Best Thanksgiving Ever!
I never thought I would say this, but I really like getting up early. Early being 6:30, which is what time I got up the day before Thanksgiving. That meant I had made two cheesecakes (including my own crust), and been to the grocery store, library, video store,bank and back home by 10:30. It was great. And it left me tons of time to walk the Nikki, brush and bathe Nikki and Nyla, and go see Twilight with Mike before I left to go to my hometown for the holiday. The only thing I didnt have time to do was pack, but I never unpacked from my drumming weekend, so I just did laundry at my mom's.
Yesterday almost my whole family on my mom's side came to our house for Thanksgiving. We even got my grandpa out of his house, which was amazing. All said, we had about seventeen people over. It was crowded, but it was tons of fun! I helped my mom set up and cook all morning (again, grateful for my new early morning rising routine) and even got a dog walk in before people started showing up at noon. It was really, really nice to have my family all together. I didnt want to leave! But I had to go to Thanksgiving at my Grandma Erika's house. Fortunately, she lives right across the street from my mom. I had dessert with her, my dad, my uncle and his kids, who I havent seen in years. It was nice. Grandma and I finished up the evening with some wine, and I went back to my mom's house to practice drumming.
It really was the best Thanksgiving I've had in forever. Holidays with my family and trying to navigate between parents has tradiionally been nerve-wracking and miserable. At first I thought something had changed with everyone else, but I have realized the changes were within me and how I went about approaching the holiday and my family. So, more than anything else this year, I am thankful for internal changes.
I"m willing to bet these changes are part personal work I"m doing, and part Saturn return. Saturn in Virgo in the fourth house. Thanks, Saturn, and please keep the good changes coming.
Yesterday almost my whole family on my mom's side came to our house for Thanksgiving. We even got my grandpa out of his house, which was amazing. All said, we had about seventeen people over. It was crowded, but it was tons of fun! I helped my mom set up and cook all morning (again, grateful for my new early morning rising routine) and even got a dog walk in before people started showing up at noon. It was really, really nice to have my family all together. I didnt want to leave! But I had to go to Thanksgiving at my Grandma Erika's house. Fortunately, she lives right across the street from my mom. I had dessert with her, my dad, my uncle and his kids, who I havent seen in years. It was nice. Grandma and I finished up the evening with some wine, and I went back to my mom's house to practice drumming.
It really was the best Thanksgiving I've had in forever. Holidays with my family and trying to navigate between parents has tradiionally been nerve-wracking and miserable. At first I thought something had changed with everyone else, but I have realized the changes were within me and how I went about approaching the holiday and my family. So, more than anything else this year, I am thankful for internal changes.
I"m willing to bet these changes are part personal work I"m doing, and part Saturn return. Saturn in Virgo in the fourth house. Thanks, Saturn, and please keep the good changes coming.