Happy Birthday!

One week exactly from Christmas Eve, I will stop in my Christmas decorating and baking and gift wrapping and say 'happy birthday' to my one-and-only sister--Kara.

How old? Seven, today.

Goodness! Less than a decade from now she'll be driving!

Okay...now I'm scared.

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One of my favorite Christmas memories is going to my almost-relations' house on Christmas Day. You know those friends that you've known for so long that you're basically considered family? Yeah, they were like that to us. Every single Christmas Day we'd drive over to their house. They were Mexican, so we'd always have Mexican food.

Mom and Dad met while working in a Mexican restaurant, and our 'almost-relations' were the owners of the restaurant at the time. Even after they retired and Mom and Dad moved on they'd get together on Christmas for Mexican food that the restaurant once offered.

A couple years ago the 'almost-relations' moved to Florida. Obviously, we can't drive that far on Christmas Day. However, we still have Mexican food. =)

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Happy Birthday!

Today my brother, Erestor (so code-named on this blog), turns...wait for it...oh my goodness. Thirteen?

*stunned silence and I stare at the computer screen*

That can't be right.

Unfortunately, I really think it is right.

So, Happy Thirteenth Birthday to my little brother, my best bud, and my closest sidekick!

Wow, this was a short post.

Busy and Lazy

I wish it would actually snow once in a while! I don't think it's ever snowed on Christmas that I can remember...actually, I think last year or sometime kind of in the past there was snow on the ground, but it didn't actually snow.

Now it's just raining. And it's, like, sixty degrees out. Kinda dreary, and it makes me want a cup of hot chocolate only hot chocolate gives me headaches, and I'm not in a tea mood. So I guess I'll just have to settle with water.

You know, I really ought to be doing schoolwork.

Instead I'll make a Christmas wish list. =)

1. A Pudge Rodriguez jersey. My favorite baseball player. =)
2. Dark chocolate. I got hooked this year.
3. Hogan's Heroes. Yeah, dad says we can just get them from Netflix but it's not the same as owning them. Oh, well. Like I said, this is a wish list.
4. Um...I think that's really all I want. Aside from the usual...books. But you know, this year I haven't really read a lot. I've just been so busy, and when I'm not busy I'm lazy.

Speaking of busy (and lazy...), I had better get on and stop being the other.

Where Have I Been?

I don't know where I've been--that's why I just asked you guys that!

=)

So...I've been incredibly busy. NaNoWriMo was awesome (as usual). I reached my goal and am still writing. I think I'm at 54 thousand plus some right now, and I'm just wrapping it up. It's always so sad to say goodbye to my characters. : (

I have been incredibly busy. Oh, I already said that. My attention span has also shortened. I now sympathize with computers who too much to process and who are running out of memory space *gives the family prehistoric PC a big hug...figuratively*.

How has life been, you ask? Incredibly busy. Darn, there I go again. But at least I got my point across. I've been doing a lot with public speaking, and I've been doing a lot with history, and literature, and music, and science, and air rifle, and archery, and life, and my wrists hurt.

Can I get a shoulder to cry on here? Okay, crying might be kinda drastic. I'll just whine in your ear until you get tired of me. =)

How have y'all been? For you NaNo-ers out there, how did it go?

What I'm Thankful For This Year

1. My family. Duh. (Galdor's standing here. I patted him on the head and he punched me in the shoulder. Good thing he can't read what I'm typing!)
2. God. Okay, another 'duh' inserted here because if God wasn't here, we wouldn't be here. If God wasn't here, even if we did exist it would not be a wonderful life.
3. My friends. It's not easy being my friend, after all. I'm kind of grumpy and kind of annoying sometimes.
4. You really cool followers/readers of my blog who've stayed on even though my posts have been random and far in between!
5. Safety, or at least as much as I can have in this world.
6. A really solid education. Three cheers for my mom and dad!
7. My great-grandma, who I love talking to and who has cool stories about college and WWII.
8. Food. =)
9. The freedom to be able to say my thoughts, shoot guns, worship God, own property, and all the others.
10. Getting my learner's permit on the first try!
11. NaNoWriMo. *cue melodramatic sigh* Without it, I would never have found my wings!
12. My speech chapter. Public speaking really uncorked my bottle, so to speak. I never knew all the things I would be able to do until I gave a speech.
13. My church. I love my church because we're like one big family! Everyone knows everyone, and it's so encouraging to go to a building every week that's stuffed with friends. =)
14. Lastly, I'm thankful for the comfort of home. We're staying home for Thanksgiving and having my grandparents and a friend from church over. It's so nice to have a life. =)

And with those random thoughts, I'll leave you all with a Happy Thanksgiving!!!! ringing in your ears!

Wait for it...

You guys are never going to guess in a thousand years what happened to me today.

Oh, by the way, NaNoWriMo's going pretty well. There have been days where I haven't written at all, but I've always managed to catch up. I'm liking my book, and as I write the plot is turning out even better than I expected. But this is the first year that I haven't wrote a book in a little series I was writing. This year the setting and plot and characters are completely brand new. It's kind of like going on vacation for a little bit, if you know what I mean. Fun, exciting, but in the end you get home and you sigh in relief.

I've also developed a knack for long, run on paragraphs. And omitting contractions and that little dash that sometimes connects words.

But anyway...

Guess what I did today!

I GOT MY LEARNER'S PERMIT!!!!!

It's almost surreal. And it's kinda sad too. I mean, there's something about now being lawfully able to get behind the wheel and control this huge hunk of metal that drives childhood right out of you. =(

Anyway, that's really all for now. I just wanted to share that huge milestone with you guys.

How has NaNo been with anyone else?