November Adventures

I know it's late, but I don't have to work tomorrow and I don't really feel like going to bed yet. Besides, I'm overdue for a blog post.

I hope you all have had a wonderful November. We didn't go anywhere for Thanksgiving this year. Just hung out at home with each other. Megan and I had to work on Black Friday thus keeping us here. We also had some snow so it was probably better that we didn't travel anyway. I hope you all took some time to think of what you're thankful for. I'm grateful I was able to spend the day with my family. The only thing I can actual remember voicing that I am thankful for on Thanksgiving was toilet paper. Silly me, but it's true nonetheless.

Anyway, the week before Thanksgiving, I got to go on a little adventure. I went to visit a friend of mine in Colorado for a few days. It was so much fun! It turns out I took a bunch of video, so you know what that means! I've got to put all the bits together to a form a little video travel log which I may or may not post on here.

I'd only been to Colorado once before, but I remembered liking it and it helped that I was going to see a friend. While I was there, it struck me how beautiful a place it was even though it was so different from my home. I'm convinced that you can find beauty wherever you go.

While I was there, we did all sorts of adventurous things like go to the midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (which was awesome by the way), make videos, eat junk food, shop, watch movies, and go up to the mountains where we had a nice little encounter with some elk, a frozen lake, and some icicles.

Also, because of the trip and Thanksgiving and Black Friday, I pretty much fell behind on NaNoWriMo. There's very little chance of me being a winner this year, but that's all right. There's always next year, and just because life happened and I wasn't able to complete 50,000 words in 30 days doesn't mean I'm going to quit. Besides, I feel like I've learned a bit about myself and writing with this experience. Good things! I suppose I'll touch more on that in a couple days. I'm still writing just to see how far I can make it, and I do plan on finishing the novel. Woot! Woot!

Today was a good day. It was like a little reunion, and who doesn't like reunions? Okay. Yes. There are some exceptions... But this was a good reunion. I'm about to talk in church lingo, so I hope you're ready for this.

I went to my parent's ward for church today, the same ward I grew up in. Why? Because two of the guys I grew up with just returned from their missions, and although they don't live in this area anymore, they came to speak in church. So a couple friends and I all made sure we'd be there to support them and welcome them back. After all, we haven't seen them for two whole years. It was good to catch up a little with them and their families. I was so happy and excited to see everyone, I was probably a little more boisterous than I needed to be. Ha ha. It happens. Hopefully I didn't scare any small children. After church, I came home, played some games with the fam, and watched Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. It doesn't get much better than that.

So life is good. I just found out that I can apply for early registration in a publishing program I want to get into. Wish me luck! I've just got to get all the paperwork together and cross my fingers that they'll accept me. If they do, I'll be heading back to Colorado!