11/24/2006: "Thanksgiving Memories"

Thanksgiving Memories

For some reason, Thanksgiving tends to be kinda bummer for me. It's never been exactly what I want, since I've moved out here. I don't know if it's that I miss my family and the way they do things or the foods that my family eats...or what. Really, I've only had two truly bummer Thanksgivings: the one when I thought that I was going to cook this great meal for "my man" only to have him break up with me the night before...and last year, which I slept through it because I didn't really have anywhere to go and I had to move within the next couple weeks. The night before Thanksgiving this year, I remembered the "breakup year" and found it ironic that I was driving to his house five years later. Granted, we didn't spend the actual holiday together...but oh well. I ended up going to a friend's house, which was very nice and I appreciated the invitation, especially since it was the only thing between me and sleeping through the whole day again like last year. I tend to get sleepy when I am stressed/bummed out.

I spent the morning of Thanksgiving steam cleaning the livingroom. That was kinda fun. Sucked up lots of cat fur. All the livingroom furniture is shoved into the diningroom. Mika loves it. I think I am going to rearrange everything to better accommodate Christmas decorating. When should I buy the tree? That is the question. Then, I will have to steam clean the dining room. Not sure if I will do the bedrooms since I really don't want to move all that furniture. Maybe I will just steam clean around it, which is a lot less thorough, but since I don't plan on moving any furniture around in there, I think it's acceptable.

Today I had to work...but the joy of it is that I have been in bed working the entire day, still in pajamas, not even wearing my contacts - just glasses. How great is that? :)