positive news, I recently heard that I have been invited to interview at KU Med a week from Thursday. This is exciting news, but I feel like I have a lot of work to do to get ready for it.