Turkey Time

As the last Thursday of the month approaches, it brings it with it some chilly weather, the start of the holiday season (of course, the shops were jumping the gun and advertising early) and, of course, Thanksgiving - that annual American holiday where it's absolutely your patriotic duty to eat as much as humanly possible and then spend the rest of the day moaning about it as you lay there doing not much of anything. No, seriously. I find it somewhat ironic that a few days after having talked about America and obesity again, that I will likely be following suit (although i'm determined not to overdo things that much. We'll have to see what happens). I find it even more interesting that a friend of mine was absolutely convinced that they were going to be able to stick to their diet over this most gluttonous of holidays. Of all the weeks to chose to start a diet....

Anyway, as with last year, my lab manager Charlene has kindly invited myself and a couple of co-workers to join her and her family for a Thanksgiving dinner - although this isn;t on the scale of last year (when, I think, about 16 of us went), mainly as it's going to be at Charlene's sister's this year. Still, it promises to be enjoyable - and very very Southern. Which means a lot of food. Suffice to say, i think i'm going to follow this up with a run across the Bridge tomorrow (the first in my training schedule!) and maybe a few sticks of celery.