ham vs. turkey

For years my little sister (who shall remain nameless) has been under the impression that she, and the rest of my family, have been to see the Statue of Liberty on a family vacation. I have tried to convince her that we have never been to see the Statue of Liberty, that the family has never been anywhere east of Flaming Gorge, Utah, and that she must have been dreaming. (Just to clarify, I did ask her if she was confused and thought that the Statue of Liberty was located in Las Vegas at the New York New York Casino. She assured me that no, it was the Statue of Liberty in New York.) I don't know if she still suffers from this delusion but I've always thought it was quite humorous....how could she be so adamant that the family had been to New York when clearly we hadn't, and no one else thought so?

I guess I have to apologize to my sister....it appears that I suffer from a similar condition. This week is Thanksgiving and there is nothing I love more than ham on Thanksgiving. I also love leftover ham sandwiches the whole week after Thanksgiving. I mentioned this to my mother and she assured me that we have never had ham on Thanksgiving. She said that Thanksgiving, aka Turkey Day, has always been about turkey, no ham, and that it would be disgraceful to have a Thanksgiving meal without turkey.

Am I crazy? I distinctly remember ham as being one of the staple meats served every Thanksgiving. I couldn't get a clear response from any of my siblings on the ham and turkey issue....maybe it's a family conspiracy to get me to think we've never had ham. Have you ever seen the movie about the woman who has a son and the next day she wakes up and her son is gone, and it's like her son was erased from her life, no one can remember him, she is the only one who does, and she spends the next 1.5 hours trying to convince everyone that she's not crazy, that she really does have a son, and that he may still be alive? It's kind of like that....except I don't have red hair, or a son, but I'm pretty sure that people are trying to erase my memory of ham at Thanksgiving and trust me, I AM willing to spend at least 1.5 minutes (not hours, I do have a life) convincing everyone that I'm not crazy. What is wrong with ham and why can't I eat it on Thanksgiving?

Who started the so called "tradition" that a true Thanksgiving meal had to consist of turkey? Why can't it be ham? Am I alone in my ham obsession/fantasy/craving?

The Big 28-er

Well, I finally made the plunge!! I was a little worried about how things would play out on the big birthday, but I think that they went pretty well and I'm geared up for this next year! Here are a couple of highlights from the big day:

• "Sleeping in" until one of my friends woke me up with a birthday call (I know everyone else was really excited about the big day too, so I forgave her!)


• Going to lunch with my mom and sister at Pei Wei (pronounced pay-way) and eating one of my favorite foods...shrimp pad thai (pronounced shrimp pad tie). I also ate a great fortune cookie (pronounced coo-key) that said a grand adventure was on my horizon (I'm paraphrasing a bit here because I can't remember exactly what it said but it was really good and I just knew that good things were in store for me this year!)


• Leaving work early to go shopping at the mall (I haven't been shopping for a while so I'm not going to lie, it felt really good.)


• Having the Cheesecake Factory open in my honor (It was the grand opening and there was a 5 hour wait to eat there so we opted out. 5 hours, seriously??? Yes, seriously.)


• Receiving calls and emails from all of my friends and family to remind me how awesome I am and that their life could never be complete without me being in it (once again, I'm paraphrasing, but I think that was the gist of what most people were feeling.)

And those were just the highlights! One of my friends told me that the year she was 28 was one of her best, so I'm really excited to see how the next 362 days play out! As you can see from my most recent survey, I have a lot of different ideas on some goals that I can set this year. I am taking the last section of the CPA exam in two weeks and if by chance I pass it then I'm going to need some something new to work towards, as this test has been looming over my head for far too long! If anyone has a suggestion that is not posted on my survey then you can comment here, but I probably won't consider it unless it's really good. I've been thinking about the 5 options for a long time and it would take some pretty powerful persuasion to sway me to pursue something else. However, please do not let my lack of interest affect your creativity. Thanks to all of you who have helped me become who I am today!