Hope everyone has a happy Thanksgiving! We're looking forward to a sumptuous feast in the hospital. Apparently, a family who once spent turkey day here and who now own a restaurant will be providing a very special meal. Will there be sweet potatoes? Turnip? Stuffing? Sparkling cider? I'll give you an update on Monday.

That's ri ght - Monday! I'll be your teacher on Monday and Tuesday next week. It will be like old times; we'll do vocabulary and READ and correct sentences. E period will even get to take a vocabulary quiz under my watchful eye! Yeah! I can't wait; Monday can't come soon enough.

Speaking of reading . . . I can't anymore. It's so hard to concentrate in the hospital - especially when you have a roommate who is watching Hannah Montana and Sponge Bob . . . I'm trying to read The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman. I think it's really good - I'm 100 pages in but I can't FOCUS!!! If I could just have like 30 minutes of QUIET! Hopefully, you'll give that to me on Mon/Tues during reading time. . .

I've been watching another tv series (I finished Grey's Anatomy - LOVED it so much I bought all the dvds). Anyway, I've been watching Weeds. Some of you would probably like it because it's very funny, but it's rather inappropriate and irreverent. Just remember, the message is: drugs are bad! just say NO! I do love the star - Mary Louise Parker. She's beautiful and funny and reminds me of Lorelei in Gilmore Girls.

So I guess I'll do another grateful list, because I'm not feeling very cheery tonight and when you're down in the dumps, it's a good idea to remember what you have to be grateful about. . .

1. Hannah is feeling much better and is up and about entertaining the whole floor.
2. Emma and Olivia are coming up to eat Thanksgiving breakfast, and we were afraid they wouldn't be able to come.
3. My friend Christine and her husband and her beautiful baby came for a visit today.
4. My friend Melissa and her baby visited for the whole day yesterday, and we ate Bertucci's for dinner. Yum - eggplant parmesan.
5. We have lovely, funny nurses.
6. Hannah was begging for steak for lunch today, and I went to get it; the manager gave it to us for free. Wow.
7. My friends are the very best; they love me even when I'm grumpy.
8. I saw many of my favorite friends over the weekend.
9. My mom is coming to visit tomorrow.
10. The Gilmore Girls are on at 7PM every day. Hip hip hooray!
11. I get to see all of you next week!!!!!