Thanksgiving Trip

For me, Thanksgiving is hands down my favorite holiday of all. There’s just something about watching the Thanksgiving football games with your favorite brew or glass of merlot, spending time with your family, enjoying a meal that practically took the entire day to prepare, and heading out in the freezing cold to go Black Friday shopping. Who could ask for more?

This Thanksgiving, my family and I will going down to San Diego to spend time with our family and I couldn’t be more excited. In a couple of hours, we’ll be heading to the Sacramento airport to catch our flight and we’ll be in San Diego later on in the evening. While, I admit, I’m not too excited about the flock of people that I’m bound to encounter at the airport, maybe I’ll be lucky enough to see a famous movie star or artist within the midst of us normal people running around like turkeys with their heads cut off.

            

Ever since I was a kid, Thanksgiving has been the holiday that brings my entire family together from all over California. As an only child, I think that my love for Thanksgiving grew when it gave me the opportunity to see my cousins (my brothers and sisters from different mothers as I like to call them) that I would probably only a couple of times a year if it wasn’t for this holiday.

            

Looking back, I remember all the mischievous acts we would commit whenever we were together and I can’t help but laugh. I remember setting a couple of carpets on fire, running around and irritating our parents, and trying to convince my younger cousins to put them in a couple of wrestling movies that we used to see on t.v., all of which wasn’t my idea by the way.

           

Now that we’re older, calmer and less troublesome, I think my cousins and I have began to cherish all the time that we spend together. All of us have our own lives now so even though it might be hard to set aside time together, when we do find that opportunity, its feels as if we just picked up right where we left off. 

            

My family is a big part of my life and I feel that my life would be I completely different if I didn’t have them in it. I’d even say that they’ve shaped me into the person I am today. Maybe I would have gotten into less trouble but what fun would that be?

            

With the holidays just around the corner, planning a trip to spend time family is a great way to relax and forget about some of the stresses in life. Surrounding yourself with the company of your loved ones is what the holidays are all about after all.