Happy Thanksgiving, Canada!
Today is Columbus Day in the US but more importantly, it's Thanksgiving in Canada which is a statutory holiday so almost every Canadian has the day off and plans to spend it stuffing their faces with turkey and pumpkin pie. This makes it similar to Thanksgiving in the US in that families gather to eat too much, watch sports (football for Americans, hockey for Canadians) and of course, give thanks, but Canadians don't have a giant sale the day after--that comes after Christmas for us, the way God intended . Come to think of it, Christmas is a lot like Thanksgiving but with more presents and angels and Santa and baby Jesus. And often snow. But I digress. I have to say I'm surprised by how much I'm missing celebrating Thanksgiving with my family. I'm even kinda missing eating turkey, which is weird because I'm not a huge fan of turkey. And not only that, I'm all by myself today because D is off in Yosemite for some kind of work off-site, team-building, mak...