Currently...November

D Y I N G  O V E R ... Ingrid Thoft, author of the new series I'm into, tweeting me. Check out the Fina Ludlow books my friends! I immediately sent a text to Jana as I knew she would geek out with me.

F O R G E T T I N G ... Every freaking thing. Last Monday it was my car keys on the hood of my car. This Monday it was my train pass, which I left at work. That's why it pays to be very nice to your conductors. I rode home and back to work the next morning without my pass. Today? I forgot my phone at home. 

A N N O Y E D ... That the setup process for my new iPhone6s was a total clusterfuck that took forever. FWP yo. A funny of it all was that the guy I talked to at Apple Support sounded exactly like Nick Burns except he was nice. I was like hey, sorry, don't take this wrong, but do you know Nick Burns from SNL? He was like yes, I know. I know. 

A M A Z E D ...  that Thanksgiving is a week from today. Say what now?

W O N D E R I N G ... When everyone started drawing a line in the sand / when the general tone became one of condescension / when we stopped being able to disagree respectfully / when we were more concerned about being right than having an open dialogue / when we became an expert on who is and who isn't a terrorist / when we became unable to distinguish between Muslims or Syrians or whoever else in the Middle East that are running from terrorists versus the actual members of the terrorist organizations.

Every religion has had a loon pop up five to 50 times over the course of history, claiming their work is God's work and the people they're trying to destroy are heathens. It does not mean that everyone who looks like a Muslim is a terrorist. Are some of them? Absolutely. Just like some people that look like us are terrorists. One of our most well known domestic terrorists looks a lot like about 50 people I know. I'm not going to stop associating with those people or say I don't care about them and if they die and try to push them out because they look like a terrorist. I'm not saying don't be afraid or don't take action...but I am saying try not to react from a place of fear.

R E F U S I N G ... to lose my humanity and give in to xenophobia. That is not the American way and if we allow terrorists to change the fabric of our nation, then what's left to defend? We are more than land and people - we are an ideal. Americans are not cowards or overly cautious - we are fierce and bold and we step in to help those who can't help themselves but above all else we protect what is ours. I don't care if you hate the President. Good for you and I hope you thank God for the freedom you have to openly hate your President. But I also hope you don't forget what this country is about and how it was born and built and why it has succeeded - on the backs of immigrants that are a generation or three above you. Some of nationalities that were at various times considered dangerous, unseemly, and overall unwelcome (Irish need not apply, how can a Catholic be president the country will be ruined, etc etc). How different things would be today...some of us might find ourselves banging on the golden door now begging to be let in.

D E V O U R I N G ... The newest Tawni O'Dell novel, Angels Burning. I really loved Backroads by her so when I saw this I jumped on it. I'm glad I did. This is one I just want to toss life aside for and finish. And I did, on the train this morning. 

C O O K I N G ... For the freezer. I made breakfast burritos on Sunday. Monday night was power breakfast muffins. 

T O G G L I N G  ... back and forth between shore house things and general life things. Something's bound to slip through the cracks. We're reaching the end of the dining room table looking like this though, packed with stuff that needs to go down to the shore house. We can't have it delivered there, so it all comes to our house to be transported. We also have linens that needed to be washed and stuff we're taking from our own house, etc. etc. 

O B S E S S E D   W I T H ... The Random Crap bag above that holds a ton of stuff and these socks, both from ModCloth. I have other pug socks from ModCloth too. I had to have these seasonal babies.

F E E L I N G ... like I've finally got the hang of the time change. I said to myself, Self...it's going to be dark most of the time for many months. Get over it. And I have. My productivity is up at night again and I don't feel like I want to sleep all the time. 

P H O T O G R A P H I N G ... my dogs. Duh.

L A U G H I N G   A T ... this. I love your mom jokes.

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I don't know why text is randomly blue, I've changed it like five times and it keeps coming back. No desire to comb through code to find out why so...multi-colored thoughts!

Fill me in...what's going on with you this month?

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