Looking forward to Turkey day!

It's nearly time for Thanksgiving, the best holiday of the year.

My plan this year is to head home to Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon, after putting in an honest two-and-a-half days of work, and to immediately commence hanging out with my brother and parents.

My friends from home (I use this term loosely to describe Amanda and Eryn, as they are friends that I met while living at home, although none of us lives in or near Brooklyn anymore), will get back into town on Thursday, and we'll resume our fall catch-up sessions started a weeks ago in their DC 'hood, at that point.

I always feel the need to point out to readers, friends, relatives, and anyone else who will listen that Thanksgiving is such a wonderful holiday because it's an occasion designed to gather people to sit, converse, and be grateful, for no reason other than tradition. Also, religion doesn't play a role in it, which I personally feel makes any holiday better. Plus, I get four consecutive days off from work, and that's always a good thing.

There will be much eating of Turkey, as well, which is always a good thing, visiting some family I haven't seen in a while, and possibly even a 'cross race. I say possibly, because I've been planning on doing this race for months, but have found my enthusiasm for racing 'cross pretty much vanish since I got closed out of registration for Northampton.

Instead, I haven't raced 'cross since Halloween, and have seen a marked decrease in things like top-end speed as I've slackened off the training. Not that there's anything wrong with that -- it is November, after all. But, it would be fun to jump in the race, run home for some quick laundry before driving home. Besides, I even borrowed my favorite 'cross bike for the occasion.

So we'll see, but 'cross race or not, I'm looking forward to the holiday. First, though, I have to pack and get myself to Brooklyn in one piece, without spending too much time sitting in traffic. Here's to wishful thinking!