another day

[jazzfish]

The original plan had been to have no turkey this year, for reasons that more or less escape me. Perhaps there was plenty of ham left over from get-well gifts from Mom's surgery, perhaps they just didn't want to deal with the hassle. But my sister brought her boyfriend and their roommate over for lunch, and since those two are Burly Men in their early twenties there was a need for more food than just the ham. So there was turkey after all. And Thanksgiving was saved, yay.

My niece (still weird to type that) is now two, talking just a bit, and recognising me by sight and name. Very odd. I'm still not terribly sure what to do with her. I suppose it'll get easier as she develops thought processes.

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I suppose I do celebrate Thanksgiving as an actual holiday, in a way. Like so many other people I list the things for which I'm thankful. (Tomorrow I shall celebrate Buy-Nothing Day in the obvious fashion.)

I'm thankful for uilos, who's a wonderful person with whom to share smiles and books and life.

For nixve, for songs and late-night conversation and the future.

For the (extended) family I choose, collectively and individually, for listening and talking and laughing and sometimes even understanding.

For my apartment, the books that fill it, the job that lets me keep it, and the friends who visit it from time to time.

For the family I was born to, since they haven't yet disowned me. Only a matter of time; but for now it's all good.

For Amanda's list.

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BTW, for a two year old, as an uncle, I think sitting down and reading with her or telling a story is one of the great things you can give her.