Working and Waiting in Earnest.

I know it is not quite time yet, but I am SERIOUSLY, like in a hard-core kind of way, looking forward to Christmas Break!
My insides are just tingling with excitement at the prospect of staying home, reading, going shopping, and "chillaxin'" as I have heard it called. I might even try out some new recipes and tackle some creative projects I have been wanting to tackle.
But then panic overwhelms me a bit when I realize this might be my last significant Christmas break. Dang it! Going to have to figure out a life plan that includes some sort of two-ish week period of rest around the holidays.
But today I work. And prepare for interviews and finals and papers that must all be prepared for. But I work and wait in earnest anticipation of what is to come.