Racing the Sun down Parleys

     I had a pretty good Thanksgiving.  I drove for an hour to get to my sisters place up in Heber where we cooked a whole bunch of delicious goodness, then pigged out.
     She and I yammered at each other while her husband watched football and my nieces played. 
     My 6 year old niece drew a picture of Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon for me andit’s already on the fridge with all the other drawings she’s given to me.  Huh…my sister decorated my kitchen in roosters (I don't think it was on purpose.  It started out as a joke when my best friend Diane who lives in Japan decided to mail live baby chickens to me once.  Ever since, my sister has bought me kitchen items with roosters on them...my mother often has some rather crass jokes to crack about that).  Anyways, so my sister decorated my kitchen and her daughter decorated my fridge.  It's fitting.

     The one thing I didn't get for Thanksgiving that I was hoping for was the can of cranberries that slurps out of the can and slaps onto a plate, holding the shape of the can and wiggling like jello.  Not only am I horribly amused by it, I also think it’s tasty…and fun to poke at.

     So I left around 4:30 and raced the sun down Parleys listening to the Gladiator soundtrack (I really shouldn't listen to that soundtrack while I'm driving.  I always end up flying near light speed, grinning like a psychopath on a rollercoaster of doom.).  The sun won.  I got back home in the dark and started to write, after making a cup of Vanilla Rooibos tea and throwing in the Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Soundtrack.  Which I've been listening to on repeat (hey, I like Nicholas Hooper). 

     I wrote six pages today (WAY better than yesterday!), and not only did I get an idea to make the story better for Part II of the novel, but I also realized a huge, important piece that I forgot to put in Part I (dur!). 

     Well, it's 1:30 am and though I really should go to sleep, I would rather watch TV for a bit so I'm off.  But before I go, I have to say THANK YOU to my friend Barbara for being the very first follower of my blog.  I was so excited when I saw that I had a follower that I did a little dance.  Then I squeaked when I saw it was you.  I miss you and look forward to seeing you (hopefully soon).  And to my friend Lisa who just joined as well.  Your support means so much to me and it's also incentive to write more and write better.

     So Thank you, my friends.  I hope everyone had a good and safe Thanksgiving and that no one got food poisoning.