I gathered enough food to keep me inside for the long four day weekend. The week before you may remember I went out and got several games and was certain I would have enough to keep me entertained over this long weekend. I have a ticket to see Tenacious D on Friday and, other than a vague offer to hang out with someone, I didn't see myself going out very much this weekend. I wanted to sleep late, play video games and eat whenever I liked.
Tuesday night I get a late night phone call from a woman telling me she's returned from her vacation in Mexico. Half asleep, I tell her how great it is that she's back and she offers to get together. Her number doesn't show up on my cell and I don't recognize her voice. I piece together what she's telling me and I remember it's a woman I met online and had a temporary correspondence. She was married but estranged as she cheated on her husband and didn't want to be with him anymore. When she blamed it on him "not exciting her anymore" I called her on it and explained that that's no reason for cheating and marriage is not always easy. We had a shaky coversation since then and I put her out of my mind. I don't want to get involved with a woman that thinks so loosely on committment and rationalizes her infidelity.
I had a lot of time this weekend and we did have some great conversations so I accepted her offer. We met last night and had a great time. She is very midwest- cute, domestic, even has a faint hint of the accent. She reminds me of Nancy from years ago.
Today she came over and brought me a turkey dinner. It was wonderful, just what I needed.
Now I'm wondering what I'm doing. I'm not sure if she's someone I should involve myself with, even if she wasn't married. She's cool but I'm really not the type of person that fits with a small town midwest type of girl. I'll just play it by ear.

Thanksgiving is a good idea, a day where people spend time with the people closest to them and enjoy a feast but it never turns out that way. Today's families always end up fighting and uncomfortable. Greed and self centeredness draws people away from each other and I know few people who actually look forward to spending a day with their family without emotionally preparing themselves to face it. Only now is my family able to manage the holidays without altercations.
My family is not meeting this year. We usually meet at my married brother's house but he is spending it with his inlaws. Neither my oldest brother or father have any desire to invite everyone over and make a spread. If we were to meet we would most likely end up going to a restaurant which we did once before and is, well, depressing. I do my best not to do any traveling this week in any case. Same with shopping. I'm staying home and relaxing when the holiday mania starts.
The fact that Thanksgiving as we imagine it, with Pilgrims sitting down and sharing food with Native Americans most likely never happened and, if it did, was the prelude before the massacre of the indigineous people by the new settlers also makes the holiday that much more unnecessary. Many Native Americans still consider this a day of mourning the land taken from them as well as the lives of their ancestors. It is no celebration.