brain and holiday spew
happy thanksgiving!
i like this holiday best, it's not so religious, and its reputation fits my personality way better than some holidays like New Year's and St. Patty's Day. it's just a nice day for people to get together with their families and/or friends and maybe do some reflection on what is good in their lives. this holiday has my support.
i feel it's obligatory to say something about the history, and according to the little i've read, the first thanksgiving here really was about sharing with needy people and trying new things and being together after hardship, and it was mostly after that that the European newcomers starting colonizing the American Indians/Native Americans.
Chris posted about our move and the new tv. the only things i have to add are: it is *very* wierd to enter a place for the first time and know that you will be living there. i could suddenly remember what my first day at college felt like, although even then, i'd at least visited the campus beforehand. everything in this complex looks the same from the outside, which is not my preferred state, and when i first entered the apartment, after a hassle trying to get keys because i was listed as "occupant" not "leaseholder" (dumb renting rules), it seemed too empty and too white (literally, the color of the walls, i haven't seen enough neighbors to make a comment on race).
but now that we are moved in and my stuff is here and my Chris is here, it's much better. i do like our stuff, and the townhouse (it's two floors and a garage, therefore not really an apartment in my book) is very nice, and new, and clean. it's good to be in a different place, especially being in this area after *so* long (more than a year) about talking about moving back.
of course, so many new things does make my brain feel a little full. last night as i was trying to sleep i was thinking about all the new things that make my brain feel a little bloated (i am menstruating this week, too...maybe that's why this metaphor came to me): new job, new responsibilities, new area to work in, new area to live in, new grocery store, new place to get mail, new people/names/faces, new stuff (need/ed to buy house things like coat rack, kitchen table, utensil holders), new relationships (thinking of work here)... lots of new things.
these things are good. new is good. but it is a lot. i'm all for moderation, but it seems hard to have in some situations. new place = new job, which is good, but a lot of new. i'm getting repetitive now.
for Thanksgiving we are going to my aunt's house, which is exciting because she's one of my favorite family members and i haven't had a holiday at her house in a few years. plus we'll get to see her two grandkids, one of whom is new (less than 2 months old!) and we haven't met yet. her name is Emily Antonia, which i think is lovely. and we'll see Emily's sister Elizabeth (middle name: Marie, again, very pretty), who is almost 3. plus mom, her boyfriend, my uncle, my cousins Emily and Elizabeth's parents, and my grandparents. my grandparents can be very entertaining. it shall be a good day i think.
non sequitor: it is wierd to think of tv sizes in relation to human sizes. tv's are measured diagonally, and i'm short, but still, this new tv we have (another new thing to add to the list filling my brain) is 56 inches, and i'm 60 inches, and when i think of it that way the tv seems wierdly small...like, am i only four inches bigger than the tv???? so i tell Chris this and he says he'll buy a bigger tv, but that would make it worse. it'd be *wierd* to have a tv bigger than me!
i like this holiday best, it's not so religious, and its reputation fits my personality way better than some holidays like New Year's and St. Patty's Day. it's just a nice day for people to get together with their families and/or friends and maybe do some reflection on what is good in their lives. this holiday has my support.
i feel it's obligatory to say something about the history, and according to the little i've read, the first thanksgiving here really was about sharing with needy people and trying new things and being together after hardship, and it was mostly after that that the European newcomers starting colonizing the American Indians/Native Americans.
Chris posted about our move and the new tv. the only things i have to add are: it is *very* wierd to enter a place for the first time and know that you will be living there. i could suddenly remember what my first day at college felt like, although even then, i'd at least visited the campus beforehand. everything in this complex looks the same from the outside, which is not my preferred state, and when i first entered the apartment, after a hassle trying to get keys because i was listed as "occupant" not "leaseholder" (dumb renting rules), it seemed too empty and too white (literally, the color of the walls, i haven't seen enough neighbors to make a comment on race).
but now that we are moved in and my stuff is here and my Chris is here, it's much better. i do like our stuff, and the townhouse (it's two floors and a garage, therefore not really an apartment in my book) is very nice, and new, and clean. it's good to be in a different place, especially being in this area after *so* long (more than a year) about talking about moving back.
of course, so many new things does make my brain feel a little full. last night as i was trying to sleep i was thinking about all the new things that make my brain feel a little bloated (i am menstruating this week, too...maybe that's why this metaphor came to me): new job, new responsibilities, new area to work in, new area to live in, new grocery store, new place to get mail, new people/names/faces, new stuff (need/ed to buy house things like coat rack, kitchen table, utensil holders), new relationships (thinking of work here)... lots of new things.
these things are good. new is good. but it is a lot. i'm all for moderation, but it seems hard to have in some situations. new place = new job, which is good, but a lot of new. i'm getting repetitive now.
for Thanksgiving we are going to my aunt's house, which is exciting because she's one of my favorite family members and i haven't had a holiday at her house in a few years. plus we'll get to see her two grandkids, one of whom is new (less than 2 months old!) and we haven't met yet. her name is Emily Antonia, which i think is lovely. and we'll see Emily's sister Elizabeth (middle name: Marie, again, very pretty), who is almost 3. plus mom, her boyfriend, my uncle, my cousins Emily and Elizabeth's parents, and my grandparents. my grandparents can be very entertaining. it shall be a good day i think.
non sequitor: it is wierd to think of tv sizes in relation to human sizes. tv's are measured diagonally, and i'm short, but still, this new tv we have (another new thing to add to the list filling my brain) is 56 inches, and i'm 60 inches, and when i think of it that way the tv seems wierdly small...like, am i only four inches bigger than the tv???? so i tell Chris this and he says he'll buy a bigger tv, but that would make it worse. it'd be *wierd* to have a tv bigger than me!