Christmas vacation was a time of great relaxation and reflection about what I wanted to do this upcoming year. I attended the Christmas Program which was held on the 24th of December and had a wonderful time because I was with my family. A week later, I went to the New Year's festivities held in the gym. On New Year's Eve, I watched the celebrations around the world as they entered the new millennium. A little before midnight, my family and I went up to our house with guns in hand to await the arrival of the 21st century. When the clock struck, we shot our guns, watched some beautiful fireworks, hugged each other, and saw some awesome northern lights. The next night, I helped the church raffle items, which I really enjoyed.

The weekend before school started I heard that a basketball tournament was being held in Pilot Station. Since I hadn't traveled there by snow machine before, I wanted to go. When I finally found people to travel with, we left on Friday night and came back sometime after midnight. The next day, I traveled to Pilot again to watch the championship games. Now that I've gotten a dose of how it is traveling that far on snow machine, with the frostbites to prove it, I feel I now can travel farther from Marshall.

Besides attending the celebrations over Christmas vacation, I spent time with family, stayed up too late, and caught up with some friends from college.