Pretty Nearly Perfectly Happy

Anne: Just now I feel pretty nearly perfectly happy. I can’t feel exactly perfectly happy because, what color would you call this?
Matthew: Red?
Anne: Red, that’s why I can’t ever be perfectly happy.

 

Like Anne, I feel pretty nearly perfectly happy at this moment. But before I tell you why I’m happy I want to tell you my reason for why I can never be perfectly happy.

For the past year, okay, more, I have been dealing with acne. My face, for the most part, looks like it's studded with angry rubies. I have tried every formula under the sun from prescription to Wal*Mart specials to natural solutions like coconut oil and it’s just no use. It has been something of a blow to me because up to this point I have been able to keep sufficient control over the health of my face. But no more. So, I, like Anne, have this vain problem for why I can’t ever be perfectly happy. ;) (If any of you have any suggestions for me they would be most welcome! Hahaha!)

Meanwhile, I think I can manage to be somewhat happy. In fact pretty nearly perfectly happy. November has started! And while I’m here, why don’t I just quote some L. M. Montgomery.

“It was November—the month of crimson sunsets, parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate wind-songs in the pines. Anne roamed through the pineland alleys in the park and, as she said, let that great sweeping wind blow the fogs out of her soul.” ~L. M. Montgomery

But though these may be fine reasons to love November, they aren’t why I love November. To me November means writing. NaNoWriMo writing to be exact. (National Novel Writing Month.) For those of you who don’t know, the goal of NaNoWriMo is to write 50,000 words in the month of November. 50,000 words is considered to be the size of an average novel. I completed the goal last year, after attempting for the past two years, only to find out that 50,000 words while still a challenge, didn’t complete my novel. My guess is that I still have about 30,000 words that need to be added to last year’s novel. I didn’t know at the beginning just how large my story was. Oops. But this year I have much smaller ideas so that perhaps if when I meet the goal I will actually have a completed novel. Writing is what I love. And a whole month that is supposed to be literally dedicated to it?! Count me in!

 

A few more things that I can be happy about:

 

There are comments on my blog! I was beginning to think that I would never gain readers and that thought was rather depressing. But it all worked out. I mean, what is the point of blogging if there is no one to read it? Actually, I would still keep writing because it's something that I love. :)

 

My Christmas posts. I can't wait for you all to read what I have up my sleeve!

Christmas in general. Because Christmas is my favorite!

And that the weather is finally starting to chill out.

Happy November!
Cordy