The perfect thanksgiving

Halloween is here, and thanksgiving is just around la esquina. Of course, as a newly married couple, along with adjusting to a new life comes the question "Where are we spending thanksgiving?"

Mi familia y yo realmente no celebramos Thanksgiving, if anythig we should ban it from our calendars! but because of our jobs, we end up forced to celebrate it. My dad gets a turkey at his job, the only free thing that the company gives their employees to keep them quiet about medical benefits, vacation time, holiday pay and overtime pay. We end up cooking the bird and eating until our stomach hurts.

With JJ is more of a tradition, something that they have been doing all their lives. Therefore a lot more meaningful to the JJ's than to my family. That, however, does not mean that I want do send 4 days with his parents.

Then there is also Black Friday, the official shopping day of the year. I have spent most of my black fridays working, because i hate standing on line at a store for more thatn 3 minutes. But i get a feeling that this year i might want to do it.

Before the wedding we tried to agree on splitting holidays. His parents got Thanksgiving, but my brothers begged me to go home for the thanksgiving. My poor little monkeys miss me, and i miss them soo much. And i don't like to spend more than 2 days with his parents, i'm used to a house full of noise, 2 tv's playing at the same time, loud mexican music and the smell of mole all throughout the house.

He would like it, but to me the perfect Thanksgiving would be to spend that thursday with his parents. Go shopping for a little bit on Friday and then drive down to my parents house on saturday morning. It would be just lovely!