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[sam_gamgee]

Wheee! I got off an hour early tonight and I'm off for four whole days! This makes me very, very happy.

I begged out of going to my mom's tonight, mainly because I needed to be alone. (Though, I didn't tell her that. My family, like most I'm sure, don't understand the whole "I need to be alone" includes them as well in the exclusion.)

So, I went to see Enchanted. It was a really cute movie and I loved it. I've always loved fairy tales and I geeked out over all the little things in the movie that dealt with different fairy tales - and also how things were dealt with in the real world. (And it was neat finding out that Alan Menken did the music for the movie.) And it was also fun because it was a pretty responsive audience. (At one suspenseful part there were quite a few gasps and at one point someone exclaimed, "Get over there!" and everyone laughed.) I highly recommend this movie.

I feel conflicted about Friday. My dad and grandparents are going up to my cousins' for a "Day After Thanksgiving" Thanksgiving dinner. A bunch of my cousins are going to be there - all of whom I haven't seen since last year. The thing is, I don't feel like going. It's nothing personal to any of them - I love them all dearly, it's just that I don't really want to deal with people if I don't have to this weekend. So, now I'm debating if I should go, or beg out of it. It'll probably depend on how tomorrow goes.

My dad said that the dinner went well last night, that my grandparents and Cheryl hit it off quite well and that now everyone's more relaxed. (Well, you'd think....) And he was like, "You had a really good idea." And I'm thinking, "Yes. Yes, I did" as I mentally roll my eyes. And I kept thinking when my dad and I had our exchange the other day, "Dad, how many romantic comedies are there where someone brings their S.O. home to meet the family for the first time during a major holiday? And how often does it go well?"

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[nakedwesley.livejournal.com]

Happy Thanksgiving!

How far away is your cousins' house? Maybe you could drive yourself and have an excuse to duck out early. That way you could make an appearance but have some alone time too.

Barring that, family obligations suck sometimes. Is it a big enough event they won't even miss you or would your grandparents be disappointed you didn't come with them. It's a given you'll probably get the ole Guilt Trip from Dad, right? It's easy for me to say don't go if you don't want to but I'm not there.

Have a great turkey day. Think of me on Friday when you're relaxing (or suffering with cousins) and I'm in retail hell. *g*

[sam-gamgee.livejournal.com]

It's about an hour away. So I could've driven, but it would look weird to my family.

And they'd at least ask about me, but I don't think it'd be a huge thing. My grandparents might be a little upset, since I didn't have anything really keeping me from going. And I probably would've gotten the Guilt Trip from my dad. But, all in all, it turned out okay. I'll post more about it in a bit.

I did have a good turkey day. I hope you did too. And I hope you survived today. (I can totally understand the whole retail hell. I go through two days of it at the end of August. It's called Rush for good reason with the start of school.)

[spikesleman.livejournal.com]

Happy T-Day!

I've read some good reviews of "Enchanted." Maybe I'll get around to seeing it.

I totally understand about the need to be alone sometimes. A lot of people don't understand that need at all. (My mother, bless her heart, never got why I would leave the boys -- and they were really little the first time I did it; Jeremy was only 4 months old and Nicholas was a bit over a year and a half old -- with Jim and go to Washington alone for a few days. I NEEDED to be alone. Jim, bless *his* heart, did get it. *sigh*)

As nakedwesley said, if you can drive yourself, stay awhile and then leave, that might work. If not, developing a severe headache is always a possibility.

[sam-gamgee.livejournal.com]

Happy Day After T-Day! :-D

I think you should see it - even if you rent it. It's a fun, cute movie.

I don't think my dad gets it, but he's indulgent about it - we joke around about my plotting to take over the world.

I don't get, thank God, a headache. It's more of a "there's a lot of people and while I love them, I'm bored and I want to go home - or at least somewhere else." But I'll post some more about it in a bit.

And I see your thigh holster icon and show you mine. :-P