Thanksgiving is a weird holiday to me. It’s supposedly a family holiday, but that doesn’t hold too much for me. I see my family generally twice a year. So Thanksgiving isn’t a family time for me. I made myself a big meal in the Thanksgiving tradition though.

I bought some Turkey breast (I didn’t really plan ahead and buy a turkey like I had been thinking, and I only found frozen ones Thursday morning when I went shopping), bought some potatoes, made a salad, bought some rolls, wine, vegetables, and stuffing mix. Cooked it all up and had a late lunch that was I called my Thanksgiving dinner. It was pretty good. I even had a Boston Cream Pie I had bought for a fundraiser at work for desert.

All in all, I think I did a good job. I spent the rest of the evening talking with Pat online. He was alone on Thanksgiving as well… and well, its good to catch up with an old friend. We did this thing where we watch a movie at the same time on our computers and chat throughout it. We watched The Expendables and The Losers, drank some beer, and chatted it up. Not as good as hanging out in person, but still makes for a good day. I talked to one of my sisters, got a text from another, and missed a phone call from the third (sorry Tiddle, I’ll call you today).

All in all I had a decent day. And you know, reflecting, I got invited to more Thanksgivings this year than any other. I think that’s a good thing, sort of means I’ve hit my niche here in Cleveland (I mean it only took two years, whatever). And I turned them down. Not that I had to, but its sort of, I don’t know, that I not resigned myself to having Thanksgiving alone, but that I looked forward to cooking, and relaxing and doing nothing. And its not that I don’t want to meet people’s families, or am afraid too (although I turn more respectable meeting parents and family for a while before I break out of my shell), but really, I just enjoyed the thought my own Thanksgiving. Also I’m not usually one to turn up unexpected (unless its Pat, I did it once and by god I’ll do it again).

But…. despite my non-family orientated Thanksgiving, it doesn’t mean that I don’t have things to give thanks for. So here is my list:

– Family (all of you, even PJ)
– My Health
– My pets (2 cats and a ferret)
– Old Friends
– New Friends
– New Music (music gets me through)
– My job

There’s more I’m sure, but it is a good list.