i’ve been sick for a week and i’m exhausted. my throat still hurts like hell because i’m coughing so hard. i feel like i’m ripping my esophagus to shreds.

the good news though is that i enjoyed my entire thanksgiving trip to sacramento with the family. aside from one parental argument and the fact that i wasn’t able to sleep the entire time due to my coughing, i was reminded that i really love my family and i’m proud of each one of them. i had severe reservations about sacramento having been there during the summer, but the fall foliage around the american river was actually quite impressive and i never get tired of watching the ducks wander around in the little creek right outside the front door.

thanks mom. thanks dad. thanks big sister. thanks little sister. thanks brother-in-law.

btw. tofurky is officially fired from my future thanksgivings. it has its place, but just not at my table or in my mouth. next year i’ll make my own vegan main course.

the bonus to the whole thing is that maital invited my family to dinner on friday and my family was cool with driving out to monterey to spend the night there before driving back to ventura. i really wanted to see her. and i was pleased to see that she looked happy. her family is really great and i am so grateful that they have been kind to me. plus the families seemed to really get along.

i knew that the whole trip had been really challenging for maital but i never got to talk to her about it. it makes sense considering the situation. hard to slip away from your family when you won’t be seeing them again for a while. but it did bother me. things are pretty strange right now actually. i’m visiting her in december but we’ve talked less in the last month than ever since we started dating, even considering the time right after the breakup. as much as i suck at communication, it ironically turns out that i need it more than i’m willing to admit. so i worried about the visit in monterey. wrongly of course. but i’m a selfish man.

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