say when

 I don't know what's going on in the universe today, but it's been a really weird

day. A lot of back and forth with good news - and my spirits would be up and I'd be

 feeling happy and thankful and then bad news - and my emotions would

come crashing down. I even had a random Comcast guy come to my door today,

wanting to talk to me as a former customer. No, thank you. And then in Target

when Tim and I picked up his acne prescription, a man followed us from the

prescription counter saying he wanted to talk to us....and told us his about

his acne problems as a teenager and what he did and used. Strange.

 What's everyone (US friends) doing for Thanksgiving? I picked up Tim

at school yesterday and he's home until Saturday morning. We'll be going

to my mom's house tomorrow for dinner and Brian will meet us there when

he gets off work. Yes, he has to work on Thanksgiving day. Such is the life

of someone who works in emergency services - in Brian's case, as a 911

dispatcher. There's no such thing as a holiday for these workers. We'll also be

 joined by a cousin and a guy from our church who had nowhere to go for 

Thanksgiving dinner. I'm the designated veggie person. I'm going to make roasted

 carrots and parsnips, corn pudding, and a cranberry- orange relish. Mom is making

the turkey, homemade rolls, mashed potatoes, stuffing (or, do you call it 

dressing? I think it depends on where you're from), and a homemade pecan 

pie. Oh ~ and there will be wine. :-)