Life Talk - Thanksgiving
Nov. 23rd, 2023 07:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
azuritewingsThis Thanksgiving was... interesting. Started out pretty awful because my parents were fighting a little bit, but then it got better as things cooled down. It's my brother's last Thanksgiving in the US (he's moving to England), and he was not happy about the fighting. He spoke up though, which was good, I don't have the backbone for that unfortunately. Food was really good and we've been watching The Simpsons all day as it's kind of a comfort show for my family.
The day has also been filled with helping my brother sort through and pack stuff for his move, which will be occurring on the 1st. I'm not looking forward to him leaving, even though I don't spend much time with him anyway, but I mean, the option was always there. He may also be the most judgy person I've ever known, but he's still my brother, you know? He's going to reunite with his wife and son so all three of them will have left the US permanently. My mom and I can go visit, but my dad doesn't like to fly. It's going to be very hard, but I have to remind myself that I'll just have a cool vacation spot to visit. Who knows, maybe I can go to the Hay Festival this coming year during the summer.
As of right now, I've been taking some time after dinner to spend a bit of quiet with my cats and they've been sleeping on me which isn't exactly rare, but it was really nice. And in the meantime, while I'm being used as a kitty bed, I've been making my Christmas List. I've included some doll stuff and some pagan stuff (I really need a new statue of Blodeuwedd as my cats broke my old one...), and I'm thinking of adding some crafty stuff but I don't know what. I don't really have the room for much more.
Overall though, today was okay and it's nice to get my thoughts out here.
The day has also been filled with helping my brother sort through and pack stuff for his move, which will be occurring on the 1st. I'm not looking forward to him leaving, even though I don't spend much time with him anyway, but I mean, the option was always there. He may also be the most judgy person I've ever known, but he's still my brother, you know? He's going to reunite with his wife and son so all three of them will have left the US permanently. My mom and I can go visit, but my dad doesn't like to fly. It's going to be very hard, but I have to remind myself that I'll just have a cool vacation spot to visit. Who knows, maybe I can go to the Hay Festival this coming year during the summer.
As of right now, I've been taking some time after dinner to spend a bit of quiet with my cats and they've been sleeping on me which isn't exactly rare, but it was really nice. And in the meantime, while I'm being used as a kitty bed, I've been making my Christmas List. I've included some doll stuff and some pagan stuff (I really need a new statue of Blodeuwedd as my cats broke my old one...), and I'm thinking of adding some crafty stuff but I don't know what. I don't really have the room for much more.
Overall though, today was okay and it's nice to get my thoughts out here.
