It's Me, Sara Louise

// It finally happened! After eleven years, I finally got my real American Thanksgiving, and it was every bit as wonderful as I knew it would be. I can’t wait to do with again next year with Gregory stuffing himself with turkey next to me.

// Have you seen Mockingjay yet? I saw it last week and like Thanksgiving, I want a do over. Loved, loved, loved it.

// This is how ridiculous I am sometimes; I was talking to my mother and saying how I needed some good curry powder and red and green curry pastes and she told me that there are few good Asian markets in San Antonio. I said, “Ugh, I don’t want to drive all the way into San Antonio. When you’re in Dublin, can you pop into the Asian store on Abbey Street and pick me up some?” Because only in my mind, does it make more sense for my mother to pick me up some when she’s in Dublin, than for me to drive down the road and get some.

// So my mother is going to Dublin for a week tomorrow, and ever since Fifty saw the suitcases being pulled out, he’s been mopey and practically inconsolable. It’s horribly sad and I feel terrible for him. He hates seeing suitcases, poor guy.

// As of today, about 98% of my Christmas shopping is done and 75% of the cards have been written. I just felt like sharing that information. Go me.

// When do you put up your holiday decorations? I’m practically chomping at the bit to put mine up because this is the year I’ve been waiting for, this is the year I have finally been reunited with my Christmas decorations that were sitting in storage while I was an expat. All of my Santas and my Nativity scene can finally be taken out of their boxes, dusted off, and do what they were made to do… spread Christmas cheer! (I would love to say that ALL of my Christmas decorations are now together, but I can’t, because the decorations I accumulated when I was in France, are now in Massachusetts at my sister’s with the rest of my belongings. Eventually, me and all of my stuff will be in the same location. That’s the dream.)

// The other day on Facebook, someone had posted one of the zillions of Bill Cosby memes that have been going around. It was tasteless, and I usually ignore such things, but as I was scrolling down, a comment that someone had posted about it caught my eye. This it what it said: “You can take the monkey out of the jungle, but you can’t take the jungle out of the monkey. lmfao.” Seriously, someone actually wrote that. And here’s the thing, I see things like that weekly on Facebook, not necessarily always that extreme, but hints of it. So for anyone who thinks that race still isn’t an issue in this country, well, I’ve got a bridge in Brooklyn I want to sell you.