Anyone having Thanksgiving in a restaurant?

[TexasTowelie]

24. Thank you.

I worked a variety of positions before I started my professional career after graduating from college including newspaper layout editor, chemistry lab assistant, mathematics tutor and pizza delivery driver. I've also had to receive social assistance since my professional career ended so I've had the opportunity to live an upper-middle class lifestyle and the misfortune of living in poverty. Needless to say, it has given me tremendous insight to view the blessings and curses of our socioeconomic system.

It's been seven years since I've celebrated any holiday with anybody. Most of my family live too far away to visit, while the family members that live nearby are opinionated, right-wingers who have very little concern for anything besides the amount of money in their bank accounts so it has sometimes been a blessing not having to associate with them. Regrettably, the holiday season brings out the worst of my bipolar disorder and taking another pill doesn't seem to help when this time of year occurs. I'll probably be watching football on TV on Thursday and Friday while trying to keep up with my high school football team which is undefeated and still in the playoffs.

I do miss eating the Thanksgiving meal though since it was really the only "family" event I celebrated for the past 20 years. Trying to attend a meal at a restaurant or at a shelter presents its own set of challenges ranging from transportation to discomfort eating with dentures.