THANKSGIVING

Today is the day families get together and say they are thankful for all these things and each other and then turn into GLUTTONOUS BEASTS! Yeah its Delicious ! Tough for us vegetarians because everyone really does want turkey at thanksgiving !

Its sucks even more if your Birthday is close to or possibly even on Thanksgiving. Just ask my wife. She was born on the 27th . That means that her Birthday is often on Thanksgiving.
and even when its not on Thanksgiving its right before or right after. This sucks in more than one way because usually (more often than not) Thankgiving over shadows her birthday.

Now, my wife is a super trooper and will tell everyone, I mean everyone that she is OKAY with this. She'll say she just has a minor issue with the turkey being a vegetarian and all though she rather not have a huge bird carcass on her Birthday table ... ( psst.. it's their Thanksgiving table) she grind and bears it.

Now being Married for only 2 years legally (we are granfathered in fed gov't has no idea what to do with us **OTER POST**) but been together for a total of 8 years.. I know my wife well maybe sometimes better than she knows herself sometimes. I know when she says she OK and really is'nt and BIRTHDAY/THANKSGIVING is not one of them. She deep down inside despise it and well I do too. People usually forget, her family included. Okay, okay maybe they don't "FORGET" but they over look, they are busy with turkey, stuffing and baking pies and seating charts. Not to mention its her BIRTHDAY DAMN IT and she does not want a turkey! God forbid we forgo the Pumpkin pie and have a cake. It really wreaks havoc on her- she'll never tell you that or me for that matter.

So, how do I get around this .. How do I get everyone to refocus on the BIRTHDAY part and drop the bird. Of course I try to make it extra special and go super duper crazy but I admit its tough- people are busy ( now we live even farther away). Really, I can't call her family and friend and say, " hi, its me and well Its HER BIRTHDAY " cuz I can see that coming back to bite me.

I know for one I am thankful for my wife and once we have a family maybe we will axe Thanksgiving and just have a BIRTHDAY ... I can't wait !

So, though I am thankful for many things and this year i am even more thankful her bday is not ON thanksgiving but right after -HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY WIFE ( one day you'll get your photoshoot I promise)

so, maybe next year ... if you know my wife and we have thanksgiving, you'll hold the turkey or at least remember her birthday !