Taking It Easy

So far it's been a good, if lazy, Thanksgiving holiday. Thanksgiving dinner was just me and my parents this year. I thought my sister and brother-in-law would be here, but I thought wrong. New jobs mean non-existent vacation time. It's the first time in quite a few years that we haven't had Thanksgiving dinner with lots of people around. I tried not to overindulge, and I did a little better than many times in the past, but I did eat just a little bit too much. Of course, I'm very thankful that I even have the chance to eat too much when so many people in this world don't.

The weather has been a bit cooler than I was expecting. Thursday was very warm, about 80. Since then it's only been about 60. Jacket weather!

Friday I did hit the stores at 7 for a little Christmas shopping. 7PM, that is. It takes a lot more than the promise of shopping among hordes of people to make me get up early on a vacation day. I actually did get a couple of Christmas presents bought, so I have that going for me, which is nice. I have spent large parts of the rest of my time here watching football games. In fact, it's pretty ridiculous at this point how much football I've watched. It should taper off some now, since there aren't any pro games that I'm interested in tomorrow. Although I do feel a little guilty about being so non-productive at the moment, it's also kind of nice to not have to worry about being anywhere or having to turn in homework.