I just got home from work....to start my 4-day weekend! I'm still reveling in that great feeling of having the entire weekend ahead of me. Not to mention that tomorrow is turkey day!!!!!! I will be missing my sister who lives on the east coast but will otherwise be surrounded by loved ones.
Only twice in my life have I missed this holiday with my family; I was living in Japan at the time. The first year I got super lucky & was invited to have Thanksgiving dinner at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. And the second year, I celebrated with a group of American friends, potluck style. I was in charge of the turkey (partly because I had a car & a Costco membership & that was the only place you could find turkey). But the teeny tiny oven in my shoebox-sized apartment wasn't big enough for the turkey! So I had to take the turkey to the junior high school I taught at and roast it in the oven in the home ec. room, during a school day. The scent of roast turkey filled up the. entire. school. You know the aroma I'm talking about. I felt pretty guilty leaving work with my freshly roasted turkey in tow after torturing the entire staff & student body all day.
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