The One With Day 16

Current Mood: Giddy I don't know how the rest of you Texans are taking this change in the weather, but I LOVE IT! Winter is finally here.


At least this week.

There is just something about the cold that brings out the best in me. Cold cold cold cold cold. On cold days, I walk outside and I am instantly in a terrific mood. The only way it could be better is if it was raining. I know that once it FINALLY gets cold here, the holidays are just around the corner! I love this time of year. Next week is Thanksgiving. On Monday, I am having Thanksgiving over at Chris' house, then on Wednesday, I am OUT of here! Much needed vacation time.

Then after that........


CHRISTMAS! I have to admit, I have really been struggling with not listening to Christmas music. It's gotten to where I turn it on for a while just about every other day. And it is KILLING me not to have any on the site yet. That's why I haven't swapped in any new music lately. Sorry! Come the day after Thanksgiving, it's Christmas all the way! I am letting myself slide a little today so that I can add ONE new song. It's called First Snow by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and it doesn't count because it is not strictly a Christmas song. Tell me what you think of it!


Throughout this entire experiment, God has been working at turning me into what He wants me to be. Which makes me wonder. Do we need to ask God to become better people. I mean, I know that God has been faithful in my life and has been guiding me, but it's like I am suddenly on the fast track. How many things have I missed simply because I didn't ask? Freaky.

This story has been floating around in my head for a LONG time now, but until today I have never written it down. I spend a lot of my time (when I am driving - ALL of my time) building stories in my head. It's just kind of fun for me to explore what could happen if a certain situation transpired. I never really thought much more about it. But lately, those stories have started to grow and take up more of my thoughts. It's almost like God is cultivating them in my head, so I started writing this one down. It's a lot of fun! I think that in the past I was scared to write anything because I was worried people would hate it, but after this year where I have had professors praising the things I have written, I am more confident. I will have to let you read something when I finish it. Then you can tell me the truth. Because I know you Inner Circlers out there. Brutally honest. BRUTAL! Just kidding. On to surprise number two.

I got an IM tonight from another friend from high school. It is very weird how God is bringing these people back into my life. For those of you don't know (and with my apologies to those of you who do), I do not keep up with old friends. With few exceptions, if either of us moves to a different town - it's pretty much goodbye friendship. Not that I flip some switch or something and ignore them. I guess I am an out of sight out of mind kind of guy. At least, I used to be. Anyway, so this friend sent me a message and we started talking. It was fun! She is UBER smart and, for some reason, when I talk to her, all of these big words and complex sentence structures come pouring out of my mouth. Every noticed how some people amplify certain parts of your personality? It's interesting, because you can really examine those parts up close.

Okay, so that's today. Small revelation and another long lost friend. I am excited about tomorrow! Did you realize that I am half way through this experiment? Yowza! (10 cool points to the person who can name where Yowza came from!) I think tomorrow I am going to take a small step toward finding an old friend on my own, without any prompting. OoooooOOoOoo...