A Thanksgiving Weekend - Part III, Monday

So it's Thanksgiving Day today and it's my birthday.

I was thinking that I would go today to one of my rental properties that needs some attention. But J says going to a movie. I dismiss the idea at first - I have some business to take care of at the property that I've put off too long already and if I don't take care of it today then when will I? But I am swayed. It's not all the time that the kids are here. And it's my birthday - do I want to spend my birthday doing work at the property or spend it with family watching a movie? The property will wait, yet again.

J books the theatre room for three o'clock to six. I drop by at my parent's house for a while - my sister is there and I promised I would bring over some money I owe her. I visit with my parents for a while then come home. I call Jan to invite her and Fede to join us for the movie.

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At the theatre room, we watched one of the two DVDs that J gave me for my birthday. Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers. The other DVD she gave me was Babylon 5: The Lost Tales. What a surprise! How could she possible have known I would like a Babylon 5 DVD as a present? I'm being sarcastic, of course. I dropped her some pretty obvious hints last year that I would have liked one for Christmas, though I didn't get one. A few weeks ago she started asking me questions about the Babylon 5 series, and I figured she was planning to get me one for my birthday.

We watched Legend of the Rangers at the theatre room then another movie called Apocalypse. Then had pizza at home with Jan and Fede. J's sister and brother-in-law came to pick up their children; they joined us for pizza.

After everyone finally left, we realized we had a full house all weekend. J's brother had been here with his family; her sister with her family. My sister, my friends Jan and Fede. I joked about having a revolving door weekend - when someone left, some one else arrived.

I didn't get all the business done that I still need to get done, but I have no complaints about that. All in all it was a wonderful way to spend a Thanksgiving weekend and a wonderful way to spend my birthday. Goodbye forty two, hello forty three. I am looking forward to the next forty three years of my life.