Happy Thanksgiving.

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Okay seriously, I am wishing everyone a very happy Thanksgiving.

Who knew I'd move to Sofia and get to celebrate Thanksgiving twice.  I'll be eating turkey tonight and chicken tomorrow for the "real" Thanksgiving.  So I guess that my title today should really be "Two Days of Flightless Birds." But I guess I shouldn't complain about--the only thing I am worried about is having appropriate leftovers to make a sandwich on Friday.  Fingers crossed.

I know that right now you are very jealous of the fact that I get to have two Thanksgivings but right now the only thing I can think about are cranberries.  I wonder if the Ambassador has some secret ability to make cranberries appear at our dinner tonight. I haven't seen this fruit anywhere in Bulgaria and I didn't realize that I missed it until I was planning for my own Thanksgiving.  The thing is I am not talking the canned kind--what I really, really want is a nice sour cranberry relish with a hint of citrus.

Oh I also want a slice of white meat turkey breast.  I really hope that I don't get stuck with a leg or a wing.  That would bum me out.  The thing is I don't know how many other people are going to her dinner--will it be a plated meal? Is it possible that she will actually slice a turkey or will her husband? Then again maybe we'll skip this fanfare all together.  Also, will she have both pumpkin pie and pecan pie (and how will I pick?!?)? Man, there are so many things to think about.

Anyhow, hopefully this will be a dinner that is more traditional than say the dinner I am hosting tomorrow night this is the "modern-I-am-living-in-a-two-small-apartment-to-actually-cook-a-serious-Thanksgiving-dinner."  More on my own dinner later.

Thanks again to everyone who reads my blog and encourages me to keep writing.

PS to my family in KY who I spent a couple of Thanksgivings with I woke up this morning (11/27) and realized that I forget to mention you in my giving-thanks for past Thanksgivings.  Sorry about that.