Wow, its been a while since I've posted on here.  Things have been crazy, as usual.  Thanksgiving in Cape Cod was really nice.  I love being near the ocean.  I got a really cool vase at an antique store there, I'll post a picture of it next time.  The animals did really well, and it was nice to see all of Jason's family together.  Last week was pretty horrible, I had one huge presentation and two papers.  I stayed up until four in the morning working on the papers, and I'm pretty sure you can tell haha.  But, at this point, as long as I pass I'll be happy.  Tomorrow starts the beginning of my last week of classes, and next week is finals.  I have one big presentation this week, on Wednesday.  But, I did nothing for school this weekend, which was really nice.  I'm sure I'll pay for it over the next couple of days, but it was worth it for a rest.  Also, two thirds of Jason's company was laid off on Thursday, and we're still pretty shaken up about it.  It looks like his job is safe, but I don't want to get my hopes up.  But, for someone who generally doesn't believe in things beyond that which they can see, I do have to admit that Jason's project choices have consistently been insanely lucky, since they're probably what saved his job.  I'd rather not dwell on that too much, I'm trying to think positive thoughts.  Yesterday we went to an antique store, where I got some cute little decorator plates and a silver dish with claw feet (again, pics later).  Jason got some more candle sticks for the library.  Then we went to some of the art galleries downtown, and had lunch at Little Venice as an early Jason birthday celebration, since they sent him a coupon.  Last night we watched Frosty, my first Christmas movie of the season!  Today we went to flea market, to Michael's to get some frames and some hooks to use to hang the lights outside, since the staple gun I bought didn't even scratch the paint on our 90 year old porch haha.  We still haven't gotten them up, but hopefully in the next couple of days.  I bought blue lights, because when I was a kid I always wanted blue lights on the house, and my mom said they were only for Jewish people, because she thought they were tacky haha.  So, she's going to be thrilled when she pulls up on the 23rd and sees them haha.  I did manage to straighten up the house tonight, and chase the chinchilla around when he escaped.  He's so wild...  When I cleaned Werther's cage out, I came out to see that he too was gone.  I went into the guest room to find him trying to get under the bed, which is Mortie's favorite hangout.  Luckily he's a bit more tame in his older age, so I just asked him to come out and he did haha.  Such a sweet man.