Euro Thanksgiving

So today I find myself outside the U.S.A. for the first time on Thanksgiving Thursday. I'm in Belgium visiting my cousins. I have to make this quick - one of my cousins is talking on the phone on the couch next to me and my two little cousins just came home from school, so that means my free time to crank out a quick blog entry is limited! It's just another weekday here in Belgium.. no turkey, apple pie, any of that stuff. Just Thursday. In a way, it's kind of refreshing, given that holidays in the United States are so heavily commercialized. It's great to have the chance to spend it with family I haven't seen in a long time and in a totally different place (true, developed country, but language, general customs, general culture? Fahgettaboutit when it comes to the comparisons).

My cousins are kids in the best of ways. I really wouldn't expect to see that in the U.S. Sounds like their mom wouldn't, either...

I might, unfortunately, be back to my old habit of taking a few days between entries. Kind of like going to the gym. I gotta improve on that score.. like on so many other things.

I'm trying to multitask here, doing a little blogging, talking to my cousin, and watching TV at the same time.. not sure how well it's going. My friend tells me men can't really do that kind of thing. To the extent I'm just like all the rest of 'em, she may very well be exactly right :-)

Yeah OK, so let me try to get back to three things at a time instead of four or five..

I am thankful for the chance to blog, as well as a multitude of other things