Raffi N, I was worried for a second there. I have already spoken to my cousin about setting a time to look at apartments to buy. We agreed to start looking this summer.

I am more positive than ever that I need to find my way to Armenia. Not that I needed a reminder. It's Christmas day and I have gained possibly 30 pounds in a span of 24 hours. Man I'm huge. My pants don't fit. My sister and her husband came down for Christmas and they are playing pool. It was a good Christmas. Didn't need anything else but family. I wish my cousins were here, but they were in spirit... and via phone. We opened our gifts last night at midnight. Santa was VERY good to me. I got a digital camera... the Canon Rebel. For those who know, yes I realize how lucky I am. Let's just say a 1 GB Card was necessary in order to handle what this camera does. 6.3 Megapixels, SLR, you name it. I also got a nice knitting kit... my family seems to know me well. I have a whole bunch of new knitting projects in mind now. My sister and Shant also got me the DVD of "Finding Nemo" which we watched together today. I'm not one to encourage family sitting around a TV and calling it family time, but this movie was too cute and best watched with my family. Jana, the fishies are soooo cute!

Anyway, I'm off to Chicago tomorrow morning during the "Orange" Security Alert. Oh, I'm in for some waiting in lines. They say I need to be at the airport at least 2.5 hours in advance. Tomorrow should be fun. I'll be there through the New Year for AYF Convention and to party Chicago style! I always have fun in Chicago!

Merry Christmas everyone! And have a wonderful New Year!!!