Welcome November!

Since my post Halloween rant, I have brainstormed all the reasons why November is going to be such a marvelous month…

1. We gained an hour of sleep this month. I love sleep.
2. My birthday is November 4. Must be an awesome month! 
3. I work a total of just 16 days. Hearing that makes it oh-so-do-able.
4. By the end of this month, we will reach the half way point of the 180 school/work year…yes, you heard right! 
5. I get to do fun, yet educational Thanksgiving activities with my students. 
6. We are going on vacation and will get to kick back and relax while we see great family and friends. 
7. In honor of prepping for vacation, I am getting a manicure, pedicure, and my hair done.
8. Such delicious food this month.  I love food.
9. The stores will put away all of their Halloween crap, and bring out the real Christmas stuff. Up until November, Christmas only gets 1 aisle because of Halloween. No more! This makes me feel like I can really start buying presents. 
10. I get to start decorating for Christmas. Those of you who know me know I like to go all out. 
11. Christmas music will officially be on the radios and likewise, the shows will be on TV. 
12. I get to make my famous fruit turkey (pictures to follow). 
13. The weather must cool down this month. 
14. It is the 5 year anniversary of rescuing our amazing dog, Rocket. 
15. The Ohio State v. Michigan game is this month. This is a big deal to mid westerners.  Might I add, we will be in Ohio for the game, which hasnt been the case since 2002.
16. We are getting some very special, professional photos taken. I am so excited about this opportunity.  I will do a separate post about this. 
17. I have 1 more Stitch Fix delivery on its way before I go on my every 3 month schedule. 
18. Mockingjay Part 2 comes out. Yes.
19. November will continue to remain 1 of the only untainted IVF RPL months in our history. 
20. We are one month closer to bringing home our baby. 

I think I could keep going, but I will leave you with the best ones. For each of the 10 negatives I gave you yesterday, I was able to (easily) come up with 2 positives today.  Happy November everyone!