I am on a conference call at work right now. I have been for the past 50 minutes and it doesn't feel like it's going to be ending any time soon. We are talking with a soon-to-be partner about an account that I am supposed to be the top dog for. And ironically enough, I honestly have no idea what these people are talking about. My boss and the two guys from the other place are going back and forth in a language I am not fluent in - in fact, I don't think I know that language at all! And it's worse because their lulling, foreign-language-speaking voices are putting me to sleep. This phone call definitely falls into the category of "That's an hour of my life I'll never get back!"
A lot of friends have been talking about how much they hate Christmas creeping into (or completely taking over) November. So I started thinking about the issue - because apparently it's a big one and obviously something I should be thinking about, right? I think Thanksgiving suffers from severe middle-child syndrome. Halloween comes first and is a little bit crazy but well recognized, highly celebrated and ridiculously loved. Then there's Christmas, the ever impatient youngest child who can't wait their turn...ever. Plus Christmas is the 'favorite' child - it's loved, celebrated, commercialized, overpriced and way over represented. And Thanksgiving just sits back and gets run over by these two crazy holidays on either side of it. It never complains when people forget it or when international businesses schedule important meetings that day (ugh...speaking from experience on that). Thanksgiving doesn't mind giving the lime light to the other two. Why? Becaus
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