Apologies to all you November babies
Today I had the following e-mail exchange with my sister:
Sher: I want Thanksgiving:
Me: Thanksgiving does sound good, as much as I hate the month of November in general.
Sher: You hate the month of November? Whatever for? 1. Cool things always seem to happen in November. 2. It is the month before Christmas, the most wonderful time of the year. 3. It goes by fast because of the giant vacation to look forward to at the end of the month. Explain.
Me: It is stupid! And orange! And filled with pilgrims and Indians and cornucopias! Perhaps my childhood hatred of all things pilgrim is clouding my judgment a bit.
Sher: WHAT did Mom and Dad DO to you before I was born???? All of those things are awesome! How can you not look at a cornucopia and have the warm fuzzies?
Me: HAHAHAHA! I don’t know! I just HATED learning about pilgrims and the Mayflower and the first Thanksgiving SO VERY MUCH as a kid. And now, on November 1, I become surly for a 30-day period. Well, surlier than usual anyway. My husband thinks I am a freak.
Sher: OMG you are CHANDLER. Except Dad is not a Vegas Burlesque dancer.
November 4th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
I love the month of November, but that is mostly because my birthday is 6 days into the month!! Although, I HATE my birthstone. Yellow topaz is just stupid!
November 5th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Try not to focus on the pilgrims, try to focus on the yummy pecan pie. And sweet potatoes (or yams as some people mistakenly refer to them). And stuffing (but only the kind you like, do not think about how other people’s mothers make stuffing that sucks and yet their whole family RAVES about it and chastise you when you don’t get any of it because you DO NOT LIKE CORNBREAD MUSH.) And day after turkey sandwiches on what my mom calls yucky old white bread. AMEN.