So Jen ... Any progress on the purchasing of plane tickets? My Thanksgiving holiday was a lovely combination of overeating, watching television, and spending far too much money on Christmas presents. I'm a pathetic sucker for the holiday season. You should see my apartment, all decked out in Christmas decor. I've even hung miniature Christmas stockings with the cats' names on them. No lie. I had to go to the doctor this morning. This particular doctor (an endocrinologist) is in the habit of poking me in the stomach for no logical reason that I can discern. I needed to be dressed up today, because I've been invited to participate in a dean's meeting and have to hobnob with stuffy bureaucrats at 1 p.m. Being poked in the stomach is ever so much more complicated when there's a business suit involved. My solution was to wear ultra-casual clothes to the hospital and carry my suit so I could change at the office. After my appointment (and subsequent bloodletting by a technician who managed to blow one of my veins, rending the inside of my arm black and blue), I stopped by the hospital gift shop to buy a pair of nylons. Inside the gift shop, among the racks of cheery stuffed animals and cheap costume jewelry, was a display of one-time-use disposable cameras. "Cameras!" read the display's sign, "Preserve your precious memories for years to come!" Now I ask you, who the hell runs around taking pictures in the hospital? "Oh, goody. Uncle Bob's just out of surgery. Let's snap a few rolls for the family Christmas card!"
How'd the turkey turn out, Burton?
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