Goodbye to my favorite month

November brings a few exceptionally joyous occasions, including my birthday and Thanksgiving. The weather changes and suddenly becomes very cold, and I begin to feel those butterflies in my stomach about Winter. I love it. I'm not a huge fan of the snow or ice, but I love snuggling up in bed at night, wearing all my scarves and gloves and watching old favorites like Home for the Holidays and Lampoons Christmas Vacation. This year's November was amazing. Thanksgiving was held at our place with Melissa and Erik, and my brother Shaun and his girlfriend Megan. It was a 7 course meal served by Max and Erik, which lasted from 4-11:30pm. There are lots of pictures coming about this soon. My best friends Jose and Ben flew in from new York, and were here to help me celebrate my 30th Birthday. My Golden Birthday! I can't believe it. When I was little and thought about what I would be doing at 30, it is obviously a very different picture in some ways. I imagined being a mother, writing collaborative children's books with my son, much like Patricia Wettig's character in 30 Something. Of course all these thoughts surrounding accomplishment and failure were swimming in my head during the day, but I suppose that's normal. Unlike last year where I celebrated with anyone who wanted to show up, I spent this birthday with my very closest friends and family. During the day I was in a bit of a funk, but the evening was unforgettable. Starting with a champagne toast and cupcakes from my favorite organic bakery Miette, followed by this amazing Indian restaurant that played Bollywood movies during the dinner. As always Max spoiled me rotten, and helped facilitate an event that I think everyone will look back on as a really memorable and thoughtful occasion. There are lots of photos coming on this as well. My new mantra for my 30's is "Less Drama". This year was filled with it, and I am determined to change that for myself in the future. I'm sure I'm not alone on this.

And as quickly as I had all my loved ones around me, so they left back to New York, and Max to Thailand for business. So I am now alone. How strange...

I hope to become more dedicated to my blog. Somehow, it was easier to maintain and write when I was in graduate school. I suppose being a real grown up, with a job and loan payments makes it harder to feel like the blog is important. But it is! And I will try to prove that by writing more.