Thumbelina the Thanksgiving Turkey
After a few months getting used to a new job, settling into a new neighborhood, starting the kids at a new school, and figuring out why everything here starts and ends much later than Arizona, I was looking forward to a nice Thanksgiving break. With a nod of gratitude to my kids, the vacation started early for me with a couple sickdays home from work. It wasn't too bad; mostly a head cold featuring stuffed sinuses, a headache, dripping snot and a scratchy throat. After much consideration, I decided to stay home last Tuesday and Wednesday to try and recover.
A large part of the decision was out of concern for the guy with whom I share an office. My concern would be the same regardless of who shared my office. However, this situation required additional care because he is from India and I was afraid maybe the common American cold could completely take him out. And then, what if he took it home and it spread to others? Considering all these factors, staying at home seemed to be the best decision.
Thankfully, I was feeling better on Thursday. We all headed out to see Bolt. I thought it was much different than what the trailers lead one to expect. The previews focused mainly on the action parts of the movie, but in reality, it was another feel good Disney with some action mixed in. This worked out well for us due to the age of our children. My favorite character was the hamster, Rhino.
Thanksgiving dinner was great. In fact, having eaten it going on four days straight, I would have to say we did a good job. The kids don't eat our traditional Thanksgiving food, and it just kills me to see all that food go to waste. Therefore, my diet has been rice stuffing, yams, green beans and turkey. Yum...yet, time to move on.
In other news, after a quick stop at GameStop for some Christmas gifting, Josh and I headed to the library for some books. I would like to fill my evenings with some reading and decided to take on some heavier stuff. My current book is War and Peace. That is one thick book, and hopefully a good one. Anyone out there read it?
2 comments:
I heard it is a "classic." Of course we don't know who gave it that label and what their qualifications were. Let me know what you thought when you are done with it.
Emily, the english major, read it....or should I say is reading it...she has been for the last two years. That is about all i know about War and Peace, take it for what you will.
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