Wow - five years ago, T-Day was D-Day for my family. And then we just didn't do that day together for quite some time. We had dinner together today, and it was good that there was no fighting. And odd that there was no real connecting going on, either . . . or maybe it was just me that felt disconnected from them all . . .
But then, I never have really felt a part of my immediate family's goings' on, even when young - I mostly keep up the connection for the sake of my son.
There was just something different about the whole experience today . . .
*puzzles*
How was the day for the rest of y'all?
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Empty.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Fruitless and frustrating.
Which is why I'm sitting in the office at...02:09.
-Trevor
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
My 9-year old nephew is learning chess, and we had four surprisingly competitive games.
Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :
Well, we did have fruit...
But no one accepted my invitations to come for dinner or invited me to theirs. My family is all pretty far away. Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
*distributes hugs*
*wonders if a Hatrack get-together for Thanksgiving next year would be a fun thing. . . with some chess and other game play-offs?*
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
It could be, depending on who, what, when and where.
It could also be the biggest SNAFU since Custer said, "let's go camping, y'all!"
-Trevor
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
Less than desired. It was bad to start since I had duty. However, when two guys didn't show up that morning.....let's just say I was really pissed.(I need 9 people minimum to run a duty day, including myself. I had 7) I never slammed doors so hard as then. They were eventually found and spot counseled. The rest of the day was spent winding down from the morning.
Posted by Vána (Member # 6593) on :
Mine wasn't wonderful. I love my family, but it's just a little off, what with Mom and Dad being seperated at the moment, and there are babies now, so we didn't go out and do anything this year. The guys watched football. It was extremely boring. I guess I was just disappointed with the whole thing this year. It wasn't much fun.
Posted by suntranafs (Member # 3318) on :
Hmm. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday at home almost always. The family usually really gets together. My first thanksgiving away from family. 11000 miles from home. And it wasn't thanksgiving here, because there is no thanksgiving here, and I was in the company of people I barely knew at all, not feasting, and I was completely unaware that it was thanksgiving. Can't bitch to much though, it wasn't a bad day, and Australia's a grand country, and by the way I did finally meet with Imogen and Tony over here in the west, couldn't have met them without missing thanksgiving, and I definitely have to give thanks for that- (They're Great, Awesome, and Generous and Tony did indeed show me the sights of Perth) When we met a week or so ago I stayed at their place and we had dinner and white wine and these aussies have a way of making the most uncultured bimbo feel like he's the king of ettiquette, and their house is so well and beautifully set and decorated, so actually I guess that it was a lot like thanksgiving!
[ November 27, 2004, 07:37 AM: Message edited by: suntranafs ]
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Here in Canada our Thanksgiving came and went quite some time ago, and it isn't nearly as big a deal here as it is for you folks down south.
Hence yesterday was nothing special.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Things I learned on Thanksgiving Day:
1. My dad has a first cousin who is a commercial artist, does commissions for murals, owns a hair salon in Salt Lake City that is only open three days a week and you have to get an appointment two months in advance, has long hair that makes him stand out in SLC, and has never been married. I sort of remember this guy, because he gave the family the most gorgeous flower arrangement I've ever seen when my mom died. He seems happy, gets along with his extended family, and usually go to family reunions. My dad thinks he's probably gay, just based on the above description, but has never known for sure. I never knew him because WE don't go to family reunions because my dad has always had this lone ranger thing going and never bothered. So, who knew?
2. My aunt found my great-grandfather's photo album, and there is a series of pictures of me at seven years old with the exact same expression that I have in the pictures from WenchCon.
3. I think my aunt is going to be divorced soon. She would be already, but she's scared - she's been married for over thirty years. I sort of hope that she does, because the kids are in their twenties and the way my uncle treats has completely destroyed her self-esteem. Maybe if she gets divorced she can get some of it back?
So, Thanksgiving was actually fine. Christmas might actually be okay too, because I'm going to send a list of ground rules to my dad before I go up there. Maybe it's a matter of regression to the mean?
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