Wow…what a week.  We got back from the farm last night, so I’ve spent today trying to clean up my house and sort out Christmas gifts and such.  It looks like we won’t have to exchange very much, so that’s really good!  Of course, Eric’s grandma gave us a Thomas Kincade nightlight which I have no use for, but I suppose I’ll just hide that in my guest bedroom (aka “the ugly room”). 

On Tuesday afternoon, we drove up to Amish country and went to a couple of bulk stores and a place that makes world-famous cheese.  I LOVE Pearl Valley cheese… I could eat it every day and never much get tired of it.  And the milk from Hogue Farms goes there, so they get a producer’s discount.  We didn’t ask for the discount, but we still got 4 types of cheese and some summer sausage for $12.  Yummy!

I don’t know what we’ll do for the rest of today.  I think we’re going to get Chinese food for dinner tonight.  As Eric says…the cheap stuff where you spend $10 and get 2 meals worth of food instead of the fancy stuff where you get half a meal for $20!  Of course, he likes both, but tonight he’s in the mood for the cheap kind, I guess.

My grad school application is complete now, so I guess I just have to wait until February or so to hear back from them.  I’m not sure what sort of response I’ll get from them.  I can’t imagine that I won’t be offered anything at all, but I’m still hoping I’ll get straight into the Ph.D. program, rather than have to do another M.A.  We’ll see, though, I guess.