First of all, Happy Thanksgiving to those of you reading this. Thanksgiving has been a different experience for me this year. In a country that doesn’t celebrate Thanksgiving, and a turkey is hard to find, my colleagues and I have had to make sacrifices. That includes working on Thanksgiving, and having Beijing duck for dinner instead of turkey. It’s a great meal, and hey, it’s a bird too, so that’s like 2 out of 3 right?

Either way, I’m disappointed about missing Thanksgiving at home for probably three reasons, in no particular order. (But if I had to choose, it’d go 2, 3, 1)

1. Impromptu Jamestown all-class reunion: go out on the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving and everyone you know is out at the bars, including the people you never see, and the people you never want to see.

2. Second Thanksgiving at Dave’s: the eighth annual Thanksgiving leftovers and getting drunk party is a sad one to miss, especially if there will be “food-shots”. Apparently Schloegel and Dewald are going to fight (it was promised, and never materialized last year) and I want to see who wins. I put money on Dewald, based purely on his spite of Dave. Check out the promo video by @codymick.

3. Family: of course I’m going to miss Thanksgiving with my family. As much as everyone might dislike their relatives, you probably really like to see them, at least for a few hours. Well, unfortunately, I don’t even get that kind of opportunity. Not to mention I definitely won’t be having any of grandma’s pumpkin pie. That pretty much ruins Thanksgiving for me right there.