Christmas Break

Aaaaaahhhhhhh
My last post! I can hardly believe it! Even though I'm working slightly ahead and am actually writing this on the eve of our gratuitous holiday, I am thinking in terms of winter break. How wonderful is it to have a whole month to devote to reading, writing, and watching your favorite movies over and over again? Since I am so ready for the break, I thought I might write about the specific things I plan o doing over the holiday.
First of all, my favorite, favorite thing to do is to watch Pride and Prejudice. (Only the A&E version, of course.) This film is the best adaptation of any book I think that I have ever seen and there is nothing better than having no kids (because their break starts after mine!) and the prospect of at least four hours of Lizzie and Mr. Darcy ahead of me. This actually became tradition for me when I quit smoking several years ago, and I return to it every year. It feels like therapy.
The next thing on my list is a new one. I am actually going to revise one of my short stories from about eight years ago. I have never been a faithful rewriter; I think I was a little bit daunted by the permanency of the written word. However, with all of these composition classes, I have begun to think of my writings as much more malleable, and I am quite excited by the prospect of returning to this story. I wrote it one afternoon when I worked at the Aiken Museum and everyone who has ever read it really liked it and thought it quite funny, but I've always tended to think of it as rather simplistic. Now, though, I am thinking in terms of the skeletal story, which is good, and my own ability to manipulate it.
Merry Christmas!