Getting ready to go back
This year, I was in the US for Thanksgiving. While normally I try to get home from Christmas, it seemed like that wasn’t going to happen this year, so I decided to make a short trip for the Turkey-day holiday instead. All in all it was good. My older brother insisted on goading his younger, more impressionable cousin into a sort of eating contest with all the food mom had spent all day making- the bastard, but other than that, the dinner was good. Lots of turkey, mashed potatoes, yams, the whole works.
I skipped out on the craziness of Black Friday shopping, even though jet lag had me awake and out of bed by 4AM. I did go out shopping later, after the rush, but managed to avoid any long lines. On the news, they were talking about how at a Walmart somewhere, an employee was trampled to death by 2000 moronic customers as they pushed their way into a store. Seriously, if these people actually went to work instead of waiting in line for 4-5 hours to save a few bucks, they would be able to shop at a nicer store.
Well, a couple more hours here in the US and then I get back to Japan and work.
Cheers!
Captain Adam