Excitement

Dear world,

I am excited.


Why am I excited? Well, Thanksgiving break is approaching quickly. This, in itself, should be reason enough to rejoice; a break from school, a chance to visit friends and family, and as much mashed potatoes as I can physically stuff into my mouth. But no, it's more than that. So much more.

You see, I am BUSY this Thanksgiving break. Busy in an awesome way.
Unfortunately, I have class on both Monday and Tuesday of that week. I am upset by this. But, luckily, the rest of the holiday more than makes up for this scheduling folly implemented by Southern Miss.

On Wednesday, the 25th, I will be leaving Hattiesburg for my home. This is the first day of my Thanksgiving holiday, and it is so filled with awesomeness, I don't know how to even BEGIN to describe it.
Oh wait, yes I do.
A Ben's Thanksgiving.

Yes, you read that correctly. Just give that a minute to settle into your brain-matter. "A Ben's Thanksgiving" is the title of quite possibly the best event ever dreamed up by human-kind (Next to Dinosaur Racing and Whaling).
In a nutshell, "A Ben's Thanksgiving" will consist of myself and anywhere from 12 to 25 of my friends all meeting up at The Original Ben's Jr BBQ to have a day-before-Thanksgiving celebration. It will be glorious in every sense of the word.
I'm salivating just thinking about it.

And that's not even the end of it. I will spend the rest of that afternoon with the beautiful Catherine, gallivanting around the town and being generally silly. There will be coffee and cuddling, both of which will be sweet.
Well, not the coffee. I don't like sweet coffee.
Sweet coffee is for the weak.


The next day is ACTUAL Thanksgiving, which won't be quite as much fun, but still rather enjoyable. To be honest, there isn't much to say about this. It's fucking Thanksgiving.


And then, Operation: Hemingway.
Imagine it, a handful of friends joining together to brave the polluted and festering waters of Mobile Bay, kayaking 20 miles to Dauphin Island, just for the hell of it.
Hemingway would be proud, I'm sure.
This trip is going to take around 5 hours of kayaking across the open bay. We'll probably be mauled by alligators, BUT THAT'S A RISK I'M WILLING TO TAKE. It's been so long since I've been on a *true* adventure, I can't help but eagerly tremble in anticipation.
We have no clue what we're going to do once we get to Dauphin Island, to be honest, but hey, who cares? We'll figure it out as we go, like real men.


That's the extent of my holiday plans, really, but I'm sure that Saturday and Sunday will be equally entertaining. Who cares, I still can't get over "A Ben's Thanksgiving" and Operation: Hemingway.

I'll bet you like six bucks that my holiday will be way more awesome than yours.

And THAT my friends, is why I am excited.


-David