I like Christmas-time, if only for the visitors. Firstly, my Grandmother from Idaho is staying for a week and a half. I don't know her very well, unfortunately (which makes Christmas shopping difficult); she suffers from some pretty severe hearing loss (although we're experimenting with different kinds of hearing aids) and from general getting old. She's also very quiet; she likes to read a lot, and she has done a lot of that here.
Secondly, there are a couple of friends from high school that go to my church but (unfortunately) go to Pensacola Christian College. I would advise any BJU student who thinks that the rules are restrictive here to go to PCC for a semester. For example, they have no email at all, and cell phones must only be used in cars. While BJU students can go to a Sunday evening service at a local church, PCC students have to go to their own chapel services both morning and evening. And so on. It's also several hours away from the Greenville/Spartanburg area, which means (except for Christmas time and part of the summer) I never get to see them!
Which is really sad, because they really are two of my best friends, ever. Very friendly, good-natured (for the most part), and easy to talk to. Unfortunately, they have to go back come mid-January. So, I enjoy it while it lasts.
Posted by Blog Jones at December 23, 2003 12:08 AM