November--Month #2

So here it is November. The month that is my birthday. The month that Christmas prep goes into full swing. The month that "real family time" gets into gear. The month that (on the 13th) marks "Month #2" off of our wait time.
I like November. I like the anticipation of Christmas. I like getting all the decorations up. I like the white twinkle lights that light up our house at night. I like Thanksgiving (by the way, I consider it a travesty to call it "Turkey Day"...it's a day to give thanks to God and reflect on His blessings, not just gorge ourselves and fall into a triptophane coma). I like being with family. I like watching football in the middle of a week day. I LOVE watching the Cowboys play, even when they lose. I like making our Christmas lists for our parents and count down the days left till Christmas morning. I like thinking of what cookies I'm going to make. I like playing board games with my sister in law, because as anyone who knows us knows, she's more like my REAL sister than any genetic sister I could have! I love lit fireplaces and the smell of my birthday candle-smoke. I love watching Christmas movies, which by the way, as life gets in the way you realize you need to watch in November because December is crazy and goes too fast.
I like going to our church's Christmas play rehearsals and watching my son as he has progressed from "baby Jesus" to "toddler Jesus" to "one of the shepherds" to "one of the wise men" to, one day all too soon: "Joseph". I like sitting here thinking about Lili one day being an angel in those very plays. I like imagining her on Christmas Day and what gifts she'll want Santa to bring her. (I admit I like sitting here now thinking of what I'm going to get her for THIS Christmas and save for her:) )
So, November is good. It's THE MOST busy month at work, but since this is my LAST November, I'll just try to remember that and keep it all in perspective.
And, on November 13th, as we'll do the 13th of EVERY month, we'll have Chinese food. Call me a goober, but I kind of like that idea.
And, on November 13th, we'll have been LID for 2 months. Happy Birthday to me!! :)