Catching up part 2 - home for the holidays

Christmas is honestly the only time that makes sense for me to go home.  My entire family is home and my friends are more likely to be able to meet up with because I can sometimes con them into coming to NJ.  It just wouldn't be Christmas if i wasn't with my family.  There were a handful of us that were going home for the holidays while others took the opportunity to travel.  I love to travel but I love my family and friends more.

Two weeks never seems like enough but it is always worth the trip.  This time around it was filled with tons of family time, new technology and ended with seeing some of my really good friends.  Over the summer I had decided that I would buy an I-Pad for myself, seeing that I travel a lot of sometimes having a computer along would be helpful, plus i could use in the classroom because most of my kids have one too.  Also my other big technology update was a new DSLR.  Over the summer uncle had looked at my camera and said that I needed to update and at that point I said yeah sure whatever.  But being the tech nut that I am, of course I started to look into it more and more.  Which lead to me going to a camera store over break and purchasing the amazing Nikon D7000.  Such a sweet camera.  Still working on figuring everything out but taking pictures in class has been fun.

Leaving is always the hardest part, literally the saying "see you later", my parents and a close friend brought me to the airport and it has never been this hard to come back.  I just kept telling myself the reality of staying in NJ and I don't like that reality.  The idea of being in NJ and not having a job like most of my friends just does not rock my socks, plus not being able to travel easily, no no no not for me.  Kuwait really isn't great but its not the worst either, at least I have a job at a school that I like with an awesome admin and kids who are amazing.

So here are a few pictures from my trip home.  It was an amazing time.