thankful: november 25.

today i am thankful that i do not participate in black friday.  to each his own, but there is no bargain in the universe that could make me wait in line in the wee hours of the day and battle other adult humans to purchase something that is undoubtedly going to be forgotten or thrown away within a matter of months anyway.  rather, our black friday tradition is to wake up early and start the turkey and sausage gumbo.  drink coffee for hours.  snack on leftovers while the gumbo is cooking.  throw a football in the yard.  some years, like this year, wonderful friends will come over to share in the gumbo fun (yay, pyle families!).  some years there will be watching of movies we've seen 800 times on tbs.  hopefully all years will contain this level of relaxation instead of mass-consumer frenzy.