T-Minus 6 Days 'Till The Giving of Thanks

Bought a turkey! That’s right, for the first time ever I’m going it alone on Thanksgiving and am making my first turkey all by myselfee! Yes, a bit scared b/c those I’ll be serving are going to be relative strangers, meaning that they won’t be as forgiving as say, family members if I goof this up, but as an added measure I am also doing this in my teeny tiny kitchen, miles and miles away from all of my kitchen gadgets and much needed space. My Dad has offered to have me use his kitchen, but I’m not so sure…seems too much ilke cheating. Dad and I make a turkey, two kinds of stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberries, and at least one green dish (spinach salad, green beans) every year. I won’t feel like I’ve really feel like I’ve done it myself.

In other news, finally talked to one of the guys from the dating website; so far so good. He talks…a lot, but he’s not stupid, has a good sense of humor, and doesn’t take himself too seriously. I don’t much care for him calling me “Beautiful” b/c I’d like to know that he recognizes who he’s actually talking to (no really, some guys call everyone “Sweetie” just to avoid dealing w/the whole calling out the wrong name issue), but other than that, I’m really looking forward to talking to him again.

I’m a little nervous that I’m becoming more of a homebody. Lately it just seems like I’ve been out doing crap and just on the go a lot. The job is busy, I went to Renfest, then Wurstfest, then out to dinner w/Mel, traveled to Seguin b/c my mom was in town, out to dinner w/Ed, then tonight I had to drive to Seguin again for Rootie's shot and it was my grandma's birthday today, and now Ed invited me to see “A Chorus Line”, which I don’t mind doing, I just kinda….want to be home and not have to do anything else for a solid block of time. When I think about it, it’s not really all that much, and I should feel fortunate to not be doing the whole zombie-dance of home-work-home-work-home thing. I’m just realizing that I need the decompression time whereas I don’t think I needed that as much when I was younger. I’m hoping this weekend will prove to be relaxing one.