I'm ready for the holidays to be over. Shortly before the holidays, I was lucky enough to take an amazing vacation with Ashby, but when we returned, I had some sort of virus that left me without energy (and a lot of puking. I can't leave out the gross amount of puking...). Just as I was ready to get back into my routine (which is very important to me...especially as a student, routine is everything because....there's not a lot of reward in studying)...the holiday season came. Sure, I liked the music, the festive spirit, blah blah blah, but I also was hit-over-the-head-with-a-frying-pan with homesickness, out of the blue. Gratitude filled me as I was happy to spend Christmas Eve with my Montreal family. The evening was crammed with laughter, especially from me! But my brain had a little hiccup, too. I feel so comfortable around my Montreal family, I just felt like I was going over to my biological family's house, and when I walked in and Christmas decorations didn...