Back from Thanksgiving 2007
So I'm back from a week in Rockaway, New York -- from last Sunday to Friday. I had an old-fashioned (of sorts) Thanksgiving with parents, two older sisters, one brother-in-law, three nephews, and one niece. Also an uncle, aunt, and one cousin for the dinner.

Things seemed a bit more relaxed this trip than in some others, despite our packing in a lot of activities. Monday I went to the Natural History Museum with my mother and Milo, then back into Manhattan with just my father to see a concert at Carnegie Hall. Tuesday the other cousins arrived. Wednesday was back into Manhattan to the the Cirque du Soleil show "Wintuk" at Madison Square Garden, with just my mother and Milo. Then we had Thanksgiving on Thursday.

Milo played with his cousins a bunch. My nephew Nathaniel specifically requested a Dungeons & Dragons game, so I dungeon-mastered for the four boys age 6-8. (Lillian who is younger played a bit in the second mini-session, but she lost interest.) They also were introduced to Talisman and later played a full game. In principle, Milo can run that, but I had to oversee it to smooth out social issues. So I spent a lot of time running games for the kids.

My news was that I have accepted a job at Yahoo!, to start on January 7 (my birthday, incidentally). Also, it looks like both of my sisters will be moving to the Washington DC area -- though that isn't finalized yet. Everyone sent best wishes to Liz.

As usual for family gatherings, it was fun but I am glad to be home and comfy.