I am Thankful for...Pink Eye?

Yesterday morning I awoke to a little treat my wife and daughter had saved for my return from London. A great case of pink eye. Fortunately, there was lots of pink eye medicine in the house. Unfortunately, I was supposed to be finishing up some important work that I had left at the office. So I cleaned up and headed into work just long enough to fetch the papers off my desk, taking care not to touch anything that didn't belong to me. Which really pissed off the lady with the armload full of crap coming in the door as I was leaving, because I wouldn't hold the door for her. Hey...I saved you a nasty eye infection on Thanksgiving, lady. You should be pleased. Remember that the next time someone is rude to you - maybe it's for your own good.

My eye infection came with all sorts of sniffling and a stuffy head. It's not as bad as last time, when I couldn't even look at a computer screen, but it was bad enough that I slept on the couch so I wouldn't keep waking Pooteewheet up with my snuffling. And it resulted in Pooteewheet being in charge of most of the food preparation for all the people that showed up. I concentrated on important issues like washing myself repeatedly with a bottle of Purel. She cooked two turkeys, although it ended up that we only really needed one, even with a house full of people. The side dishes filled everyone up. Nothing lost, though. They were both work turkeys (i.e. my company gives us a free turkey and both me and my uncle-in-law work there, and it's his extended family that shows up over here) so it wasn't like we'd laid out for an extra bird. It'll make good sandwiches and dinners for a week.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! If you're hiding out in the computer room (I'm like Virginia Woolf) to escape the noise and heat generated by many children, here's a fun turkey flinging game you can play that only takes a few moments.