I just realized I'd not updated in over a month and a half ( Read more... )

Gobble Gobble!

I got a call Wednesday from my sister, asking if I'd be able to pick up one of my eldest nephew's gaming friends at the train. Turns out he had flown down from Connecticut for the occasion. He's a rather smart fellow, doing his masters in accounting at the College of William and Mary. There was good conversation on the way up to my sister's ( Read more... )

Finally, after 3 years of trying to take Thanksgiving week off, I actually got to take Thanksgiving week off! Two years ago, we got last-minuted on a trial calendar. While I was allowed to take the mornings off and go in to work in the afternoons, that didn't really help much, especially considering that I worked the day after Thanksgiving and ( Read more... )

I have to keep remembering that my sister's family likes to sleep a whole lot later than I do on days when they don't have to go to work or school. thatcrazycajun and I arrived at my sister's place for the engorging on a dead bird at 11AM, and found everyone fast asleep in bed, except my youngest nephew, who was fast asleep on couch ( Read more... )

Well, the trial that was supposed to start November 15 is now off until February, which means I'll actually be able to take the days before Thanksgiving off and rest!. My bed and I are going to become reacquainted for more than 5 hours at a time.

Unlike most in America, the Thanksgiving holiday weekend is over for me. I'm going to be working today and Sunday, as we're getting ready for a trial which starts December 14.

When I stay here in Atlanta for Thanksgiving, I end up buying the turkey so that my sister doesn't have to. This year, I didn't buy a kosher bird because my brother-in-law is taking diuretics, which means to limit the salt. Since salt is used to kasher the turkey, I ended up buying a Butterball, plus a kosher breast and a kosher split breast for ( Read more... )

I head out Saturday morning for Thanksgiving in Simi at my parents' behest. I'm not sure if I'll be able to post here or even check here (I'm not sure what sort of connection my parents have, but I'm taking my laptop anyway, just in case I can piggyback ( Read more... )