Well, it’s not like I didn’t know it would happen. I’ve just been busy enough that I haven’t noticed it.
I miss home.
I think it’s because of Thanksgiving. It’s the first Thanksgiving that I haven’t been with my family. Because the newspaper prints both today and Friday, it means I can’t make the 14-hour round trip home. My dinner tomorrow will be single servings of breaded chicken, instant mashed potatoes, frozen corn and crescent rolls. And I’ll be eating it by myself in front of the Discovery Channel.
I’m really enjoying the new job and my new apartment. But I think it’ll be much better when my fiance moves down shortly after Thanksgiving. While I’m busy during the day, and sometimes in the evenings, I find coming home and being by myself all the time is really… lonely after a while. Because I work at all times of the day and have to head to bed early, it means my coworkers and I can’t hang out during the week. A lot of times, we’re doing stuff for work on weekends, too.
Now, this is not a sob story. Most of the time, I’m too busy or tired to really think about being far from home. And I’m happy here with my new job and the area I’m living in. I’ve already talked to some amazing people. Just today, I interviewed a 9-year-old girl who shot and killed three deer over a 20 minute span yesterday. Clean shots too; no tracking involved and without multiple shots. She’s adorable and quite precocious, rubbing her dad’s nose in the fact that he has yet to make a kill this season.
But I’m hoping that my dinner tomorrow, though it’s not home-cooked turkey, will suffice for the day. I’m sure it will taste good anyway. May all your dinners be tasty, and happy Turkey Day!
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