and now, the forces of no motivation and transatlantic nagging combine to bring you this abridged version of "what i did over thanksgiving break":

you know how when you go to the airport with your parents and 23-year-old sister and the lady checking you in asks to see id from "just the adults" of the group, and then when you laugh and reach for your wallet she says "no, really, only those over 18"?  awesome, right?  next time i'm gonna check in with a bottle of tequila and a sign that says "i bought this."

anyway, once we were through airporst security, we began/continued the arduous process that is driving to new hampshire to fly to detroit to fly to milwaukee to drive to madison. i think by doing it this way we saved about $20 per person.  and it's a good thing, too, because we had to buy about that much in magazines per person to make it through the trip. at one point, our flight from detroit to milwaukee sat at the gate for 45 minutes while they replaced a seat cushion (you don't want to know why. no, really you don't. no, for real. okay, it was vomit. see? i told you you didn't want to know). i would have been all worked up about the waste of time, but what was i going to say, "come on, hurry up, you guys, i want to go to milwaukee"? even i don't believe that.

but negativity aside, thanksgiving was actually pretty fabulous.  we got to meet up with 18+ of our relatives (which is actually a downsize for us); try out deep-fried turkey (just when you thought they couldn't make thanksgiving any more american); and finally meet my four-and-a-half-year-old second cousin (inventor of the game "killer pain"). all in all, a success.  i'd elaborate more about it, but at this point i've been back for three days, and don't really remember much other than being strangled by a four-year-old in a neck tie (damn killer pain...).