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November 23, 2005
Happy Tryptophan Consumption, All!
The President did something right today when he granted most of his peon government workers three extra hours off before the holiday for good behavior, including me. And so thus begins the holiday season, wherein the American public launches in to the annual epic endeavor of overindulgence. Whether it's shopping, eating , or drinking to excess, we sure serve everything up in excess during the holidays. That is not to say that I'm a grinch, because I enjoy the holidays as much as most people, that is just to say that I think that the meaning of the holiday season in America has become particularily skewed. Me, I'm going to practice the art of spending time in the company of meaningful people, and eat a little good food in the process. Though I don't eat turkey, so I'll have to get my tryptophan fix from tofu instead.
I crashed in bed at 6:15 am this morning, directly after ending my shift at 6 am. I was awoken 4 times while trying to sleep between 6:15 am and 1 pm. Eventually I just gave up and got up, feeling like I'd hardly slept. 1) An 8 am fire call. It was a false alarm, and I was back home and unconscious again by about 8:40 am. 2) Then the vet called to cancel my dog's surgery and kennelling shorting before 9 am. (She's having surgery for a lump on her side. They don't think it's dog cancer, but they won't know until after it's out. She was supposed to have the surgery on Friday and be kennelled there for the holiday weekend.) So that catapaulted me into a last-minute search for a dog sitter, which took about 45 minutes, but I was successful. 3) Then, oh blessed sleep again, until about 12:30 pm when my phone rang, a call from a friend who "forgot" I work night shifts. 4) Then, then, then, one more time alseep before another friend stopped over to ask advice on her resume.
I spent the afternoon making 2 pies, pumpkin and blackberry specifically. I am officially ready to attend Thanksgiving Dinner now. The good news is, the pies turned out spectacularly. The bad news is, I have to stare longingly at them for 24 hours.
I didn't run today. Tomorrow's logistics are a bit complex, so I had planned to take tomorrow off. However, my body felt beat up today and I didn't get to sleep much, so I decided to take today off instead. I did lift my upper body, as I promised to do. I was sore to start out with, so I'm pretty sure it was moderately unproductive.
On that note, Happy Thanksgiving all! After work in the morning (My last day at the office for 21 days!), I'll sleep a few hours, run 6 miles easy, and then drive to a friend's family's house for the holiday, about 3 hours away. I'm headed to terra ingognita sans computer for a while. I love vacation!
Posted by Meghan at November 23, 2005 8:40 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving! I hope that your dog is OK.
Blondie
Posted by: Blondie at November 24, 2005 12:30 PM