maleficent

Arghhh!.. I need to crawl up into a hole and hibernate until January.. scratch that -- April when spring starts up again.

Thanksgiving is this week... YAY for turkey (ptooeeey) I am a cheapskate at heart and really didn't want to drop several hundred dollars to go to see my family for a few days of - Let's tell Maleficent all about how she's screwing up her life and how if she's not married with children she's basically a non-person. Moving away was the perfect excuse to avoid this - I can't get out o fit for christmas but thanksgiving I could avoid it.

I'm getting guilt but I'll deal with it. I tried to do volunteer work for the day but was soundly thwarted in favor of people who the courts said they had to volunteer.

Now, all my wonderful colleagues at work seem to be throwing me pity parties (I'm actually quite capable of throwing them myself but not this time0 I've had no less than 4 people ask me what I am doing for thanksgiving. Not a damn thing, thanks. Oh.. well... and then I get the excuse why they can't invite me to their house for thanksgiving. I wasn't asking for an invitation. I'm not sure why people feel the need to tell me why they can't invite me somewhere that I honestly wouldn't want to go anyhow.. I like you fine as a colleague... your wife, kids, brothers, cousins, extended family are an entirely different story.

I would be the happiest person ever if all holidays were cancelled. Family obligations cease to exist and people's need to make excuses why they can't take you home for the holidaze wouldn't need to happen.

What's your thanksgiving rant... burnt turkey? aunt clarabelle's creamed onions... gimme your best.. make me feel better about being bitchy when i should be giving thanks...

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