'Twas the week before Christmas break

Well… it is safe to say I feel like the past three months or so have literally flown by. Here I am writing my reflection looking ahead to just one full week remaining before heading home for Christmas. Just like the last week of a semester, I feel like my final week in Booneville is tightly packed with all kinds of things that didn’t get done in previous weeks. This mostly due simply to the timing, but it leaves me with a solidly packed week nonetheless.

Among the things that will be keeping me busy:
-My usual weekly activities of square dancing, Boys and Girls Club, BHDC, etc.
-A monthly lunch meeting with the priest from my church and another member of the community
-Good Fellows (ministerial fellowship Christmastime outreach)
-A trip to Heavener, Oklahoma, with Rachel to experience a midnight service and Morning Prayer for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
-A Christmas-themed open house at our house
-A trip to Ft. Smith for a play and bonding time with fellow interns and FUMC (First United Methodist Church) staff
-Christmas potluck at Church

This is just a sampling as I am sure there are many many more things (included, but not limited to packing and saying see you soon’s). While I am not looking forward to the cramped schedule, I must say I much prefer it to projects, exams, presentations and papers. I just hope that, like with school, I do not get too wrapped up in the excitement to go home that I mentally check out of Booneville before our van is headed northbound.