Waiting was created for Control Freaks

It's true! I know it is because I am so bad at waiting. Currently I am waiting for my ride to finish her exam as well as one of the other poeple who is going to be in the car with us.
I got back to the room after work on Teusday night and was getting ready to start preparing for exams when the fire alarm goes off....I was not pleased! So we trudged up to the chapel and waited around for a while. Found out the water pressure was too low in the sprinklers so then they came to fix that. A few minutes later, BAM! Now one of the pipes burst and the north side of Andreas is flooding (not my room!) So south siders are free to return. Now I am settled in to study again, but wait, what is that I hear? Oh yes, it is the fire alarm again! So here we go back up to the chapel for a couple hours until at last we are allowed to return for real and go about our buisness, so I went to bed...so much for that little bit of extra study time. That was the big adventure of exam week :)
Last night was my last shift working for Chartwells EVER! It is a wonderful feeling to hand in your jacket and hat and walk out of the door never to return, well except of course for all of my meals at school, but it is a very different thing to work there than to eat there. As much as I enjoyed my boss and many of the students who work there, I am not sad to leave it behind.
I have finished all of my finals and have made my preparations for the long drive home. I feel like a little kid waiting for Christmas, full of anticipation and excitement at the prospect of what tomorrow will bring! I can not wait to see my family and frieds who I have not seen in so very long. Hannah is home and for this I am very thankful. I can't wait to hear about all of her adventures and share my experiences with her. It will be wonderful to chat :) However, I am also anticapting lots of big changes happening over this break. Christmas this year will be different than it has been before but it will be good. I do not always like change but sometimes it is necessary and turns out for the better against what I believe. I am happy that my whole family will be together this Christmas, it will be a very crowed house but it will be full of laughter and joy as well. Totally worth sleeping in the living room.
I am worried about Grandma mostly because I do not really know what is going on with her but now that she is back at home I think things must be better. I will be glad ot be where I know what is going on. A lot of changes have happened with both Grandma and Grandmother in the past weeks and I think for the first time I am really dealing with the idea that they won't be around forever, which as an almost 21 year old feels stupid but I have never really thought about it before because nothing major has ever happened before.
Speaking of being almost 21.....I TURN 21 SOON!!! That is nothing short of a miracle! I am so excited to be able to celebrate with my family, it will be a ton of fun. (not too much though ;) )
So I have packed, and unpacked, and repacked in an attempt to lessen the amount of stuff that I will be taking home with me, it worked a little but not that anyone will know that. I still have way too much, and yet I need it all. That is the thing about going home for 3 1/2 weeks. It requires a lot of clothing. So I have what I have and I need to not let it bother me, hopefully it isn't too crowed in the car! I am waiting for the text message that will tell me it is time to start my journey home. I am so anxious to go, but at least I don't have to rush around to try and be ready. Now Lydia and I are watching Oceans 11, fantastic movie!