Mmmmmm

I am content.

I just finished a mug of hot chocolate.

I am listening to Coldplay and procrastinating from writing my book.

I'm at a really intense part (don't worry, he doesn't die. That was the plan, but then I liked him too much once I began writing him)

It's so intense.

Like a double rainbow.

This is a picture I took a year ago last month. Can you see the rainbow?

November

November is a busy month for me. I am doing NaNoWriMo, and that added to schoolwork (lots of midterms and papers this month) and my other activities gives me just about ZERO free time. I am very thankful for IB, it gave me really good time management skills, and I think I am doing pretty well to balance all my activities. NaNoWriMo sure adds stress though, and later nights- but I am about 1/4 done, which is pretty good, since it's just the fifth day. If you didn't know, NaNoWriMo is also known as National Novel Writing Month. Basically, people from all over the world participate (more international than national) and try to write a 50000 word novel in the month of November. It is certainly challenging. We are doing it together, as sisters. :)
In other news, there is a hurricane today, or at least that is what it feels like. I am surprised the power hasn't gone out.
In even more other news, there was not a hurricane yesterday so I went for a fun bicycle ride. The leaves have not all fallen off the trees around here and they are very beautiful!
Also, I had my first drink of egg nog the other night. Christmas is coming!
The photo above is of a glass of egg nog!

Delicious lazy day

Today is an inservice day. It's a little bit dreary outside, so I spent the morning in my pajamas, eating and reading. I am drinking citrus infusion tea and I am, after I finish writing this, going to sit in the living room in the chair-and-a-half and read my new book from the library (I'm even the first to get it out!) called Hope Was Here. I'm liking that book. Well, I have some reading to do. -M

Awesome

Today I was listening to WireTap on CBC Radio (this sounds like an ad), and it was, of course, hilarious, and they mentioned two people and their blogs- One, a blog of depressing things, and the other a blog of http://1000awesomethings.com. And I think 1000 awesome things will be my go-to when I'm depressed because, gee, don't you just love that super-hot first chocolate chip cookie from the oven (http://1000awesomethings.com/2010/10/13/397-eating-the-first-freshly-baked-cookie-from-the-oven-even-though-its-way-too-hot/) or when you get home from somewhere far away and you can listen to the "normal" radio stations (http://1000awesomethings.com/2010/09/20/414-driving-home-from-a-long-trip-and-getting-all-your-radio-stations-back/)?

On WireTap the guy was talking about the cold side of the pillow and when you get the perfect cereal-milk ratio in the morning- It's just so AWESOME!

A Rainy Day

It is a rainy day so I feel like writing a bit. I had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend with my family and my friend from Alberta. I think I love my family a bit too much. I guess you can never have too much love, but loving people as much as I love my family makes it REALLY hard when we have to separate again.... Not to say the weekend wasn't amazing, though. Because it was. We fit in so much in three short days (well, four, I guess... only two full days). The day we arrived, we got to go to Youth Group. How refreshing! I smiled real big. Next, we had a relaxing Saturday with a trip to the Farmer's Market and also a nice walk in the park. I got a chance to bake, as well. Yummy banana bread! Sunday was a busy day with church, then dinner at my grandmother's. There is a lighthouse near my grandmother's house, on the shore of the Bay of Fundy. The tide was exceptionally high on this Thanksgiving Sunday- it was terrifying! After the tide went down a bit, we also had a sunset walk on the beach after the enormous supper. We also jumped on hay bales. I think it was a really good day. A day of memories :) Monday was the drive back to university, Right before we left, though, I got a chance to help with the harvest- Monday night was the night of the first frost, so we had to gather all the potatoes. Now I feel as if I helped, at least a little. Now I am back here at university. It's been a busy, short week. Now it is homecoming weekend. I hope the weather clears up for the big football game tomorrow.

Unnecessary

I find it quite funny that 'Necessity is the mother of invention' yet we still have ShamWows and Slapchops and Snuggies, all of which are obviously not things we need to survive (though Snuggies are incredibly comfortable- and relatively useless none the less).

Uni

I am now a university student. What that means to me is moving to a new town, a small university town, and entering into all sorts of new, unknown things. It means being away from my family and also many of my friends. It is like a new life. The first few weeks have been crazy. I have not really established a routine yet. I like routines. But I like this place. I like having only two or three classes a day (only one class on Tuesday!) and exploring this new town, and making new friends, and learning to live with a roommate. I liked the cheering of Frosh Week, and actually, I like the meal hall food. I like the fact that on the first day, upon arriving on campus, I saw a few of my favourite people from camp. This was a delightful surprise for me, amid the charged emotions of the day, and the extreme nervousness I felt, to see the beautiful faces of Kate and Keltie. This was remarkable because they do not even go to the same university as I! In fact, nowhere near. But they happened to be visiting some people. And so that is how my university experience begun. I guess this post is sort of jumbled around. But, basically:

• I feel like God is working so much in my life here! I am becoming connected with many Christians, making wonderful friends, and learning so much about God.
• I miss my family sometimes, but this is life
• The natural beauty here is amazing!
• I have been watching a lot of youtube videos. Here is one.
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