Grateful

Happy Thanksgiving! I had a really great one this year. Usually my Thanksgiving is rushed. I typically wake up only to watch a few minutes of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, head to my Aunt's for lunch, then hurry back home to get to bed in preparation for my favorite shopping day of the year. This year was different. I was home, which in itself is something to be thankful for, I got to watch the entire parade, and enjoyed a leisurely meal cooked my my mom and finished the day constructing our "battle plan" for tomorrow. It was great, just what I needed. The day even managed to keep my mind off the two papers and countless journal entries that need to be done. Wow, I have a lot to be thankful for. 

Side note: The fact that Anderson Cooper is just as obsessed with the Real Housewives series as I am only make me like him more. 

November?!

I feel like I missed out on Halloween this year. I was feeling sick all day so that kind of put a damper on the whole evening. I hadn't planned to wear a costume, so instead of doing the typical Halloween activities, I stuck to my normal Friday night line-up with the addition of a carmel apple and some candy corn. I think it came too fast this year, much like a lot of other events, and now it's November..geez.  All I have to say is next year it's going to be good. I already know what I am going to be.. it will impress.. you just wait. 

About 3 weeks til Thanksgiving break. I say "break" with hesitation since it is really just a 3 day tease that comes before finals week, but I'm ready for it. I can almost smell the pumpkin swirl cheesecake and I almost have my Black Friday battle plan completed. 

Is anyone else sad that Joaquin Pheonix is done with movies? I really liked him, he is one of those versatile actors who you can watch over and over again and still be surprised. He made me enjoy listening to the twangy tunes of Johnny Cash though, so if music is his next move then I guess it's a good one.