it's a long way to the top if you wanna rawk and roll....

thanksgiving was good...it was such a relief, honor, and privledge to do something totally different.  usually i head home do the entire family thing...blah blah.  i mean, it's fine and good and fun i guess but i dunno ... something about it always ends up being a let down.  i really think it's my parents.  they are the most un-family oriented people on the planet.  it kills me to see the way they treat (or i guess in their case non-treatment) and talk about their family.  at the end of the day, week and year all you truly have is them [family].  they are you backbone....they are why you exist and you shouldn't shit on that. 

so for the big TG i went up to Atlanta w/Katie and spent it with Chris and Kim and their families.  it was awesome!  for the first time ever i was able to stand outside on a porch wearing jeans drinking a beer watching turkey fry in fryer.  mmmmmmmmm fried turkey ... first time ever! if you EVER have the chance to have fried turkey HAVE SOME...it's fuckin awesome!  we got to just hang out too for a few days doing nothing, taking a much needed breather.  

now i'm home consuming what will be the first of MANY Foster's and PBR's.  i've spent the past few days relaxing, cleaning and playing xbox.   i told myself i would take this entire week off and do NO work...i was starting to get burnt out big time at the end there and all i could think about was doing anything but work....but it's in my blood...my lifeblood.  i love what i do so here i am teaching myself Combustion.  earlier today i met with rodney to disucss a project he and I are going to work on this break.  at least it'll be at my own pace, ya know? i'm pumped needless to say.