This Is Family Business, And This Is For The Family That Can't Be With Us

over the last 3 years american thanksgiving has been one of my least favourite times of the year. not because i don't enjoy the days off, but because it is way too quiet around here as nearly everyone takes off to celebrate with their family. too bad canada has already celebrating thanksgiving in october, and as much as i like to go home, northwest and aircanada have somehow convinced themselves it is ok to raise the price to toronto to $500 for an hour and a half flight. i'm especially not a big fan of air canada, who with a stronger canadian dollar could have decided to lower the price in canadian $, instead they chose to raise the us $ price which has always been lower. not cool. so heading into thursday, to say that i had the holiday blues is an understatement. plus with all this extra time around here to do nothing, it can pretty much drive you crazy. add that to the fact that over the last month i've managed to get into fights with two of my favourite people around here, i miss having my laid back roommate around, and my life adviser is no longer around either...sad.

but for thanksgiving, one of my friends still in the city, opened his house and invited me over for thanksgiving dinner with his family. i was extremely appreciative for the gesture, and had a real great time. it made me realize that i've been very fortunate to have met such great people, where if i had decided to never leave toronto, i would have never met and shared such great experiences. i can't lie and say that over the last few weeks, i have wondered whether i should have stayed in toronto because i miss all my family and friends back there. but it is times like these when i realize that the last 2 1/2 years, i have met some amazing people and have seen and done things that i would have never done otherwise. for that i'm extremely thankful.

"This is family business
And this is for everybody standin' with us"