I'm hosting

Thanksgiving this year!  yay!

I got the phone call from my mom this morning confirming that the family is on their way up to Hanover for Thanksgiving deliciousness.

I am not sure why I am excited about this, but for some reason it makes me happy.  I wonder if i will feel the same after they have been here.  The other funny thing about this is that I can't actually host ANYONE at my own house, I mean I can barely fit 4 people in my apartment, so I am hosting Thanksgiving at my BFF's house.  He's won't be here and he has such a lovely kitchen.

woo-hoo for thanksgiving & a generous friend with a lovely home.

I may love the snuggie....but....

this is too much.  Introducing the "Peekaru".

HAHAHA

Oh my goodness.  It reminds me of the scene from Alien when the baby comes out of the guys chest.  This is just absurd.

Day of laughter

My ab muscles hurt from laughing so hard today.  So many hilarious things to laugh about...

Some of these things are unable to be shared on this blog but they are making me laugh out loud (literally) right now.

Here are the other things that have made me laugh today:

• Cliches used in  ways they were not intended to be used.  Check out this cliche website

• Ellen Degeneres gets a phone call from Gladys - best quote "I love Jesus but I drink a little"

• Xtranormal video called "So you want to get a PhD in humanities".  It is hilarious because it is partially true in some ways.  LOL

There were any number of other things that made me laugh today.  I think I laughed non-stop all day.  It is incredible to work in an office that works very hard but has a great time while we do it. 

Old journals

For some reason last night I decided to reread some old journals.  They are incredible.  First, I was super melodramatic at times.  Some of the "drama" going on in my life back in the day makes me laugh a lot.

There is something incredible about old journals.  They have all this history of things that I have forgotten.  There are these moments in the journals that were so important in the moment but I don't actually remember those moments until I was triggered by reading it in the journal.  Some of those thoughts consumed huge chunks of my time and energy and were so unproductive.

What is nice about looking back on the things I used to write is that I can actually see that in many substantial ways my life has changed and I have changed.  For the most part, those changes are in good ways.  It is nice to see evidence of growth.  I like to see that I have been able top change patterns of crazy behavior.  It is also interesting that there are some things that drove me crazy when I was 12 that still drive me crazy at 31 and will probably still make me nuts at 87.  I also discovered that no matter what age I am much more angry when people that I love are mistreated than I do when I am mistreated.

Twizzler straws

If you bit both ends of a twizzler off, it creates a straw that you can actually drink with.  Awesome!

It makes me chuckle and makes me happy.

A good day...

Yesterday I had one of those days that was good just because it was good.  There was nothing particularly amazing about the day.  It was a day that was a beautifully cold autumn day.   The air was crisp.  There is this really beautiful tree that is still full of gorgeous richly colored red leaves.  It is hat, gloves & scarf weather but I'm still able to get away without wearing a coat.  I was happy to be at work and around my students.   I enjoyed time with my friends.  It was a "normal" day. 

What is nice is that I am able to see it for what it was. There were lots of little moments that were funny or challenging or disappointing or strange but the sum total of the day was peaceful and shiny and comfortable and joyful. 

It was a pretty damn good day.

Student of the month

My niece has been selected student (or citizen) of the month in her class.  She was so excited about it.  My wonderful and fabulous niece is in kindergarten and she loves school.  She bubbles over from the joy of being in class and learning things.  It is so amazing to watch and to hear.  I, of course, worry that she will lose this joy or hide her love of learning as she gets older but for now I revel in it and support her with it. 

Love her!