For all of you trivia buffs, that was Bing Crosby in the film, White Christmas, folks. When I was thinking about writing this blog entry tonight at work, that lyric ran through my mind so I thought it would make a nice post title.
Well, another Thanksgiving holiday has come and gone. Although I spent mine alone and had to work from 3 to 11 or so, I have so many things in my life for which to be thankful. For starters, I have a great new apartment in a new city and a full-time job doing something I halfway enjoy and for which I went to college.
And I have many wonderful friends, without whom I would never have made it here to begin this new chapter in my life. So right now I want to serve up a huge casserole dish heaped with gratitude to:
- The good people of Trinity Episcopal Church, Mineral Point
- Father Bob and Barbara
- Father Ward, Andrew, Pep and Jim from St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Ashland
- Pam, the best sis-in-law evah
- Robin
- Scott (aka Wot)
- Carolyn
- Kathy
- Mark and Dorothy
- Diana and Tom
- Randy, the U-Haul dude
- Mrs. B.
- Claire and Rex
- Susanne
- Cheryl
If I forgot anyone, I sincerely apologize, but it's getting late and I'm pretty tired. One more thing I did want to mention, however -- my Thanksgiving dinner consisted of a Marie Callender's turkey pot pie, which I told Chad about when I first got to work today because he asked me what I had. (It was actually good and, of course, I put shredded cheese in it after smashing the crust in like I always do.)
Well, I was so surprised and pleased when Chad came back to the office this evening bearing a plate of chow from Rick's house. He said they thought I should have something besides a pot pie on Thanksgiving. :-)
There was a little bit of everything on there, including yummy white meat, dressing, wild rice, potatoes, green beans, sweet potatoes and ... are you ready for this? DUCK!! LMAO
When Chad told me there was duck on the plate too, I just had to ask if it was turducken!! Then a little while ago after I got home I was watching the Stephen Colbert Christmas special and there was a turducken reference on there as well. LOL Thanks, you guys!
And the train conductor says 'Take a break Driver 8,
Driver 8, take a break,
We've been on this shift too long' ...OK, here's the gist: After a most stressful 10 hours at work, during which I comported myself with utmost discretion and diplomacy despite the odious presence of a certain procrastinating asswipe, I am extremely thankful to be home in my warm apartment, surrounded by my kewl stuff, eating a garlic crust pizza, watching Animal Crackers (starring the Marx Brothers) and enjoying a few Bacardi and Diet Cokes.
Went through two more boxes tonight and finally found my Squidbillies DVD set! Yee-haw!! (I have Early Cuyler on my desktop at work, actually.) Now, if I could just find my hair dryer and my Big Top Chautauqua cap.
It's supposed to be pretty dang cold this weekend and I need to do laundry. We'll see if I feel like hauling my stuff out to the laundromat or not... Might go out again this weekend. K is supposed to call and let me know the scoop.
Hope you all have some yummy plans for Thanksgiving. I am going to make exciting Thanksgiving tacos! It's become my tradition when I stay at home instead of visiting family/friends in Illinois.
Did anyone catch Denis Leary on The Daily Show? I can't wait until Rescue Me starts again, dammit! I have watched that show since Day One and I can't wait to see what happens to Tommy Gavin next...
Alright, nighty-night, folks!!
