I'm trying to relearn what it means to relax. It's strange not having anything I'm required to read, or papers looming over my head. Today I crawled back into bed when the weather got cold outside, and I read for a couple of hours. It was absolutely wonderful! Right now it's snowing outside and it's warm inside with my cup of tea and the promise of hot chocolate later tonight. I'm going to go and drive around to look at Christmas lights one of these nights soon; they love their holiday decorations out here in Ohio. I thought they liked Halloween (so many amazing decorations), but they really go all out for Christmas. The storefronts look adorable, the houses are twinkling, and the trees lining the streets and all the shrubs and bushes are shrouded in little lights. It's pretty amazing, but I'm still looking forward to the sunshine and above-freezing temperatures of California's Central Coast.