Well, I wanted to take a minute to wish you guys a very happy
Thanksgiving!
I, myself, have been awfully busy getting ready for Thanksgiving. I was up to 2
A.M. last night, and I've been hustling around the house today getting
everything ready. Needed to construct a bed in a bedroom that needed to
also be cleaned. Got the nagging feeling that I will need to contribute
food to this Thanksgiving meal, but I'm dog-tired. But at the very
least, school is done and I won't need to grade anything until after
Thanksgiving.
But behind these sleepy eyes, is someone who is
secretly very excited for all to come. It's going to be a blast and I'm
so happy everything is turning out so well. God is good.
Anyway, I hope you all have a super-duper Thanksgiving. With lots of family, big, loud, and full of love. If you happen to be alone, then I hope you manage to feel this surge of gratitude for all that you have. Whether it be a lot or hardly anything to speak of. Keep loved ones close, and don't let petty things get between you.
It's been an interesting month so far. A lady who has been running this city-wide Thanksgiving meal every year recently passed away. My mom got the opportunity to volunteer to help, so we've been pushing to get enough deserts to serve potentially 1000 people. We were going to get all of the churches involved- but strangely enough they thought it was too short notice, so basically our church has been the driving force in gathering donations. But it's been crazy, we went to Sam's Club(An extension of Walmart) and they gave us a giant cake. Hy Vee, a "nicer" version of Walmart you'll find strictly in the Midwest, apparently does not "donate" food. So we got church money and luckily they were nice enough to pool together all the ice cream from all their local stores and sell them to us. I'm really glad that everything is turning out though, the program this lady put together was envisioned to be a meal the entire community shares. Whether you are homeless or you own a million-dollar house. The only people who aren't invited are those who cannot accept other people.
I think it's an amazing idea. I hope that we all can continue to fill in this one lady's shoes. Few people are willing to sacrifice their time.
I myself won't be eating with them though. I'll be enjoying a meal with my grandmother and my aunts and uncles. I'm tempted to skip, but my cousins are almost all grown up and married off. With my aunts and uncles being grandparents, they kind of like to do their own things and our family get-togethers are growing in rarity.
But that is the great circle of life, isn't it? At least, I hope it is, and it isn't some mutated glob of where our generation is headed with our anti-social behavior.
I hope that our families continue to get big, but I also hope that we don't scatter. I like going to big Thanksgiving and Christmas parties like the ones you see in 90s chick-flicks. I hope they don't ever stop. ((I also hope that I'll meet a guy and get to have the awkward, yet joyful introduction of families. With the soft, warm lights in the background with a big, hearty meal and everything.))
But anyway, enjoy the day, enjoy the parade, and enjoy the meal. (^-*)
Oh! And! Please, be safe on the roads. And don't worry only for your own safety, be considerate of other drivers. I had to do some driving on a one lane highway, and people seriously tried to kill me.
Crazy jerk-butt driver: Oh look, you're behind me! Lets see how slow I can go!
Me: Okies, time to pass you!
Crazy jerk-butt driver: Passing me?! LETS GO NINETY WHILE THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC APPROACHES!!!
Me: If you put a dent on my car w/ 280k miles I will KEEEL YOU!!! *passes*
Crazy jerk-butt driver: Fine, you can be in front, but I can't go the speed limit.(Too fast.) I need to drop to a super slow speed and get another line of people behind me.
e^e
Have a happy Thanksgiving you guys.
(^/\^) \(*o*)/ (~u*)
