There I was, working away in my cubicle, when, at around 11:00am, my boss's boss came roaming around the hallways, chasing everyone home early for Thanksgiving. Todd was starting to get bored (I didn't realize he had a day off school today) so I wrapped up my work and jetted out at lunchtime. Apparently Allan's bosses were downstairs doing the same thing-- shooing their minions home early for the holidays, so the entire family took off and headed to Zodo's for lunch and bowling. Todd won. He was the only to score in the triple digits-- he got exactly 100, while Allan came in with 86 and I trailed with a measly 69. Hey, I'm just happy to have broken 50!
We had originally planned to do our usual Thanksgiving tradition-- go down to LA and celebrate with Allan's family at his sister's house tomorrow. But this year, with his father still recovering from his recent surgery, and Todd and I both a little under the weather (and probably still contagious, esp with my persistent cough) we all felt it was best not to risk exposing his dad to anything. So, for the first time EVER, the little Knight family is staying home and celebrating ourselves. We're actually looking forward to cleaning up the apartment a bit and then having some ham and mashed potatoes followed by sweet potato pie. Just the three of us. We've never done anything like that before, so we actually had fun shopping for Thanksgiving-related items after we went bowling.
We capped off the evening with a trip to the apartment complex's clubhouse, and enjoyed watching "Wall-E" (yes, I know, for the umpteenth time) on the big-screen TV and comfy leather sofa. My only regret is that I never got to see Wall-E when it came out on the real big screen-- the movie theaters-- now THERE would've been a really great experience!
So, although we'll miss seeing Allan's family (Aunt Debbie owes Todd some long-awaited belly kisses, and vice versa!) and catching up with them, and will miss seeing my family (we'd planned to stop by afterward and spend the night), we're looking forward to another way to celebrate Thanksgiving :-) And we already have a centerpiece lined up-- a turkey made out of a pine cone, that Todd brought home from school! :-)
So I'm still perplexed by this American Thanksgiving thing. Do you get Friday off work too? If so, that's a pretty sweet deal, I'm not sure how you swindled that one. And is that why Black Friday was started - to give everyone a lovely American thing to do on the extra day off?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, traditions are great, but I also like to break them once in a while. You'll look back and remember, "Oh, that was the year we did that." Nice frame of reference. Enjoy your Thanksgiving!!
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ReplyDeleteYup, we get Friday off work. Apparently not everyone does, though (besides the obvious retail workers who must man the stores on Black Friday), my mom expressed surprise that we got Friday off, so I think my dad used to work at a place where that wasn't the norm.
As for how it was started-- who knows. I've heard some horror stories about it down at customers_suck, and have already seen one FB status from a friend who plans to be up in the middle of the night to go shopping. Madness!
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ReplyDeleteIt's a lot like our Boxing Day then, except for the early openings American stores get. Doesn't appeal to me at all! I think my patience would wear out well before the deals would be worth it. Now, online Black Friday sales I could do... ;)
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ReplyDeleteAgreed-- my patience would wear thin even with regular non-sale crowds, let alone something like this. I <3 online shopping :-) And online sales (like the Wordpress one ;-)) are even better!
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