Next Week

I haven't blogged in a little over a week because I haven't had much to reflect on. But I am definitely feeling the need to blog this rainy afternoon because I just received some sad news. As you may or may not know, I am a server at a local country club and I absolutely love my job. The biggest and maybe only downfall to my job is that I have to be away from my family on the holidays. I have to work on Thanksgiving day, and last year I was able to make it home (home is 2 1/2 hours away from school) in time for Thanksgiving dinner with my family by the skin of my teeth.

So my bad news is that my sister also has a job in Raleigh this year and unfortunately our schedules clash. Long story short, it is beginning to look like I will be enjoying a lonely Thanksgiving dinner in Raleigh with me, myself and I.

This is only made worse by the fact that my holidays are already going to be drastically different this year because my mother just moved to New Jersey. For the first time in my lifetime this will be the first set of holidays without my mom and now it is looking like this will be my first Thanksgiving without my family at all.

I am trying very hard not to be upset over this but it is very difficult. We will see what happens but for now it is not looking good. I even looked up an article on how to deal with being alone on Thanksgiving and it actually had some helpful tips:

• Examine your feelings (yay for blogging!)
• Be good to yourself
• Rethink your expectations
• Cultivate gratitude
• Give to others

Interesting suggestions that I will definitely be utilizing.