As you may have noticed, I royally failed at NaBloPoMo this past week. I would feel bad, but as I didn’t have my laptop with me and was busy reading and having a nice time with my family, I’m alright with it. I did pretty well for my first attempt, and I’m more than ready to be blogging at more reasonable intervals. 

As for what I missed writing about, my Thanksgiving break was relaxing and overall, really fun. Thanksgiving day was spent cooking and chatting with my Aunt, who is a librarian at a school similar to one I’ll probably be teaching at next year. I also watched my cousin’s dog scare the bejesus out of my cat and ate some delicious food. All in all, a successful Turkey Day. 

Friday, I finally got my hair cut and colored (for the first time in August. *shudder*) and now of course, I look fabulous. Then  my family took an impromptu trip to Rehoboth Beach for dinner at Dogfish Head Brewery. Our waitress let us know that the town’s Christmas tree lighting was happening that night right down the street, so, of course, we had to go and mock the small town charm of it all while making crazy faces for a series of portraits. (Photos can be found here.) We’re clearly a special bunch.

Saturday, Steph and I somehow made our way to King of Prussia mall, which is oppressively large, where I bought some wonderful new flats and saw Danny Bonaduce! Twice! No joke. He was wearing freakishly tight pants. 

Sunday was filled with reading, relaxing, and watching The West Wing online with Stephanie. After finishing American Wife, which I ended up loving as much as Prep (which is to say, a lot – I highly recommend both), I of course had to go buy MORE books. This time, I went with some teaching books from a list Teach for America sent me.  

And now I’m back, and, thanks to my mom’s sickness through this whole break, a little sick. However, I will NOT let this ruin my last two weeks of college, because frankly, I’d rather be a little sick now than in two weeks when I leave for AUSTRALIA! Woot! 

Speaking of which, I’m going to be gone for about a month (3 weeks in Aussie then 1 week in LA), and I’ve already talked to my sister about helping me out with some guest posting around here, but if anyone else is interested in writing a little something while I’m gone, let me know! 

And, I think that’s it for this mildly ADD wrap up. Happy Tuesday!