Grateful In Any Event
I'll quickly admit that I'm not thrilled to be spending Thanksgiving in Georgia. It's not really home, despite actually owning this current house rather than renting. No family in the city, and the oldest friends in town are, sensibly, not in town for the holiday either. It's a problem we'll maybe fix next year once we get a vehicle that can transport ourselves + dogs back up to the mountains. For now, here we are.
But at the same time, though I'd certainly rather be home, I'm pretty satisfied to be where I am. Despite being uprooted and thrown into the dismal heart of suburbia, Aileen and I are probably as tight a team as we've ever been. There's not much call for a giant feast, but with just the two of us, we don't need the gluttony aspect of the holiday. We get some days off, time to spend at our own pace. We can eat some nice food anyway, call the folks as well. All in all, we have it pretty good.
But at the same time, though I'd certainly rather be home, I'm pretty satisfied to be where I am. Despite being uprooted and thrown into the dismal heart of suburbia, Aileen and I are probably as tight a team as we've ever been. There's not much call for a giant feast, but with just the two of us, we don't need the gluttony aspect of the holiday. We get some days off, time to spend at our own pace. We can eat some nice food anyway, call the folks as well. All in all, we have it pretty good.