Thanksgiving holiday fun.
Due to Fiona's work in "retail" and her job's inherent insanity, Fiona hasn't been having a very good "Thanksgiving Holiday" this week.
Thanksgiving is always held on a Thursday, and the day AFTER Thanksgiving is called "Black Friday." Strangely enough it's not called that by the people who work in Retail due to it's business and back-breaking labour. Oh, no... It's called "Black Friday" because traditionally, it's the day that the retail stores finally make it "Into the Black" and "Out of the Red" and begin to make a profit.
(Writer's note: I actually "just sort of 'knew' that, I'm not sure where I first heard that definition. However, after checking with Wikipedia's entry: Here, I feel vindicated.)
Anyhoo... Fiona is not enjoying a four-day weekend, unlike much of America. No, she is working her TAIL off. However, we have been able to fit in "a little" fun in the past couple of days.
Our friends, Matt and Anna (Matt was my best-man in the wedding, for those of you Brits who may have been there), and Janice (Matt's sister, also at the wedding) were visiting Minnesota for the Thanksgiving weekend.
Fiona and I had to endure the typical American Thanksgiving Meal with the family. However, after returning to our home (well, the housesit) we were able to invite Matt, Anna and Janice over for a "post-Thanksgiving recovery party" sort of thing. It was very fun to see them, to watch Janice get slaughtered, and Anna get quite a bit happy, and for Fi and I to be, well... Ourselves (which is somewhere between 'pissed' and 'tipsy') and for Matt to shake his head in bemusement. (Matt's a teetotaler, for some sick reason that has nothing to do with religion.)
Anyhoo... On Friday, Fiona had to return to work, as it WAS Black Friday. But before she had to work, we went out with Matt and Anna for a final "fun time" before they returned to Oregon. Here's a photo:
Fiona, Anna, Matt and myself. I was holding the camera at arm's length, so... Yeah, sort of a bad composition. Sorry.
Well... Fiona's working hard at a grant proposal, preparing for a possible "talk" at our old Uni in Canterbury, and planning on her trip to Britain in January, on top of working six days a week at her "job" as a barista. Me? I'm, um... Yeah. Basically, due to Fiona being so nuts with her life, I'm playing the "house-husband" by doing the cooking, cleaning and care-taking when I'm not at MY job at Carleton. So... We're keeping busy. In another week, Fiona and I will be moving back in with my mother for a FINAL two months, before moving into our new artist-loft flat. We're chuffed, not because of moving back in with the parent (although, Mother is nice, so it's not a killer) no... But because we're going to have a "home" in two more months! A real place, not a housesit... Not a parent's house... Not student housing... A HOME of our own! As it's a "first" for our relationship and marriage... We're understandably excited.
So... I'm off for now. Fiona is looking forward to seeing folk in Britain... I'm jealous of her for being able to see folk in Britain, and... We're surviving fairly well in the other aspects of our existence.
Smiles,
Tucker
Thanksgiving is always held on a Thursday, and the day AFTER Thanksgiving is called "Black Friday." Strangely enough it's not called that by the people who work in Retail due to it's business and back-breaking labour. Oh, no... It's called "Black Friday" because traditionally, it's the day that the retail stores finally make it "Into the Black" and "Out of the Red" and begin to make a profit.
(Writer's note: I actually "just sort of 'knew' that, I'm not sure where I first heard that definition. However, after checking with Wikipedia's entry: Here, I feel vindicated.)
Anyhoo... Fiona is not enjoying a four-day weekend, unlike much of America. No, she is working her TAIL off. However, we have been able to fit in "a little" fun in the past couple of days.
Our friends, Matt and Anna (Matt was my best-man in the wedding, for those of you Brits who may have been there), and Janice (Matt's sister, also at the wedding) were visiting Minnesota for the Thanksgiving weekend.
Fiona and I had to endure the typical American Thanksgiving Meal with the family. However, after returning to our home (well, the housesit) we were able to invite Matt, Anna and Janice over for a "post-Thanksgiving recovery party" sort of thing. It was very fun to see them, to watch Janice get slaughtered, and Anna get quite a bit happy, and for Fi and I to be, well... Ourselves (which is somewhere between 'pissed' and 'tipsy') and for Matt to shake his head in bemusement. (Matt's a teetotaler, for some sick reason that has nothing to do with religion.)
Anyhoo... On Friday, Fiona had to return to work, as it WAS Black Friday. But before she had to work, we went out with Matt and Anna for a final "fun time" before they returned to Oregon. Here's a photo:
Fiona, Anna, Matt and myself. I was holding the camera at arm's length, so... Yeah, sort of a bad composition. Sorry.Well... Fiona's working hard at a grant proposal, preparing for a possible "talk" at our old Uni in Canterbury, and planning on her trip to Britain in January, on top of working six days a week at her "job" as a barista. Me? I'm, um... Yeah. Basically, due to Fiona being so nuts with her life, I'm playing the "house-husband" by doing the cooking, cleaning and care-taking when I'm not at MY job at Carleton. So... We're keeping busy. In another week, Fiona and I will be moving back in with my mother for a FINAL two months, before moving into our new artist-loft flat. We're chuffed, not because of moving back in with the parent (although, Mother is nice, so it's not a killer) no... But because we're going to have a "home" in two more months! A real place, not a housesit... Not a parent's house... Not student housing... A HOME of our own! As it's a "first" for our relationship and marriage... We're understandably excited.
So... I'm off for now. Fiona is looking forward to seeing folk in Britain... I'm jealous of her for being able to see folk in Britain, and... We're surviving fairly well in the other aspects of our existence.
Smiles,
Tucker
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