Thanksgiving plans

[chanaleh]

Well, this is going to be the smallest Thanksgiving gathering in my memory: four of us. (Five, if you count my aunt who never actually sits down at the table, but I don't think I would.) My brother and his family aren't coming up after all, because they (a) just moved house last weekend and are busy unpacking, and (b) are fighting off colds, and hence (c) are unenthused about either driving roughly six hours (with traffic) in one day or staying overnight up here.

So it looks like on Friday, Mom and I will drive down to Mountain View instead, so that I will get to see them (including my niece, now age 7-1/2) for the first time since last Thanksgiving.

Which is okay by me, really, 'cause hey, road trip!