Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Here I am, in the midst of the Thanksgiving cookfest, and everything is looking good. The sisters came over yesterday to help out a bit, so I'm pretty lucky. They're also preparing stuff for my family's side of Thanksgiving, which they'll be going to. Dave came home early this morning from work with a guest in tow - our old school chum Walter, in from San Fran for the holiday.

All I need to do now is the bruschetta and bake the salmon and lasagna, so they'll be nice and warm for the party.

I was thinking yesterday that there's ton for me to be thankful, this year as well as in general. After my company getting bought out again this year, I managed to dodge the bullet and keep my job. We're having a baby, an event that a lot of people have been anticipating for a long time. We're settling into our new home, slowly adding personal touches to make it our own (like Dave's 100 inch projector TV that he always shows off to guests.)

I am so lucky to be surrounded by people who care about me, friends, family, and even you guys that read here that I've never met before. There's my supprt group here in Chicago, but there are also friends near and far, all over the country that I'm thankful for. I've been lucky to meet such a wide variety of people through my various interests, be it work (though work is more of a necessity than an interest), short track, comic books, and other things. I've had so many wonderful opportunities and crazy adventures and experiences that they could fill a book. Which I might write someday. Under a secret name, of course.

Life is good right now. It's not the easiest, it might not be stress free, but it's good, I'm happy, and there's nothing I need to complain about.

Oh, and for all of you that have been begging for a belly pic, I've started a belly cam over on the side bar until I get my full length mirror out of the garage.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

Posted by Yano at November 24, 2005 11:09 AM

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