Thanksgiving makes me happy

What do I love about this holiday? Well, just about everything. Every other year I get to have Thanksgiving with my mom and her family. I love my dad’s family, but for some reason it is just not the same as having it with my mom. Her family loves getting together and having family outings and stuff like that. That half of the family is always warm and inviting, no matter who holds Thanksgiving dinner. It’s usually at my grandma’s house though. She will spend days cooking non-stop. I think she usually cooks at least five pumpkin pies, two apple pies, a huge turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, green beans, and I’m sure a lot more. My mom usually cooks some things too. I think she makes a dessert or two and this cheesy potato dish. It’s so yummy. It’s a bunch of slices of potatoes in a baking pan and then she puts some sort of cream and cheese in on the slices. I love every single thanksgiving food though. For some reason, I feel like I eat more on thanksgiving then in probably 4 days combined on a regular week. Haha. I not only love all the yummy food, but I love the family stuff that goes on. I get to relax this year for a whole entire week which is pretty exciting. Not only will I have a bunch of family time, but I also get to relax. I don’t get to have thanksgiving at my grandma’s this year, which is a bit of a bummer, but that’s ok. I’ll still have a good time with my dad though. My mom is going to Texas this year during the week to visit my step-dad’s parents, so I won’t see her. I get to see her this coming weekend so that’ll be nice.
I am excited about next week though because I get to stay at my dad’s and I haven’t been there since this summer. I get to see all my doggies and bird and turtles, and my dad’s house. It’s going to be a lot of fun and I’m glad I finally get to just chill. And being home for an entire week will be a lot of fun. I kind of wish Alex came home when I did though, it would be a lot better. He doesn’t get to come home until Wednesday though. His stupid school is so weird. They didn’t have a fall break and they get off random holidays. They got off Labor Day and Veterans Day. I don’t think I have ever got Veteran’s Day off during school. It was really weird because it was a Wednesday, and I was trying to talk to him during that day, and I totally forgot they had it off so I was freaking out and thought he was missing all of his classes because he slept in till about 130. But I eventually figured it out, after he texted me around 2.
This thanksgiving will also be different though because I don’t have to visit my dad’s parents. My grandma past away in October, and my granddad past away last November, so there is almost no point in going down there. My aunt still lives down there though, so we might go see her, but I’m not too sure yet. My dad said that “we’ll just play it by ear”…he always says sayings like that. Now that I have the stupid diseases like strep and mono. What is happening?!?! I never got sick at home. Stupid disease filled dorms. Anyways, now that I am sick, my dad said that we might just stay at his house. O well, that will still be nice.
It’s cool that Tech has a whole week off. My mom was so surprised to hear that we had an entire week. Now that I do I can have enough family time so that my parents will be happy, and I can see my boyfriend when he comes home, and I get to my old friends that I haven’t seen since August. I’m so excited. I can’t wait to go home. Ahh! I wish I knew my engineering grade. I don’t get it back until after thanksgiving. It really sucks. O well, I guess.