This year marked my first Thanksgiving that was not spent at home with my family.  I was working.  I wish I could have been home.  I want one of those jobs where the office is always closed on holidays.

This past weekend my mother, father, and sister Audra got on a ferry boat and came to see me.  Because I’m the best daughter ever, I hooked them up with a sweet suite at my hotel.

The best features of the room were:

• 3 flatscreen TVs - on which we watched lots of HGTV
• outdoor shower – which we joked about using in the 50 degree weather
• soap that smelled like Pez – which Audra took all of

Then I put them on back on the ferry.  I was sad!

Now I will wait until someone else decides to visit me!

Happy Birthday to my sister Maura!

My father wanted to me to make it very clear that I am not a Patriots fan, and the glass on the table in the pictures from my birthday party was in no way indicative of my athletic allegiance.  Sorry Aunts Kathy and Penny.

My father also wanted to make sure of something else.

“Is Will a Patriots fan?”

“I don’t know Dad, I don’t think so.”

“Good, that’s test one.”

1. Going to the gym with my father on Saturdays and getting coffee afterwards.
2. Finding my mom asleep on the couch in front of the TV, waking her up so she can move upstairs, then finding her asleep again in the exact same position.
3. Sunday breakfasts at The Coffee Beanery after church.
4. Driving to Columbia to visit my friend Elise.
5. Going to Sonic right after work.
6. Going to Sonic right before work.
7. Having Audra and her friends around the house.
8. Taking Audra and her friends to the grocery store in my mother’s car on a Red Bull run.
9. Constantly waking up my brother so he can get to work on time.
10. Maura coming through the back door when arriving home for a visit.
11. Being able to hug my mother.