All "GOOD THINGS" Come To An End

6:30 a.m. - Snooze.......7:00 a.m. - Snooze........7:15 a.m. - Snooze........7:30 a.m. - "Oh crap....I'm LATE FOR WORK!!"

I believe employers should give their employees just one more day off to recover from the actual chaos of the HoliDAYS. I know, I know, it's just wishful thinking but it would definitely be something to add to my UTOPIA list. But then again, I wouldn't be working in my Utopia.

This past Thanksgiving weekend was GRRREAT (like Tony the Tiger would say). I had Wednesday, before Thanksgiving and Friday, after Thanksgiving off from work. I spent most the day Wednesday cleaning and shopping for food. Mostly for food to fill the fridge because my only assignment for Thanksgiving dinner was my candy yams. For Thanksgiving Hobart and I usually do lunch at my parents house and then dinner at his parents house. I heard a typical thanksgiving dinner is 4,000 calories. OK, sooo let's calculate that.......4,000 at lunch + 4,000 at dinner + your typical samoan food (taro, pork, palusami, corned beef....etc.) = Major Caloric Overload. I was definitely hanging towards the end of the day. We did end up going to a dance that night at my dad's ward so that maybe worked off 1/3 of the lunch calories. I'm not complaining though because it is always great being with the ones you love on Holidays.

After dancing the night away, Hobart and I decided to go home, watch movies and try to stay up all night till it was time for us to go check out the Black Friday sales. Didn't work. We were fast asleep within half an hour of pulling in to our drive way. It was probably the enzymes in all that turkey we ate earlier. Luckily, I have a sister who came over at 2:30am to wake us up so we could all go together. They were Black Friday virgins and we've been loyal shoppers for the past 3 years so it was nice to go as a big group this year. I was in the market for a new digital camera this year and Walmart had a great sale. We waited patiently in line with the other shoppers for this camera. As soon as the line opened for the cameras people were just pushing and shoving in front of those that had already been standing in line for hours. UGGHHHH!! Parents were sending their kids to run to the front of the line to get the items they needed. How annoying!! I pushed my way through and held my tongue on several occasions and eventually got what I needed. WHEEWW! I thought I was going to have to handle someone at the register.

Back to reality this morning. No more sleeping in, no more day time TV shows, no more thanksgiving leftovers. Thanksgiving break is all just a blissful memory now. Well, atleast I have a camera to capture them all.