the holiday

Well, how was your Thanksgiving? Some of you are not in the US, so you didn't have the day of turkey, stuffing, veggies, pie. This was my first year as a true vegetarian (always before I ate fish or fowl from time to time), so it was my first Thanksgiving without turkey. I didn't suffer.

My friend redgaurd is interviewing me for his zine Absent Cause, and I worked on that this morning. It's cold in our apartment, and I wish to go back to bed. Mornings can be so difficult.... Now Erik's washing the dishes. It's foggy outside. My parents, brother, and nieces are at Disneyland right now--it's my mom's birthday, and it's my older niece's birthday tomorrow.

Yesterday on our way home we stopped in Berkeley for a late lunch, a neighborhood walk, and a brief visit to the marina. We were exhausted from the drive but had a good time.

Saturday I got to see my best friend E for four hours at Najoqui Falls park. We waked to the falls, took pictures, ate sack lunch, and sat at picnic tables in the shade or in the sun. It was healing and beautiful to see her. A stranger took our picture at the falls, but they turned out blurry.

With my parents I didn't get to spend quite as much time as I would have liked. Thanksgiving itself was nice and quiet. We had a really good time though we ate too much pie. I've decided that pecan pie doesn't agree with me and vow never to eat it again.

Guess what? I'm done working at the bookstore. Saturday at satsang Swami announced that I was quitting, and someone has stepped in to take my place. So I'll train her on Thursday. I don't think one day will be enough. You have no idea how much weight this lifts from me. I was thinking and thinking so hard about how to succeed in my quest to quit, and now my mind can turn to other thoughts.