I BELIEVE THE HUMP IS MINE.

I think I'd like to start a project. Just a little somethin' somethin' to celebrate November. I feel like it's a highly underrated month - kind of the less-than-great shortening between the metaphorical delicious Oreo cookies of October and November. October's got Halloween, and treeeeats, cute children, fun parties, and an excuse to get out there and DANCE and be let's face it, just a little bit creepy. And I mean, December is CHRISTMAS. NEED I SAY MORE?

Sometimes, November gets lost in the nation-wide binge and the turkey leftovers. When I was younger, it was a month of AWESOME hand-tracing turkeys and pilgrim art projects. Now that I'm older... I don't get to do those as often. I listened to my roommates all day today talk about how November is the hump to Christmas, etc., and I felt a little bad for November. Poor hump.

So. I'd like to share MY thoughts on November. Living away from home, and being in college, I feel intensely grateful for the family togetherness of Thanksgiving. I'm looking forward to hugging my sisters more than even making my famous yogurt pie. It's something I reeeeally value and I think about often. I'm so beyond grateful for the hump. November is just a happy month - or at least it should be. And you know what? Maybe I don't make hand-tracing turkey or pilgrim art projects nowadays. But do you know what else? Maybe I SHOULD. Actually, I promise I will. You might even get to see them with your own eyes. How about THAT, world?

November is such a happy month, and I making a promise to myself that I'm not going to lose myself completely in tests, and stress, and how much I HATE cold weather. I'm going to, instead, write a happy thought here, everyday. Something that makes me grateful to be alive, and thankful it is November - the month of gratitude. I'mma be HAPPY.

I wanna value the hump. I LOVE THE HUMP!

So! Today I am grateful for the fact that whoever lives above me, has seriously fantastic taste in music. The faint beauty playing above me makes homework soooo much more bearable.

So. Hey you up there. I owe you one. Or twenty. On a CD. Which you probably already have. I LIKE YOU!

Mmm. Add to the grateful list? Songs that make you feel.