thanksgiving was fabulous!!
i drove about 5 hours to spend the day with my friend (sandy) and her family. they're such wonderful people. her dad was preparing us for drowsiness, as i arrived at their house and it was about 90 degrees in there. we then left for dinner at sandy's brother, steve's house. all together i think there were about 15-20 people. i got a little good-natured teasing for being an ex-jw and steve was going to make me say grace before our meal, but i told him jesus said it was all good, we didn't have to heehee. after dinner we ventured off to the casino in mahnomen, mn--about an hour's drive north. along the way, the back window of sandy's new car went down and we couldn't get it back up--thank god the boyscouts sell firewood at the gas stations. we jimmied the window up and kept on our journey to the casino. i gambled a little, but mostly sandy and i were drinking in the bar most of the night. especially after her mom hit a big jackpot and gave us more money--weeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! we rounded out the holiday by rolling in the driveway about 4 am and getting up friday morning to hit walmart and the mall. what a wonderul time