Everything is coming together.

There are some moments in life which give off "natural highs". For example, when you are in a packed parking garage, but find a spot right next to the doors. Or when you check your bank account and there is more money than you originally expected to find. These little things help us find tiny nuggets of joy throughout the day.

And that is one of my favorite things about being alive.

So, GM and I have finished our finals this week (hallelujah), which means we are finally done with a huge portion of our lives, me being in school. It's a weird feeling, albeit a refreshing feeling, to think I don't have to sign up for classes next semester. I believe my planning and organizational skills I've developed through balancing my work schedule with my school and social schedules will come in handy when I'm a mom (I am definitely  not at my mother's level though), but for right now I get to breathe easy because I only have to juggle two schedules. Well, and GM's final semester. But, I always have thought it is easier to manage someone else than yourself, so I'm not too flustered about it.

Now that I can actively work full time without the worry of missing homework deadlines or meeting for group projects, I have decided to move on and "do something with this degree of mine." I honestly think that I can find work in what I want to do, which is content writing, editing work, or teaching. I know this because I have found received some positive responses from the career searching I've been doing.

Oh yeah, and my last days at my job are this weekend. Because I quit.

I have learned I don't have to stay somewhere they don't respect me or my time. I know I have to understand currently I receive the steady income for my tiny family, but I also know I can get a job fairly quickly that will pay the bills. I just want to find something I enjoy doing. And the saddest part of this whole crapshoot job I'm leaving is at the start of working there, I really did enjoy it. But, as the weeks have turned to months, it's been a deteriorating atmosphere. So, I'm leaving and I feel ecstatic about it.

GM and I now get to focus on all the Christmas festivities without worrying rushing to classes or shifts, and I can't wait to start baking!

I want to bake for neighbors, friends, family, I have presents to finish wrapping, activities to plan, it really is going to be a great rest of the holiday season.

And baking means more recipes, so there's something to look forward to!

I feel so unburdened now as if a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I did it. I left my soul-killing job, I finished my Bachelor's Degree, and now I get to write about how I'm going to spend my favorite holiday, I'm truly blessed.

I just wanted to leave the song we made for our tree. We don't have a ton of space in the apartment, so GM and I decorated a life-sized, cardboard cutout of Boba Fett (Star Wars' bounty hunter, it was an amazing birthday present for yours truly), and call him Boba Tree (Complete with star).

These are the little moments I hope to remember and tell my kids one day. Because the quirkiness and the random parts of our lives give me those pocket natural highs, and that's what makes me happy.

Oh Boba Tree [Sing to the tune of O Christmas Tree]

Oh Boba Tree, Oh Boba Tree,

How lovely is your blaster.

Oh Boba Tree, Oh Boba Tree, 

The Rebels you are after.

Your plasma guns are super cool, 

The Galaxy youll finally rule.

Oh Boba Tree, Oh Boba Tree,

You are a Bounty Master.