Having a hard time sleeping

So this is one of the big ones —Thanksgiving.

It just doesn't feel the same with out my mother here, like some strange sort of insult.

Time just continues on, no consideration for what's happened, no time to stand idly by.

Its very easy to be destroyed by time's momentum, move along boy if you know what's good for you.

The last three months really just seem like a blur, with small events serving as time-points along the way.

Oftentimes I find myself reviewing them as a way to measure the time that has passed; I left GNC in October, then there was the pumpkin farm, fade into blur.

Please remember me, happily, by the rosebush laughing, with bruises on my chin. The time when we counted every black car passing your house, beneath the hill and up until someone caught us in the kitchen with maps, a mountain range, a piggy bank, a vision too removed to mention. - Iron & Wine

In the interim I have been trying to keep myself busy:

Finally the library is complete (shelved and catalogued) and can be found @ PhotoBook Library (dead link), feel free also to check out Library Wish List (dead link) for any possible gift ideas (wink wink.)

Work in the retail business is same as usual, new place, new people, same stuff. I have however taken the steps to procure a position outside of retail, working for a fine financial institution. I start my training next week, wish me luck. Having only been in the new position for a little over a month and entering into the holiday season I have offered to stay on, possibly till the end of the holidays, and work both locations, so any well wishes may be directed towards maintaining super-human energy.

Dad decided to do Thanksgiving dinner at home, and providing whatever support I can to help him maintain his sanity, I offered to help cook. Earlier this evening I made my first Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake with Gingersnap Crust. Mom would be so proud! Nermione and her Mom will join us for dinner. Good folks shouldn't be alone on holidays. We all gotta stick together.

Gotta find a new big project, any suggestion will be considered accordingly. Suggestions freely accepted.



Oh, An-e if you’re reading, I've got a small surprise for you (no I can't make it to A-town) but I might just send you a little something soon.

And my final Thanksgiving toast: If at all possible, take a moment, hell take quite a few to tell some folks just how thankful you are to share this life with them— I'll be making the extra effort.

To Happy Thanksgivings and Fondly Shared Memories.