My break so far.

Quite a few things have happened in the past day in a half. I'll try to address them all chronologically.

So, yesterday was the glorious event of A Ben's Thanksgiving. I picked up Rin in Mobile at around 11, and made it to Ben's just in time to get some food and a place to sit right as everyone was arriving. In total, we had 19 people actually eating with us outside: Sarah, Lauren, Davis, Meaghan, Kathy, Rin, Myself, Wally, Houston, Sam, Cormano, Erin, Macey, Chris, Jordan, Jew Sam, and then a few others I can't remember. Our tables got so packed, we had to send away a few friends that showed up (Cleveland and his girlfriend Sophie). It was pretty much a complete success and we'll be doing it annually from now on.

Oh, kind of a break in the chronological order of events here, but Rin and I are dating now. :D
It feels kind of odd to be dating someone again. I really hope that she's not like all the other girls I've liked, I want this to work out. :/

But anyway, after A Ben's Thanksgiving, I showed Rin around Fairhope (Took her to all the major places: Coffee Loft, The park, Cleveland's House, the pier) and then brought her back to my house. She met my parents, lol, and then we went up to my room and hung out for the rest of the afternoon. I showed her a bunch of the random trinkets and such that I keep in my room, you know, that sort of stuff. Well, it turns out that my house is pretty boring, so after a few hours I decided to take her back home.

I drove her all the way back to her house in Springhill (About a 40 minute drive) where I was invited inside to say hello to her mother (Who I adore, she's a wonderful lady) and her two older siblings who are in town for the Holiday. I don't think Rin's older sister liked me, but her brother seemed alright.

So I dropped her off and headed back to Montrose to go to my grandparent's house for dinner. When I got there, my Aunt Sue was there, and so were my cousins Matt and Nicole. Matt is basically a more cynical and sarcastic version of me, and Nicole is basically Sarah in fifteen years, but less hyper and more annoying. We spent a while conversing (We were waiting for my cousin Gordon to arrive before we ate dinner), and did some catching up.

This reminded me of how much I love my mum's side of the family. When you, your cousins, your little sister, your aunt, and your grandmother are all reading the articles in Cosmopolitan and pointing out the things that are stupid or just downright untrue, you know you have a certain bond shared between the group.

Soon, Gordon arrived, and all the men went out back to grill the steaks. Gordon just graduated from the Air Force academy back in May or something, and he's working down in Gulfport now. The steaks were done in a bit and we all went inside to eat. After a delicious dinner and witty banter, we said our goodbyes and Matt came back to stay at my house. We spent the night playing video games and making fun of each other, and didn't go to bed until around 5.

And then, we woke up and IT'S THANKSGIVING! So we're celebrating by playing MORE video games while everyone else cleans up and cooks food for us.
I'm thankful that I don't have to do any of that shit, I guess.


-David

Back in Fairhope, just in time for they holidays.

It's exciting, to be home again after staying a way for a while. The friends, the family, just Fairhope in general. I always tend to forget how much I love this little town.

So, after my two classes this morning, I grabbed a quick lunch and was out of Hattiesburg before Noon-thirty. Wooo, Thanksgiving break!!


On the way to Fairhope, I figured it would be nice to stop by and visit Rin at her place. We hung out for pretty much all afternoon, it was nice. She also gave me what might be the coolest trinket I've ever seen:



It's a little trombone! And it's surprisingly accurate, anatomically. Would that be right? I mean, would a trombone have an anatomy? Or is it just a structure. Either way, it is both fairly accurate from an anatomical and structural point of view.
I'll be headed back to Mobile to see Rin again tomorrow, too, because I'm going to pick her up for...

A BEN'S THANKSGIVING!
Yes, it's almost here. I am ecstatic. Like, seriously. You don't know how excited I am about this thing.

But anyway, when I got home earlier this evening, I got to meet my family's new dog, Zoey. Now we have *two* loud and hyper dachshunds, huzzah! I don't know what they were thinking, to be honest, but she's cute enough, I guess. Also very licky.

The first place we ventured this evening was to El Mexicano, for a delicious dinner with Sarah and mis padres. We talked and ate, it was a pretty standard dinner. Whatever. :)

I'm just glad to be back in town.

And there was much rejoicing

What has two thumbs and a new thingie of blank CDs?
This guy.

You can't really see it, but when I said that, I pointed both of my thumbs at myself, you know, because that's how the joke... nevermind.


Anyway, excitement is building because not only do I have the ability to make kick ass mix CDs AT MY LEISURE now, Thanksgiving holiday is coming up quick. And with that means the plethora of exciting things I have planned.
According to the Facebook event page for A Ben's Thanksgiving, there are 13 confirmed guests and 8 "Maybes," as well as Forrest and all of his percussion people. This is going to be a big thing, people. Probably the biggest event going on in Fairhope that day.
Of course, that really isn't saying all that much.

But if you'll excuse me, I'm going to burn me some CDs. Awwwww yeah.


-David

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