Turkey Travels

Another year of travelling to Ulen, MN for Thanksgiving. That means at least 3 and a half hours in the car. And that's long, especially when my brother and I both have our laptops, but only one can run on the power from the cigarette lighter. I usually end up being the one who runs off battery, and then puts the computer away. It was ok though, because I slept on the ride up, and we watched Hellboy on Matthew's computer on the way home. But it's still a long trip in the back of a compact car. Because our father just had to drive the sedan that he and my mom bought a couple weeks ago, rather than driving the station wagon (which would have allowed for much more room). However, it wasn't like we could just stay home this year. Dad's mom (our grandma) is getting older, and it's more than likely these next few years will be our last. I didn't want to stay home, and then have this be the last Thanksgiving where Grandma was around.

Rusty stayed home and hung out with Matthew's fiancee, Kristi. On Thursday, she felt bad for him, so she took him over to her house to hang out with her family and their dogs. Everybody loves him, even though he broke into their supply of dog food. That's my dog. He'll be happy tonight, because my mom is coming over with more dog food for him (I will pay her back, of course). Not that I didn't have any left, but I figured it was better to be prepared for the time when my current supply had been depleted. So Rusty was pretty happy when I got home, even after spending some time in his kennel. I wasn't too worried though. He likes being in his kennel, he goes in there sometimes while I'm puttering in the kitchen and lies down.

And the Vikings won again on Sunday! I figure if I keep predicting that they're going to lose, eventually I'll be right. And I don't want to say they're going to win, just to have them lose. I hope they keep Brad Johnson on. He seems to be doing a pretty good job. Daunte who?