Some of us have 2 days of Thanksgiving!!

I heard from many that Thanksgiving was a great day. For us, we get a special treat today, that our kids (minus Mike's San Fran Family) will all be here for our big dinner. We took yesterday to just clean house and cook and get ready. We even worked Nina pretty hard too. It is always fun when the exchange kids find out about Thanksgiving for the first time, no school, new family members, the multitudes of food, the endless eating, and great family cheer and all have the same comments year after year. They love it and never saw so much food. Tesja, Nina and I decided yesterday that it wasn't fun to be a turkey in the USA. Yesterday was a good day, full of friends and laughter which I have decided is some of my best medicine. And I hope for many more. It ended later than normal for me with a very special visit from a very old friend. Opps the "old friend" thing again, is he old, has he been my friend for a long time? Well both! Mike Brookbank stopped in to see me and rekindle a friendship that started many, many years ago. A friendship with him and his family that I have always cherished. He hadn't seen Carrie, "Happyfeet" (a name he gave her from birth, well before any slippers or movies) or Steve or Amy who also had arrived, so it was so much fun to end my day with just another reminder of the many blessings I have to be thankful for. Today I will celebrate Thanksgiving with many of those close to me and I'm already taking extra medicine to make my stomach not know what I'm about to ask of it. Radiation starts again today. Steve and Carrie both want to take me over there, so that will be fun too. I think it's going to be a great day. I hope all of you had a great Thanksgiving too.