The day before US Thanksgiving doldrums

the one who wants the video games lock him in the basement until new years

xpost - my deepest sympathies.

hmm, not a bad idea. He was just laid-off and srsly my nieces and nephew are my top priority. Maybe we should hold off presents for each other until after xmas. But he has been waiting patiently to receive COD 5 as an xmas gift. I would hate to disappoint.

Studying all day.

Sucks doesn't it? :-(

Working from home today. Gonna nap a lot and then go shopping for foodstuffs.

at the library; "looking forward" to a skype thanksgiving with the fam back home

Driving to Michigan tomorrow to my sisters party. She ordered a Turducken which is something new. Will listen to the Lions game on the drive up. I'm bringing my bowling ball so Friday looks like a beer/bowling afternoon with the nephew.

work lets out at 3 but i am stuck going to class from 6:30-9:15 tonight. wtf.

Sucks doesn't it? :-(

― Lady Gorgorrand (ENBB), Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:32 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark

The me of the past is gawking from the window of his time machine.

I'm sitting at my desk with my recipes working up a grocery list. Next, I'll work on my list of what I'm doing this evening/tonite. THEN, I'll work on my big game day plan. Lists!

I approve of this use of work time.

I'm in awe of people who pull of the big dinner, especially by themselves. The first xmas after my grandmother passed away my aunt and I attempted to recreate her traditional dinner. It completely kicked our ass and I couldn't believe she managed to do it by herself every year.

My family has never had a together-holiday since. Maybe it's our fault b/c we f'ed up the fruit salad. :(

on my way to the CT train. Wish I hadn't awakened at 3:45 a.m. :p

Today -- knocking off a slew of winter quarter prep work so I don't have to think about it at all later, taking advantage of another quiet day (as noted when I started this thread!), plus one last Trader Joe's visit for resupplies

Tomorrow -- dinner with friend Stripey and her family

Friday -- work again! (which means I don't have to work any other holidays and can finish up the rest of winter quarter prep work on an even quieter day) Then a party at a friend's place near campus right after work.

i have to fly later today, which is perhaps my least favorite thing to do.

Writing a brief, then going out to hear some live music with my wife and some friends who just got back into the country from the UK. WOOT!

so dreading going to the insaneo supermarket tonight.

wait: ILX is gonna be dead until Monday isn't it?

dammmmmn

Cruised down the interstate. Only three other kids in the Beeps' class. Found a space a block closer to work.

Love these days.

i realized i forgot butter and milk/cream for the potatoes, which means paying way too much for them at a bodega on my way home tonight :(

wait: ILX is gonna be dead until Monday isn't it?

Either that or drunken, getting-away-from-the-family posts.

oh those are my favorite

I'll be right here to read 'em up!

Ned, you have to work Friday? Now I don't feel so bad about having to work today.

office is quiet, i'm hungry, will go get a quick egg sandwich.

I am excitedly making my sweet potato costume for a Thanksgiving wedding in Los Angeles where "pilgrim, native american and new world vegetable costumes are encouraged"!

Nicole, we're always open the day after Thanksgiving for short hours and since we're open most holidays we have to divvy up coverage. I like taking that day for a slew of reasons -- I don't go home for Thanksgiving anyway, so that frees it up for everyone else if they want/need to travel, it's always TOTALLY dead so it's not really stressful at all, as mentioned it lets me catch up on winter quarter stuff well in advance to knock out a lot of reserves things, and the hours worked turn in to comp time that I apply towards a mandatory three days that has to be taken as vacation during the Xmas break. (Seriously, there are three days that have to be either handled as vacation or comp time. I'll build up the comp time, thanks.)

whoa! xpost @ tuber-man wedding

xxpost, will you have marshmallows?

Our university completely closes down between Dec. 22 - Jan. 5. Which is awesome. Then just a week later we get a three-day weekend for MLK day. Unfortunately, it's a long stretch to Memorial Day after that.

We're pretty good with the staff holidays in the first half of the year, we get MLK, President's, Cesar Chavez, Memorial Day.

Cesar Chavez

! Seriously? Our state is now 40% Hispanic or so and we're totally dissed on this one.

Yeah, it's kinda taken the place of Easter as an official day off. But yeah, state holiday.

that's pretty cool.

i ended up getting a western omelette.

Meanwhile UCI shuts down from Dec. 24th to Jan. 1, and as mentioned three of those days off have to be cashed in via vacation or comp. Unfun. But I've built up enough comp time to cash that in, which is allowing me to finish work on Dec. 19th with a half day and then actually use vacation time for vacation by flying up that afternoon to SF, so for the first time in a long time I can be at my sis's birthday directly on the 20th and then just hang around in the Bay Area and Carmel through the 28th. (I was tempted to add on a vacation day for Jan. 2 but I actually want to use that day just to catch up on all the Reserves requests that will have been hanging fire in the meantime...)

taking the Amtrak from Boston to New York tomorrow, for one of those classic NYC 9:00 PM Thanksgiving dinners...(why they eat so late?)

we work late

thanksgiving dinner should be at 2pm - im from boston i know these things - tomorrow i eat @ 5pm wtf

i'm eating at 530ish, which is way way early, cuz my parents are getting on an airplane the next day

This is the best holiday of the year! I now have two turkeys brining, in a mix of salt water and Southern Comfort. Tomorrow I will smoke these two beasts over hickory, and then play Rock Band 2 after dinner with my guests. I can't feel any doldrums over this.

no doldrums. i'm playing hooky from school, about to go to the gym and then out to my parents' house for food and wines.

J Shea you coming up here for 5 o'clock Thanksgiving? You can get a steakbomb!

Also I went to the supermarket a while ago and it wasn't too bad. Go now if you can cause it's only going to get worse!

no doldrums, just boozin' and jokin' and a fiddlin' and a canoein'

ok just the first two

o fuk the supermarket. Yeah, gotta do that.

wait: ILX is gonna be dead until Monday isn't it?

It's OK, we'll keep it going while you're away.

Signed The Rest of the World.

I don't really mind going to extended-family Thanksgivings -- I'm driving to my cousin's place in Peoria tomorrow -- but I have to say, I'm increasingly envious of friends who are either not particularly close to their families or whose families are so far away that it's not worth it and who therefore just have a big booze-fueled potluck instead.

We've lived very far from all extended family for so many years now that Thanksgiving has long-since become my family's holiday, rather than a holiday I spend with extended family (e.g. Christmas). For years we've made a tradition of inviting people over who have no place else to go---there are lots of these people in university towns. It's always a blast.

Nice. You're doing good work there!

happy birthday Liz!

Okay this breaks some doldrums for the LOLs.

Ummm what. pic.twitter.com/QKiVptoClf

— Laura Hayes (@LauraHayesDC) November 27, 2019

And indeed, separately, happiest to Liz!

‘Twas the night before Thanksgiving
And all through the bar

My busiest day in last six months. Had to do Wednesday, Thusday and Friday all in one day.

Not so bad. Office was quiet for once, so I got a lot done.

final 3 hours: zero emails

fucking waste of a day

area pajama-wearer unsatisfied

highlight of my day was the leftover half-a-burrito i had for lunch

It’s on

Good morning!

I'm at Disney World!

Last night while I was trying to fall asleep I had the brilliant idea of using bamboo steamer stacks to transport deviled eggs in a small footprint.

work got closed yesterday due to snow which is basically free PTO, but i was sick all day so i dunno

Last night while I was trying to fall asleep I had the brilliant idea of using bamboo steamer stacks to transport deviled eggs in a small footprint.