shall we

happy thanksgiving all. i assume you all have heartwarming experiences ahead of you with your families and lots of traditional cuisine, and while that does sound quite nice, i must admit that i am so disconnected from the possibility of it that i have barely thought about the holiday. i will be going over to another flat in my building where some other americans are making a big dinner, though the company will be quite international (hell, we are all brits anyway, somewhere. actually not really. but they are welcome), so the celebration will be kept alive in some form.
and i guess this holiday is along with family and food about giving thanks. i feel strange about the contrivance even still, but only because i am feeling constantly thankful over here. it is not something i need to stop and take time to think of. but it is nice to say these things when relevant, i suppose, so thank you to my readership, to the people who think of me and let me think of them, to my parents for making this experience possible and being so happy to let me do it, and to them and everyone else i could call a correspondent for keeping me heartened through the sharing of words and eAffections.

eat a piece of turkey for me okay? i'm sure that won't be hard to accomplish.

with ex-pat love and thanks-

edit: tonight's menu- turkey, mashed potatoes& gravy, candied yams, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, baked apples, salad, poppyseed cake, ice cream, white wine, danish cookies
result: me and many others feeling grossly stuffed.
sounds pretty thanksgiving to me.