In seven and a half hours, I’m hitching a ride with my parents up to the cousins’ place in Connecticut for Thanksgiving. We should get there just in time for Thanksgiving dinner, although only time will tell if Uncle Bill* (the other one!) is as excited about the Sox’s World Series Win as he was three years ago, when what started as a pre-munchin’ prayer turned into a boastful happy discussion of the Sox’s legacy. I’m bringing my laptop, several books, and a few DVDs, plus a copy of RISK, in the hope that I might be able to get a game going.

In conclusion, Happy early Thanksgiving!

*I always feel I have to specify, as I have two Uncle Bill’s: my dad’s older brother, and my mom’s brother-in-law.

UPDATE: … and because JWER’s a nitpicker, yes, both Bills are my mom’s brothers-in-law, however, one is that because she married my dad, and the other is that because he married my mom’s sister.