kate can't believe....

• how much has changed since last year at this time.
• she's had her Ph.D. for a year already.
• can't believe her January term class starts in a few weeks.
  
• that it snowed 8.8 inches last night.
• that Christmas is already here.
• it's not butter.
• that some things are still the same.
• that her landlord still won't let her have a cat.
• that tim is beating her at scrabble on facebook.
• how much she likes dubuque right now...despite the snow.
• that someone dug her car out for her this morning.
• she's thinking about renewing her match.com subscription again.
• how funny the Big Lebowski is and how delicious "Caucasians" are.
  
• how fast her nieces and nephews are growing up.
• how much the foil on a wine bottle can cut you.
• how hilarious Arrested Development is and that it was canceled after three seasons.
• how rude students can be when vying for a better grade.
• that people don't know that when they copy something directly from a website without citing it that they don't know it's plagiarism.
• how much she misses friends that are far away.
• how grateful she is for friends and family that are close by.
• how much she has to be thankful for this season.