It's Gonna Be Rough

Due to a busy start to the year, I was rarely at home and I was rarely with my family.  School had become my home and ASB had become my family.  On those occasions where I was at home, I didn't spend my time with my mom or brothers.  Instead, I occupied myself with my abundance of homework that was piling up or I slept because I was extremely exhausted.  Although my family wanted my attention, they understood that I was busy.

Just last Thursday, my great grandpa passed away.  He was 94 and his health was becoming worse, so we knew the time was coming soon.  He had been in the nursing home since the beginning of this year and at first, my mom would force us to go every weekend to visit him.  However, my brothers would complain about being there because it was boring.  They made the time spent with him not very peaceful.  My mom then decided to let us have the option of seeing him so that our visits would be more enjoyable and relaxing.  My schedule started to get more full and I didn't have time to visit.  I missed out on a lot of opportunities to spend time with him.  I regret not making more of an effort to see him.  Although we knew his death was coming soon, we weren't prepared for all the tears.

School for me has significantly calmed down, I caught up on grades and now I have the holidays to look forward to.  For some odd reason, I was in the holiday spirits much earlier this year than previous years.  While doing homework, I would put on the Taylor Swift (Holiday) station on Pandora.  I was already telling Jake about all the upcoming events we could go to.  Such as attending December Nights or taking a walk on Christmas Card Lane.  I was so excited to be able to spend time with my family again.  But with the recent event that happened, I really don't know how the holidays will be this year..