I really hate the holidays. Mostly because I have no family here, but not entirely.
I realized recently that Northern VA has finally become “home” to me. I have now lived here longer than I lived in NY.
If I want to spend the holidays with my family, I have to travel 350 miles. Also, *I* am the one that does the travelling. If I don’t travel, I spend it alone. However, when I do make the trip, I have begun to miss being home in Virginia. There is something nice about spending the holidays at “home” though.
So, Thanksgiving will be…alone. Well, I do have my dog, but she doesn’t make for a good “dinner” companion really. I have some friends where I could crash their Thanksgiving plans, but…they are doing big things with their families, and being the non-family member a huge family thing is…just as depressing as Thanksgiving alone.
