A bit of slack

I have no classes for the next week thanks to Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving falls next Thursday, and everyone gets Friday off for the start of the Xmas shopping season, the university also gives students Wednesday off. But my Monday and Tuesday classes have both been cancelled so all I have to do is show my students a video on Monday morning.

So finally I get a chance to take a breath and try to catch up on things like grading and writing a couple of papers that will be due in just a few weeks.

Unlike last Thanksgiving, I won't be cooking a turkey (nor a turducken) to eat with my Indian friends (dot, not feather). Cindy and I have been invited to a Thanksgiving Dinner with an American family. It'll be interesting to see an authentic American Thanksgiving dinner first hand. I'll let you know if they serve the sweet potato and marshmallow (sic.) abomination that so many Americans love.