The time of my life

As you can tell from the lack of posts this week, I am having the time of my life.

The time of my life began when I left a very snowy State College, fearing that my bus trip would have to be postponed to the next day or worse, but instead the bus cruised right out of the snowstorm and reached Massachusetts a half hour before scheduled time. Without skipping a beat, my parents took advantage of this and took me to a Christmas party at Sindhu's place in Westford. I for one was ready to fall asleep after having been continuously sleep deprived for four days, but enjoyed seeing Sindhu, Ramya, Sushmita, and fellow college goers Shruti, Praneetha and Prashanth before beginning our three week break.

Over the next few days, I completed my christmas shopping for friends and family members by day and hung out with school buddies by night. On Christmas Eve, I went to a party at Nikhil's place and saw more Telugu pals, witnessed a Yankee Swap for the dads, and gave Praneetha her gift (a sexy leather jacket in which she looks smashing).
On Christmas day, I went to Nipunn's place with my family for lunch. Had a great time.
And the following day, we had a party in our own house for some more friends. We hosted a Yankee Swap, an awesome cookie decoration competition, and the infamous group mafia!! I have some pictures.

The Yankee Swap

MAFIA

The Great Cookie Decorating Competition (This is just one of the many trays)

Yesterday the fam and I went to see Avatar in the movie theaters! It is really something. There have been very few movies in the past few years that have not at least slightly disappointed me when I came out of the theater. Avatar is one such. It's a rather simple and unoriginal storyline, but it really makes a connection with the audience. Of course, the visuals are just stunning. I'm looking forward to watching it again in IMAX.

And today, I had a very exciting, tiring, and slightly painful day as my dad took me and Vishnu to Nashoba for fun on the slopes. I snowboarded for the first time in my life. Boy, it is hard. It's harder than skiing because once both your feet are strapped in, they cannot move, even as you plummet down the mountain at 40 mph. The only directional control you have is from alternatively angling your board with the toes and heels. I'm still terrible at snowboarding, but when you get it right, it's such a rush. I want to go back soon, but I'll probably stay home tomorrow since I'm sore and may have twisted my ankle.


Well that's all. I'm sure the time of my life will only continue when I go to New York City in a few days!! Of course I will write all about it.

Keepin' it real,
Sowmya