Journal BarbaraHudson's Journal: How We Celebrate Turkey Day in Kanuckistan 1
Canada celebrates Thanksgiving several weeks before the US. This is because historically our growing season is shorter, though this may change due to a combination of improved plant breeds and global warming.
While most people do the Sunday dinner thing, we end up doing it Monday. Why? Because of the annual "It's Thanksgiving weekend so I'm gonna renovate something in the house" that my brother-in-law does. So I spent Saturday and Sunday helping with a wall and laying new flooring in the basement. And am I sore! But that's okay, this evening's Thanksgiving supper will make up for it.
One of my nephews is bringing his new girlfriend, and since everyone who will be in attendance insists on continuing to misgender me and call my by my old name even after all these years, it'll be amusing. I'll just explain the situation, how they can't seem to accept it but that they're family, so what the heck, and watch what happens.
And I'm sure that they'll be delighted* to find out I'm publishing my bio later this year, where I'll write frankly about growing up hiding what I was, the first murder and the resulting ptsd, the sexual assault which made it worse, what it was like transitioning and all the other fun stuff.
And I'll probably hear "why can't you just be gay" AGAIN! Family - gotta love 'em.
(to the tune "This Old Man")
I'm stuck with them,
they're stuck with me,
we're a dysfunctional fa-mi-ly
but that's okay 'cuz life is never dull,
so I'm gonna go and eat until I'm full.
Normal is SO over-rated nowadays.
(.*for values of "delighted" equivalent to "If you do that I'm going to change my name so nobody knows we're related")
Normal is SO over-rated nowadays. (Score:2)
I wouldn't know, I've never been normal. Actually, I'm not sure "normal" actually exists.