the holidays

Fall semester is over and done with: Leighton got an A+ on his Norwegian exam and an A for his final grade, and Anne finally finished grading her exams! Now we're looking forward to Christmas. We have a surprisingly larger number of presents under the tree, begging the question, "Do we really need to get anything for each other?"! Yes, we decided, so tomorrow we are going up to the city to do some shopping. Then we have a date at Origami, our favorite sushi restaurant. After Christmas, we are off to Chicago for the MLA conference where Anne is reading a paper. We also look forward to going out to eat in Chicago and meeting a few of Anne's friends. Then comes New Year's Eve! Which will be a big one for us, seeing as it starts the count down to June 4 – we can hardly wait!