Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving is going to be really interesting because it will be the first Thanksgiving with my new guy friend. We will be going to his uncle's house in Woodhaven first, then my aunt and uncle's house in Dearborn. At my family's house, we usually have a buffet. My mom makes her famous coleslaw, my aunt makes her famous green been casserole and sweet potato pie. My grandma makes pumpkin pie. Beware turkeys! My grandma usually orders an Amish turkey and I have to say it is the best! There are always leftovers. I could live off of turkey. Besides turkey, there is usually enough food for an army! To drink, we have coffee, different variety of pop, and hawaiian punch with orange sherbet. That is my favorite. My uncle usually has Christmas music playing in the background and the famous movie, "A Christmas Story" is played on the big screen t.v. in the basement. It doesn't matter how old we are, my cousins and siblings and I all sit together. We've been doing that since the 'kid table' (which is still in the basement! It hasnt' been used in years).

I am more thankful this year than I have ever been in years past. It was exactly 1 year ago the day before thanksgiving break, I was laid off. I'd been laid off for 6 months before I found my job with the head start program. While I was laid off, I was forced to move out of my apartment. A week after Thanksgiving I broke up with my fiancee. This year I am thankful for my job, my best friend who let me move into her condo with her, and my boyfriend who has shown me what a good guy looks like.