An 18 pound turkey and 5 vegetarian dinner guests.

Well the thunder and lightning suggest that the weather channel is indeed on the mark. After enjoying a series of incredibly mild days it very well may drop from 70 to 37 degrees in the next 24 hours. Hullo winter.
I had a great Thankgiving dinner at Liz and Aaron's apartment. They did the works: Waldorf salad, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, stuffing (in and out of the bird), rolls, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce from a can (which Liz LOVES). The title IS a true story. Their enormous turkey fed them and one liberal vegetarian. Not me. I was the only guest there for the intial dinner. Liz and Aaron's friend Karl and his girlfriend Leah (the turkey eater) came a little later. And Amy and Peter (who were both in the MFA program at ASF while I was at Huntingdon) made it for pie. Apple pie, pecan pie, pumpkin pie... I had them all. Liz and I ended up quiting the group to get out our Grey's Anatomy fix for an hour... but we socialized during commercial breaks. Gotta stick to your priorities.

I started at my new store on Tuesday. I kind of like opening a store. It's a ton of work. I like having a project to complete and not having to be polite. I've carried more boxes upstairs than I would like to think about. The store was literally empty when we got there... I mean except for the construction workers. And now its full to the brim. I'm working in the lingere department.

Since Liz left to go to Alabama for 2 weeks I took it upon myself to try to get together with friends. I have all of my nights off while we are opening and Sarah works at night. I didn't expect it to work so well. Tuesday night I went to Dave and Busters in Times Square with Lisa (from Cypress Gardens) and her boyfriend Willy.




It was SO much fun. Now I try to talk everyone I talk to into go back with me for "Power Hour" so I can play limitless arcades for an hour for $10.

Then on Wednesday night Allison Elder called me out of the blue. She was in town (well sort of, in New Jersey) on a business trip. She's very adult these days getting married AND going on business trips. I don't know if I'll ever be that adult. We met up in Times Square for coffee, walked around and caught up. Oh, and had someone take THIS PICTURE.



Then last night I hung out with Brandi and Jenny who I met at Doyle's when I first got to New York. We went out to eat and then went back to Brandi's for Grey's Anatomy. So tonight's my night off. It's hard waking up at 6:30 even without stay up late. I fell asleep on the way home from work on the train. I woke up a stop before I got off... but could have easily done a few laps on the V and not minded.