Thanksgiving: Family, Football, and Turkey

So, yesterday for Thanksgiving, my family went over to Orange County, NY to have Thanksgiving dinner with my uncle, aunt, and her side of their family. It was the first time I had seen them since the summer, so needless to say it was a long overdue trip. And, it really was a lot of fun!

Of course - my aunt's sister's husband happens to be a beer collector (and drinker) so the alcohol was abundant. And, of course, my family chose every single occasion to poke at the fact that I'm not 21 yet, which, yeah, after the first couple of times is funny...but it gets old fast.

What is cool, however, is how much my little cousins look up to me. I'm their proverbial "older figure who is in college and therefore knows everything." So, we sat in the hot tub (YES - there was a hot tub!) for a while chatting about everything from the nature of the solar system to global warming to an algebraic proof that 2=1. It was cool.

I was also taken aback by the fact that everyone is getting so damn old! And I don't mean the adults, I mean the kids. I distinctly remember visiting each one of my cousins at the hospital when they were born, and now one of them is thinking about career choices and possible colleges. In fact, during my graduate year, he will be doing the whole visiting colleges thing. WHAT?!?

Anyway, now that the random babbling is done: Happy Black Friday, everyone! For the first time peraps ever, I could possibly be out shopping on Black Friday. There's something wrong here.