it's december?

wow. where did the past two and a half months go?
out the window!
i've been having the blues lately. largely because i've been itching to go home. this is because it is impossible for me to imagine not being in vermont for christmas. where is the snow? where is the fireplace? where are the beautiful trees with lights and the big white farmhouses with a candle in every window?
well. none of that's here. there is no snow. we have rain though!
there is no fireplace - well actually, our friend thomas has a fireplace. and i have been known to venture over there and take a few minutes in front of the fire and listen to it crackle and imagine the snow coming down, and i can almost smell my dad's pipe smoke and see my mom's feet bouncing as she rocks in the rocking chair next to the chair that i'm sitting in as we watch a charlie brown christmas (which, i can't watch by the way - every time i try i get a minute into it and i want to cry), or football....
the trees here are decorated, but i have to say i'm not the biggest fan of the decorating committee (see the little tree above). although the lights and all that look much prettier at night......
that last one is the christmas market. a cool place, a cool place.
but i'm feeling very homesick these days. although i had a teacher tell me that she would love to have me at her house any time i'm feeling as though i have the blues, and i have another who wants to have me over for dinner, and one of my schools is taking me out for lunch along with the rest of the staff the tuesday before break starts.
so really, it's not that bad.
although i'm learning that i really don't think i want to be a teacher. i love interacting with the kids every day, and i'm certain i will work with children. but i can pass on this whole being responsible for cramming information into their brains bit. i'd rather shape their moral values and behaviors than show them the difference between the questions 'how are you?' and 'how old are you?'
but it's all good.
if anybody knows of any quick ways to get from here to the states in little to no time, i would love to hear them.
mis you all.