Thanksgiving Break
Massapequa, NY – It has been one hectic week last week. I thought I’d be able to get a decent post off, but not so. For some reason which I cannot fully explain, the week sort of got away from me. I can’t say I accomplished much of anything critical other than the usual paperwork and class assignments.
But I have been trying as much as possible to keep up with various assorted blogs. I am sure anyone reading this will no doubt have themselves been kept abreast of things like the Local 1 strike and whatnot. At any rate, much that has been going on for me has been mundane in nature. So all you get after a hectic week is nothing but a report of a hectic week.
And notice of an upcoming hectic week. Fredonia has always had a tradition of taking the entire Thanksgiving week off. To do that we sacrifice a few other days here and there in the calendar that might ordinarily be off. So I have arrived this evening at my parents’ home on Long Island, preparing for a week of family visitations. By last count there figure to be about 22 people here on Thanksgiving Day. My brother, who lives about 5 minutes from here in the old neighborhood, is having his house remodeled inside, so he has temporarily moved in with my parents, complete with his two cats (which, combined with my other brother’s dog, makes for an interesting menagerie). But the week is going to be filled with all sorts of family business, so it does not appear I will be getting out to do much more than spend time with people here. So, if you are someone in the NYC metro area thinking I am in town and it would be nice to get together, forget it. I won’t have the time to spare. That’s just the way it is. Not even time to catch a show in NY. Sorry.
And I do like Thanksgiving. It’s my second-favorite holiday after New Year’s Day. I like New Year’s Day the best because it’s the last American holiday left without a single social or card-sending responsibility attached to it. Thanksgiving comes next because I like the meal. So have a great Thanksgiving for yourselves and I hope to get back to some worthwhile posting when I come out of my tryptophan coma. -twl
