Giving Thanks

Today was Thanksgiving. This means today and the next few days afterward will be mandatory family time. Now, I have no problem with family time, I also have no problem with mandatory family time, just, does it have to be so much in one dose? Even though the road my parents and I have traveled down has been bumpy at times, I can honestly say I love them, but I swear to God if I have to spend more than 24 hours with them in an enclosed environment, well, one of us is gonna have to die. This isn't to say I'm gonna stick them in a home the first chance I get, it just means that when/if they do end up at the old folks center, don't expect me to visit... much.

Actually, this year wasn't so bad. We did some eating and I amused the fam with the latest volume of "not quite right" teaching stories. For example: a student who I met two years ago just showed up back at Fitzsimons after a year and a half absence. He was apparently incarcerated for rape (although, he didn't do it, of course. Says the student. You know how the police be). He still only comes to school about once a week and oh, yeah, he's a 17 year old freshman. Some thing's just not quite right. Anyway family time is very tiring and I'll have to write more tomorrow. Right now I'm going to bed. Just wanted to get the first post under my belt. Tune in... laterish. Same bat time, same bat channel.