Knots

I've had a knot in my stomach all day. It could either be a malfunction of my tummy after the Thanksgiving holiday or some other big stuff happening.

I went to Barnes and Noble tonight with Amanda. There aren't many people in town tonight, so we figured we would go wander. I ended up leaving with two things:
1. The next installment of my personal journals. I went the smart route this time and bought the journal that is basically just a leather cover and you can refill the notebook on the inside. In the end, this will be much cheaper and will save me the hassle of going out every year for weeks leading up to the end of my journal to find the new good one.
2. A workbook for building vocabulary. Yes. I know. I'm a complete nerd. But if I told you that I've been reading a dictionary every day to account for the fact that I crave words, then you would think that I was more of a nerd. At least this way it looks like I'm preparing for grad school or something while I sit in the coffee shop instead of just that freakish girl in the corner reading the dictionary for an hour. Plus, it quizzes you and I'll retain more of the words.

Dictionaries are my default. When reading isn't enough, but I can't write, I read the dictionary. Words are amazing and they possess so much potential. Kind of like an 8 year old. They're so developed already but they're abounding in possibility.
Words do for me what music does for me. They make the world more colorful and 3 dimensional. They evoke moods and perceptions that were previously not touched. With the right word or chord, it's like the near discovery of a new galaxy or mathematical proof.
I'm excited to crack it open and start to work in it.

After B&N, we came back, made some cocoa and watched Christmas Vacation. It's officially ok to do that now that Thanksgiving is over. I love the Christmas season...well, I love the nostalgia of the Christmas season. But I am a strict believer that one cannot do anything involving Christmas until after Thanksgiving, unlike 89% of the rest of the world now. But it's ok now and that is a relief!

Anyway, I should get some sleep. I work early.

Wow...check me out. I've written a ton in the last couple of days! Unfortunately, it's been nothing of great significance or relevance.