Today is my last day of work this year - got vacations from Monday till January 2. On Wednesday I had my last final exam at University - I took five courses, all at night after work. I have never been so busy before, and I need this break. Work is going much better than I imagined, though, and I was able to take some exciting courses on Indigenous politics and even one on the Synoptic Gospels to fulfil my Humanities requirement.
Being busy does help to distract from the short and cold days, though.