Ravings of a Textual Deviant

I thought I was going to have a big family Thanksgiving at my house this year. I had friends coming in from both near and far, and more cousins than I can count. After traveling to other states for the past two years, it was going to be my turn to stay home and cook. I was really looking forward to it–getting the house in shape, lots of baking, and getting to see my extended family.

Or not.

My brother and his girlfriend can’t make it out from Oregon. Friends from afar had to change their plans. The husband of my cousin who just had twins just got a new job, which is great for them, but they can’t travel all the way here from Boston, and are going to her parents’ house in upstate New York instead. So, that means my aunt’s family and my grandmother in upstate New York won’t be here either. And because upstate New York is where my grandmother and the new babies will be, my uncle’s family from Illinois will be going there instead of here. Meanwhile, for various reasons, there’s no way that Ed and I could manage to go to upstate New York this year, even if we didn’t have our local guests–which include my parents, and who knows if they’ll decide to go east, too? I wouldn’t want them to miss out on the big family Thanksgiving; given how much I want to be there, it would be pretty damn petty of me to hold them back. I’m not angry at anyone; I’m just disappointed. Very disappointed.

At this point I’m ready to call the whole thing off, order pizza, and watch football all day. Which would be Ed’s idea of a perfect Thanksgiving anyway, and that’s no small consideration.

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