Hooray! Five day weekends rule! Yes, ladies and gents, you read correctly. This happy camper is now on a 5 day vacation from everything! No work, no super cute but sometimes clingy pug, no housework, nothing! Jas and I leave in the morning for Vegas for 1 night, and then we’re off to see his parents in Utah for the following 3 days. I cannot wait!

I hate Thanksgiving. I’m very Chandler-esque about the day, and I have been for almost as long as I can remember. Most of my extreme dislike is based on the food, and people’s reactions to my disgust. I don’t like turkey, ham, stuffing, cranberries, sweet potatoes (or yams if you wanna call them that), pumpkin pie, or pretty much any traditional Thanksgiving food. I just don’t. And for 25 years of my life, every single year (of the ones I remember), someone in my family would ask why I’m eating macaroni and cheese and not turkey or stuffing or the rest of the food that my relatives "slaved over a hot stove for, so we ALL could enjoy it." Ummm, because eww? I don’t like it. I’ve tried learning to adjust. I tried choking it down, or eating just enough not to get harassed, and then running to McDonald’s as soon as they stopped paying attention. But that’s not fun for me. Three years ago, after my in-laws bought their house in Utah, I suggested to Jas that we go visit his mom for Thanksgiving, instead of going to my own family’s dinner. Best. Idea. Ever. (if I do say so myself). We went out to the buffet place near her house, and no one asked me why I didn’t have turkey. No one cared! I got to eat my macaroni and cheese, and mashed potatoes, and salad, and I was in heaven. So this has now become our tradition, much to the chagrin of certain family members who shall remain nameless. It’s totally even as far as I’m concerned. Thanksgiving with Jason’s family, Hanukkah with mine, Christmas Eve and/or Christmas morning with my family, and the majority of Christmas Day with his. Seems like an even split to me.

Anyhow, I need to get packing for our trip, since I’ve procrastinated all week. I’m going to TRY to keep posting at least once a day for NaBloPoMo, but if something happens and I can’t, I hope each and every one of you have a lovely holiday however you may chose to spend it!