Finally... the end (for now!)

I'm so thrilled to have finished the semester on top of things. Like I mentioned in my previous post, I don't really study for finals, but I figured this time around I would just for the heck of it. And what a difference that made! I pulled all my grades up, and finished strong with a 4.0 GPA this semester. Usually there's always one class that screws up my perfect GPA every semester, but this time around it was all good.... well, I am getting ahead of myself because I still don't have a grade for my chemistry class (although I do from lab) so we'll see if I get to keep my straight "A" semester.
When I had met with my pre-med advisor, she informed me she wanted me to count my mentoring volunteering as my "Leadership" requirement for med school, and find something else to do for volunteering, which doesn't involve babies, or women (because I do so much with both populations). I looked and looked, but couldn't find anything except for making baby hats to newborns. It's the only thing I can do from home and not have to find a babysitter. I just may end up doing that unless I am able to find something else to do.
Now that I'm done with school, I'm REALLY bored. And the word "really" only expresses a small percentage of how bored I truly am. I feel like if my life isn't going 100mph, then I get bored. And I get lazy. For example: I clean my house from top to bottom every two weeks to the day, and I spot clean as needed in between (which is constantly since I'm a clean freak and borderline OCD about cleaning and organizing- it drives my husband nuts). This past week I was so lazy that I didn't clean until day 19. That's a long time. During those extra five days, I was constantly thinking about how I needed to clean, but didn't want to... I figured, "What the heck- I need a break. I can clean later." Plus I was diligently studying for finals, and felt like I could wait a couple of days. And then I thought that I may need to space out my daily chores and errand-running so I don't go one day without doing anything. I always feel like when I wake up in the morning, I should be doing something that day. I know, I'm weird, but I guess I'm a perfectionist and there's nothing I can do about that.
Speaking of spacing out my chores, I ended up Christmas shopping on friday. Now, let me tell ya something: I despise shopping so bad, the last two years I didn't start my Christmas shopping until the week of Christmas. I'm usually not a procrastinator, but when it comes to shopping, I'd rather get shot in the foot than have to go out and buy stuff. I believe it's because I'm such a thrifty person and grew up with not a whole lot, that I don't feel I need much more. Anyway. Got everyone shopped for except for my in-laws. Then I was told late friday night that my husband needed to go get a gift certificate for a gift exchange at work, and we ran out of money. So I guess his co-worker is getting something for Christmas and I'm not! Can't afford to buy for both. It sucks to be so financially tight.
This past week we also switched my son from a crib to a toddler bed. We figured it was time because our crib was one of the 2.1 million cribs that got recalled for having a dangerous drop-side, so I thought we might as well just take the whole side off and turn it into the toddler bed it's supposed to do. My son sleeps well in it and doesn't really get out. So far he hasn't rolled off, but I'm still looking to buy a cheap rail to put on there "just in case".
That's all for now, so I may write again during the week, and if not... Merry Christmas!