We continued a long tradition of having Thanksgiving dinner at Aunt Diane and Uncle Walt’s house.  Many family members were there but there were some important ones missing. My dad decided not to come and Aunt Faye was in the hospital.  It was lovely to see the family members I don’t see often enough. I even got to talk writing with cousin Michael, who knows much more than I do, even though he’s ten years younger than me.

Early in the day I had just finished my first novel, I crossed the NaNoWriMo finish line at 50,057 words. I am thankful I finished so I could enjoy the rest of the weekend with my family.  I still can’t believe I actually managed to write it.  I am not ready to let anyone read it, or to even talk about it.  We’ll see if that changes once I start editing in January.

Keeping with the NaNoWriMo spirit of doing things that you’ve never done before I decided to go upstairs at Uncle Walt and Aunt Diane’s house.  I know it sounds insane but since Chris and I started dating in January 2001, I’ve been to their house at least twice a year and had never gone upstairs.  I realized about 4 years into it that I never had and then I thought it would be fun to see how long I could go without going up.  Aunt Diane and I decided this was the year so I did it.  It’s nice up there. Spacious.

I’m also reading Harry Potter for the first time and I might, MIGHT go to Starbucks for the very first time, too. Maybe.

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