We did go to a department store on the day after thanksgiving, which is capitalism at its most gross, but at least we did curbside pickup so that we wouldn’t be a part of any random trampling. Bright side, I guess.

We did go to a department store on the day after thanksgiving, which is capitalism at its most gross, but at least we did curbside pickup so that we wouldn’t be a part of any random trampling. Bright side, I guess.

Doing some prep work before tomorrow’s family Thanksgiving. Dinner feast for six?
Pork chops, carrots, and potatoes. Not traditional… yet. Time will tell.

Just a Thanksgiving moon through the trees.
I’m jealous. I want to take a nap too.

The ketchup on the hamburger is sugar free!
Lily and Robin wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving. Or they would if they knew what it was. They are just cats, you know?
The last post talked about trusting my instincts. A big part of me is wishing I hadn’t written that because for most of this morning my instinct has been telling me that today is going to be a really shitty day.
Why?
I don’t know.
It’s the day before Thanksgiving and I am working in the office. The office alone sort of points to a bad day, but it’s more than that. In the United States, the day before Thanksgiving is traditionally the busiest travel day of the year. Everyone in the country hits the road on this day each year. I expected my morning commute to be an absolute nightmare. Add to the expected gridlock that it was pouring rain outside and it would be safe to assume that the traffic would be a gridlocked nightmare times 10. Nope. There was no traffic at all. Everyone drove a little slower than the speed limit thanks to the rain, but I never had to hit the breaks once over the entire 40-something mile drive. You would think that would ease my sense of impending doom, but nope. Somehow it made it worse.
Today should be a quiet day at work. If the office is anything to go by, it’s dead as can be here. I only see two other people and they both work for me. Weird. I should be feeling optimistic and excited about the coming holiday weekend, but instead I am just dreading everything. Once I get home tonight and see my beloved bride again, I will start feeling really good about the weekend, but until then?
It’s going to be a long, sucky, painful day.





I got up early this morning because it’s an in the office morning (hopefully not a full day, that would be tomorrow) and I needed to get all of my morning routine stuff done extra early.
When I got out of bed I saw this scene. This pic was taken with the iPhone’s low light mode, which is why it looks a little funky colored. The only light in the room was far away and purple.
I got a second shot a few minutes later when Jen got up and turned on the bathroom light.
If that doesn’t make your heart feel all warm and fuzzy early on a Tuesday morning then nothing will. I’m 80-something miles away from home now. Hopefully I’ll get to go home at lunch time and finish the work day there. Tomorrow is the official work-in-the-office day, so I’ll be there for the full day. Let’s see how it goes.