Happy New Year!

For the first time in a few months, the holiday season is finally beginning to slow down. The whirlwind eating, shopping, traveling, adjusting, readjusting, and sadly, more eating that comes along with November through January is coming to a close. The delay for the blog is certainly not because of a lack of caring, this is just the busiest time of the year for most so hopefully everyone understands. Since my last post, I spent my Christmas break in New Jersey with my family. Going from warm and sunny Charleston, South Carolina to bitter cold Morristown was a shock, refreshing at first then a snow storm left us with more family time than was expected. Not only did I need the break from school, but the family time was wonderful. I was able to attend my sister's Christmas concert, along with little things that I miss out on while in Charleston. Family meals, running errands with mom, even watching movies together was taken for granted while I lived at home. Since Christmas, we returned to our house in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Mom and I agreed that this was a major breath of fresh air. We were able to shrug off the disappointments of the end of the football season in the company of family and friends. It's hard to imagine the way my parents have to pick up and leave for the six months surrounding football season, as well as the fact that my sister has to adjust to a new school every semester. I left for school at the beginning of January and the last time I talked to my mother she was still trying to put the pieces back together from the big move. This is always the most interesting time of the year for us, because of course the retirement question looms over all of us at the conclusion of the football season. We use this time to focus on our family and making decisions that affect all of our lives. I apologize for the long delay with the blog but now that everything is beginning to run along a steady track, there should certainly be more to come and more often. Thank you to all of the supporters that have made this transition easier for us! Hope all of your holidays were wonderful!

Brittany