Christmas 2015

Markus, my favorite and I think only reader, asked what I got for Christmas.  Now Christmas was two months ago and I'm having a hard time remembering everything so I'm going to do a list format for each person/group.

Mom
She got me: sheets, a coloring book, a robe, socks, pajama pants, a sweater, thermals, 2 t-shirts, a bread knife, an iTunes card, Funko Pop Snape, 3 books on England, portable charger, Mr. Bean DVD set, Cards Against Humanity, slippers, men's toiletry kit,
I got her: a pan, pillowcases, a portable charger, 12 books, a blow-dryer and diffuser, a meat tenderizer, Curly Wurly chocolate bars (which are no longer sold in the US and I had to special order from the UK)

Dad
He got me: $200
I got him: a t-shirt, two pairs or track pants, a set of candles, a bottle of vodka

Grandma
She got me: sheets, 2 body pillows
I got her: socks, recipe card dividers and box, a purse

My aunts' family
They got me: my Snape cutout, an amazon gift card, a red lobster gift card
I got my aunts: movie gift cards
Ryker: an adipose plushie, Dr. Who car sticker, steam card, dalek figurine, Dr. Who t-shirt
Little Cousin 1: 2 animal themed DUPLO sets
Little Cousin 2: 2 Star Wars action figures, a fidget set

My sister and nephew
She got me: $50, measuring spoons, a 13x9 pan, a baking sheet
I got her: a roasting set, a gift card for a pedicure
Nephew: the book mr. grumpy's outing (my favorite when I was little), a wooden train with stack-able blocks

My step-sister's daughters 
They got me: an iTunes gift card
I got both of them: boots

Theo
He got me: new Apple earpods
I got him: Scott Pilgrim vs, the World, 3rd Cards against Humanity expansion, a little Baymax plushie, British sweets

My aunts dog Titus: 2 dumbbells (1 spikey 1 squeeky), 2 tubes of tennis balls, a large bone, a loofa dog, treats, some holiday themed rawhides

I also got a $50 gift card from my other step sister

I think that's everything.  I'll update it if I remember anything else (which I just did actually).

And here's the picture of Snape he asked for:

And this other one I took yesterday:

Snape is ready for the Slytherin Quidditch game.

School/Christmas Update

What's up people?  Sorry it's been ages since my last update.  Between school and the holidays I've been pretty busy.  I've been busy but not a whole lot of interesting stuff has been going on so I expect this to be a rather boring update.  

I passed my fall semester with two B's so that's pretty good.  I would have done better but I couldn't be bothered to go to class everyday.  I wrote some decent papers which I may post on here at a later date.  Three weeks into the current semester and everything is going well.  I'm taking Composition 2 which I have no concerns about; I love writing.  I am also taking algebra which I am concerned about.  I suck at maths.  However I've got 19.75 out of 20 points so far in the class and aced my first test in there so hopefully I'll do okay.  I sent my professors an email beforehand letting them know I'm autistic and trans and my preferred name.  For the most part it's been okay.  They both asked about any accommodations for my autism and there have only been two name slip-ups.  They haven't messed up my pronouns at all so that's good.  

I watched my aunts' house over the holidays and as usual spoiled their dog.  I got and gave some cool stuff for Christmas.  Some books and some tv series relating to my new special interest of Britain.  My most useless but also one of my favorite gifts was a cardboard cutout of Severus Snape.  It's awesome.  I thought for sure it would freak me out in the morning to wake up and see someone standing there but it's been fine.  I'm very upset that Alan Rickman has died.  A large portion of my Christmas money has gone to purchasing 8 new Alan Rickman movies.  I also bought this shirt: http://www.teeturtle.com/products/always which is awesome.  And like 20% of the cost went to the Cancer Research Institute.  

Great news in that I finally, after over two years of waiting, have got a date for my disability hearing.  So hopefully that'll go through and I'll get some money.

That's about it.  As I said nothing very exciting has happened lately.  I'll update again soon, promise I won't go another two months without updating.