This year is beating the crap out of me. It's been a while since I kept up such a packed pace and full work schedule for so long, so consistently. Add the emotional turmoil of breakups early in the year and all the emotional work since then, plus the fact that I've still got so much work to do... Well, the mere thought of a Christmas tree is just about enough to send me over the edge.

Luckily, the tree can wait and the turkey's in the fridge. And there's a lot of wine coming.

I have to say, all things considered, I'm pretty pleased about where I'm at. It feels like corner turning time. It feels like change is in the FINALLY cool L.A. air. Right after a heck of a lot more work.

I was spontaneously scanning sorority pictures into Facebook - Yes, my new guilty pleasure involves FACEBOOK - when I suddenly realized, I am looking at these pictures of old, happy times (read: old, heart crushing breakups) and 1) it's not killing me, and 2) it is really time to sort these pictures and move on. This jumbled mess of memories needs some order and some formal putting away. Right after I scan some more and tag my old friends. Hehe!

By the way, when I say "spontaneously scanning sorority pictures into Facebook," I mean spontaneously tearing apart my recently reorganized closet to get to the box of pictures I, of course, put at the very bottom of the very heavy pile of everything else. And I totally jigsawed the Christmas stuff back into the closet. And I'll totally have to pull everything out again to get that stuff out, and back in, and WOW, I need a break.

And by break I mean, location scouting, turkey cooking, apartment cleaning, and picture sorting, of course. Oh, and dating. You've got to fit in the dating.

Sometimes that makes the whole week seem lighter. It's been fun. Thank goodness it's been fun!

Mostly, I'm just really pleased to have an eclectic group of good friends coming over for Thanksgiving. I love hosting and cooking and because of my schedule it's rare to be able to do it. It would be really nice to have a normal time dinner party, actually, but then I wouldn't be able to use my ridiculous turkey platter. (Why do they put a Turkey on the bottom? It's not like anyone sees it with the giant turkey sitting on top of it!)

But all this and this and this has left me burnt out and running on axillary power and writing blog posts that are more flowing thought than constructed thought, clearly. I am *definitely* needing this long holiday weekend!

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Linky goodness:

Thanksgiving IS Before Christmas - from Pearls to Hide My Neck, a rant about the crazy people who have time to be Christmasing NOW when normal people are just trying to remember how you cook a turkey.

Wow, is it Friends Thanksgiving already???!!?? How the time does fly! - from Devilham's Attic, they apparently have a "friends Thanksgiving" on a different day and then do regular Thanksgiving with their families. That's a lot of Thanksgiving.

Time to Spread My Thanksgiving Wings - from Guest blogger Mom De Plume on Momlogic, after 30+ years at Mom & Dad's, when is it time to suggest a change to your place for Thanksgiving?