the apple tree

guh I'm so glad Thanksgiving is over. My mom had gone up to see my sister Lilah and her husband, so it was just me and my dad for awhile. It was frikkin awesome - no one to nag, no clean freak to obsessively tell us to clean up after us...all was heavenly. We (my dad and I) planned to go down to Tyler on Thanksgiving Day to purchase one of Oprah's famed Greenberg smoked turkeys and have that for dinner. But alas it was not meant to be. My mom had to come home early due to some airline fluke so me, my parents and my sister Lori all went out to IHOP for dinner. Let me tell you that chicken down there is NASTY. And then my mother complained all the way home about her visit. The only thing she had good things to say about was my sister's house because apparently it was a big, rustic, expensive house with a nice view of the waterfront. But even my mom couldn't help making a few complaints here and there about it. My mom's nagging got so bad I finally just plugged my ears with my fingers. And she wonders why I avoid her all the time?

On a different note, last night on a whim I joined ancientworlds.net and I think it's pretty cool. It gave me my own little page to design and even lets you upload your own avatar. I wish I could draw well enough to draw Porcia. I found it kinda disappointing because they let you have roleplays but all the current ones are pretty disappointing. I ended up joining a group that discusses Julius Caesar - his life and times. Not surprisingly alot of the members of this group are hardcore Caesar fans. This should be fun hehe.

I also saw - surprise! - Bingley there. He's part of the group that discusses ancient Greeks though. Meh. He also joined recently, I noticed.

Next week - final reviews and last minute projects. Fun.