Goodbye November

Had a very nice Thanksgiving. We had all the usual stuff in a southern Thanksgiving; potato salad, sweet potato casserole, turkey, green bean casserole, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce (ick!). Afterwards mom and I went to the casino. She has been going lately, although she has never been a gambler, and winning. She has won over $400 so far. She is going to New Zealand in January and is trying to save/win money for the trip. Neither of us won anything on Thanksgiving though.
My family has gotten very small. I was an only child and so was my mom. My dad only has a sister and a brother, one of which had two kids. One of them is lesbian and the other hasn't had any children. I, of course, won't be having any children either unless some unforeseen opportunity arises.
So, our holidays aren't what they used to be. My granny had 6 brother and sisters and holidays when I was young were full of relatives visiting and many people around the Thanksgiving day table. It was alot of fun and I miss those days. They are gone forever.
So, like I read in a book about gaydom when I first came out, I have to rely on my 'family of friends'. I have been very lucky in that department. Two of my best friends I have known since high school. I have many friends from my college years. I also have made some good friends at work who I keep in touch with. Without all of those friends, my like would seem quite pointless and depressing. Everyone needs some kind of support system; someone to whom they can vent, tell all their troubles. I have several ppl who support me.
Work is getting better. I'm being assigned more projects, although I still don't know what I'm doing and have to have instruction. I'm a little more hopeful that I will end up liking this job.
In other news, Susie informed me last night that she has bought a car. She had an old Honda and really needed something more dependable. I was always expecting to hear she had broken down on the interstate. Her new car is a PT Cruiser convertible. Although I'm not a PT Cruiser fan, I love convertibles. It'll be nice to ride around in this summer.
Looks like I'm going to one more Saints game. Susie bought me a ticket to the new years eve game against the panthers. It's my xmas gift. I'm very excited. My friends Rob, Jen and Ed will be in from out of town. We'll all party on Bourbon street. We even got a balcony room this year.

Results

Mom loved her printer. I knew she would. She has already used to for a project for the class she is taking at BRCC. I'm not sure what the class is, but she had to take pictures of her neighborhood and other things and present them as a project of some kind. She also loved the lunch at Mansur's and the doberge cake. I did as well. At Mansur's she ordered the filet mignon; I had the red fish cooked on a cedar plank; Granny had the crab and shrimp crepes. It was all so good. I want to go back and get it all again. The cake, from Baum's, was very good as usual. I loved the taste of the lemon. The chocolate was great too.
Friday night at pf Chang's, we ordered the Mongolian beef, lemon pepper shrimp and pan fried noodles with pork. It was another great meal that I'm still dreaming about. I love that place.
The only disappointing thing about the weekend was eating at Capital City Grill at the Shaw Center. It was so good the first time I ate there. This time, since I had already eaten out so many times this weekend, I ordered the soup and salad. The salad was drowned in dressing which made it hard to eat. The soup would have been good, but they put so much green crunchy things in it, it overwhelmed me. I didn't finish it. The only good thing about the meal was the wine and the waitress. Afterwards we went to Tsunami, the place I would have rather eaten, to get a drink and see the view. Then it was back to my place to watch the movie "Adam and Steve". It is very funny.
Well, the Democrats did it. They took both the House and the Senate. Then, Donald Rumsfield was let go as Sec. of Defense. It couldn't have been a better day! I was smiling all day long. I feel so much better. I didn't realize how much the past 4-6 years have affected me physically until the day after the election. My aches and pains were less and I felt like a huge weight had been removed from my back. Now there can be some oversight of this out of control administration. Now they can be held accountable. It's really good to be on the winning side again. Now we can look to 2008 and hope for the best. My only concern is that, after Katrina emptied the streets of New Orleans, my state might now be a Republican stronghold. We'll have to wait and see how the Governor's race and the Senate race turn out.

Friday again.

Well, the Saints game last weekend was disappointing. They lost to the Ravens. I was afraid that would happen, considering how good the Ravens have been. I just hope the Saints can pick themselves up and continue to win. The rest of their schedule isn't that hard, on paper.
I'm a little annoyed this morning. I'm considering writing another letter to the editor, but probably won't. There was a letter to the editor in the paper this morning about the proposed new main library. There is a big discussion (controversy) about where to put the new library. Many ppl want the new library to be built downtown. Many others, iincluding myself, want it to remain where it is, in a central location in mid-city. I was a little taken aback by the letter b/c I had read the same exact wording in another letter to the editor from a high school student a few weeks back. It appears that those in favor of a downtown library are taking their cues from modern politics and are using talking points to argue their position. Talking points, for those who don't know, are lists of statements put out by organizations in favor or opposition to a candidate or issue, for their supporters to use when arguing their point or writing letters. This lady letter writer didn't even change any words to try to make her letter seem original.
Also, the Advocate, our local paper, printed an editorial in todays paper in favor of the downtown library. I was upset by their wording. They basically said that anyone who opposed the downtown library is an 'agitator' who doesn't 'comprehend' modern society. How insulting is that! There is just no need to stoop to that level of public discourse. Now I'm torn. If I send in a letter lambasting their tactics, I'll be using the same tactics, saying negative things. Also, when you write letters to the editor, everyone sees it and comments to you about it. I wish I could write in anonymously to avoid having to talk to everyone about it.
Oh well. Enough of that. It's the weekend and I'm excited. We go to PF Changs tonight. Tomorrow is mom's birthday, so we'll go to Mansur's restaurant. I bought her an HP Printer and a doberge cake, half lemon, half chocolate. Then Saturday night I have a date. We'll go downtown to the Capital City Grill. Mmmmm. I'm gonna have to work out extra next week to burn off all these calories.
Just a few more days till the election. Come on Democrats, take the House and the Senate and give 'em helll!!!