Thirteen Thoughts

 

1. Today is the last day of NaBloPoMo.  It’s been fun reading daily entries from some of the less frequent posters who took the challange.  I’m glad so many folks participated!

2. I got my hair done yesterday….gotta say, I love it!  Something about loving a haircut that makes things good all around, huh?  And being all blonde again doesn’t hurt, either.

3. Stupid cold.  Ted and I both came down with colds last week, and they’re slowly going away.  Mine was never horrid, but I gotta say, I’ll be glad when it’s completely gone. I feel all post-nasaly, blech.

4. I’m glad it’s getting cold.  I like the cold around here.  For those of you NOT in California, cold here is high 20s at night, and everyone complaining how cold it is when it’s in the mid 50s to low 60s in the middle of the day.  So really, not bad. But it was 34 degrees walking to school.  Frosty.

5. I have a mammogram appointment today.  I had one once before, and they’re really not so bad, but I gotta tell you that it’s PMS time for me, and while I do not suffer from PMS, as in moods, I’m very tender today in an area that is about to be squashed like a pancake.  Good times.

6. I’m starting to think about Christmas.  I love Christmas, but for me, I like to think of it as that whole week, from maybe a few days before Christmas until New Years.  If I put too much focus on the day itself, it can get kind of stressful, and feel like a letdown after.  But if I focus on the whole time, how I’m looking forward to driving around, looking at lights, and Christmas morning, and the day with family, and having a week off of work after, and maybe getting to do some fun things that week, it takes a lot of the stress away.  And really, why should holidays be so stressful?  They’re supposed to be fun.

7. I’ve been trying Py Korry’s suggestions for happiness.  I kinda like it. :)  It’s nice to reflect on the good things that happen in an ordinary day.

8. We had chili last night…it’s a quick recipe that I usually make with ground turkey, but since Maya’s a vegetarian now, I made it with fake ground meat instead.  It was good, though I usually make it with 1lb of meat, and the recipe calls for 2…this time I tried 2, and I think I prefer it with more beans, less meat-substitute.

9. I started a new book…The Jump Off Creek, about a pioneer woman who is living in the mountains of Oregon, in the 1890s.  I bought it in Portland this summer, and when we were driving home, there was a sign that said we were passing that very creek.  Cool, huh?  I’m just a few chapters in, but so far, so good.

10. Maya’s school is participating in the Model UN, which is pretty new for kids of her age group.  This is the first year for Montessori kids at all, I think.  I am worried about the expense, though, because I hate fundraising so much.  Blech.  I’d rather just write a check if we can afford it.

11. My cold medicine makes me fall asleep while sitting up.  Nice.  I’ll be sitting there, watching a tv show or something, and then I’m snoring…but I’m still 99% awake! Weird. I don’t think I’ll buy this kind again.

12. It’s almost the weekend again.  Love that.  I wish we had another 4-day weekend, like last week.  Oh well.

13. One of Maya’s friends is dancing in the Nutcracker, and they’re going to see her perform today.  I hope they all have a great time.  Go, D, GO!