Break!

So I'm officially home on break.
It's been ok. Ish. Nothing exciting, really. There's homework and practicing that I need to do, along with band/flute choir librarian duties. I need to start my Christmas shopping (forewarning: it's going to be a very, very small one for I am dead broke and my priority is paying Sarah and my parents back, but it's the thought that counts =] ). But present shopping is a very, very happy distraction from life and I love doing it, so I'm going to do SOMETHING.
I went ahead and saw Twilight this afternoon. It was pretty good. (I needed to escape home and people for a little while) I like the books better, and I'm not sure if I'd buy the movie, but I'd at least see it again. The HP trailer in front of it was absolutely SPECTACULAR!
One thing I despised: WHY for the love of life was Bella bitten on the underside of the WRIST instead of the back of the hand?!?!? I could *barely* watch the fight scene, which was a bummer. But oh well. Did anyone else notice Stephenie Meyer's cameo appearance?
My parents keep asking me what my on campus living situation is going to be next year, and I'm getting a little annoyed. Particularly with one parent. Next year I think I'm just going to get a single room, because I don't really have anyone I really want to live with (well, I do, but they're graduating). Unless someone REALLY wants me to live with them, or needs one more person. It didn't work out with the people I lived with last year particularly well, and we all know what freshman year was. I'm fine with a single in Founder's or something. I'd miss Knight's Village, and having a kitchen, but I'm not a fan of random roomates, and really it's not that big of a deal. It'll be a precursor to when I graduate and have an apartment of my own without a roomie. Besides, I think not having a roommate would work best with student teaching and all (no one to wake me up at night, no one to wake up in the morning). I could come and go as I please without being quiet or keeping the lights down, and do whatever I want whenever without worrying about others. I mean, I'll miss having someone there all the time, but really, it's not THAT big of a deal. My mom understands my point of view, but my dad doesn't, to which my reply was "well, I'm closer with people that are older than me than with people my age, which is fine for now, but not for next year. And that doesn't bother me."
But it bothers him.
I don't understand what the concern is. I'll be perfectly fine. I'm going to visit and keep in touch with the people that are graduating, and there are people in my grade that I get along with and will probably do stuff with, I just don't have anyone that I really want to live with.
I'd rather be closer to the people that are older than me than have ok-ish friends in my grade for the sake of "next year." I like these people better. There's a reason I'm closer to them-several, actually, and I'd rather have some amazing friendships for 2 or 3 years than ok ones for 4. It's a quality vs quantity thing in my mind.
Next year will be a bit of an adjustment, but I'll be fine. I'm a bit of an introvert, anyway. That's how I've always been. It just frustrates me when I'm not listened to. When I say it doesn't bother me...it doesn't bother me.
Anyhoo.
I'm kind of looking forward to Tuesday afternoon when I get to see my doctor about my migraines. Hopefully it'll be fairly simple to fix.
Part of me wants to go back to school, because I miss some of my buddies quite a bit. But I don't want anything to do with classes and assignments, so part of me wants to stay here instead. It's also nice to have time at home. But I still miss school people. And my mattress pad. My mattress here isn't as squishy and comfy (it's actually rather noisy, thanks to the slightly loose plasticy mattress cover ma bob that's meant to keep dust out of the mattress and not make my allergies go nutso).
One good thing about being home is the home cooked food that doesn't come prepackaged or from the mensa. YAY!!!! I missed that a LOT.
Now I'm off to go get some cake, baked yesterday for my dad's birthday. Yay cake! =D Devil's food. 'Tis happiness. But 'tis not appropriate for Christmas, though (Devil's food...get it? lol).