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I'd say that, all things considered, it sounds like your Thanksgiving went well. Your cousins invited you for New Years despite all of the heavy stuff your sister threw at them. That's good! Maybe you'll get to know your extended family better. They sound like fun; your older cousins at least. Not a fan of the beach myself but I'm fascinated by WWII.

Makes me realize how fortunate I am to know my extended family and be close with them. I mean, not *all* of them, but a lot of them. My mom's side at least. Most of my dad's side lives out of state.

My Thanksgiving was pretty uneventful. My mom's mom seems to be doing very well even though grandpa passed away last year, so that's something. One of my uncles lives with her, helps take care of the house and everything. He's also a recovering alcoholic and doesn't make a lot of money so he can't afford to live on his own. Funny guy, if a bit eccentric.

The rest of my mom's family had Thanksgiving at *their* cousins (so my second cousins, or whatever it is). My cousins either live far away or out of state now so I don't get to see them very often, and they weren't able to come home for Thanksgiving this year which kind of sucked.

The noteworthy stuff happened the night before. My circle of friends had a big party, Danksgiving. Lots of celebrating marijuana legalization. I myself don't like smoking weed but I still voted in favor of it.

I was having a pretty decent time. Some bullshit beer-pong rule changes blindsided me and that annoyed me. Then after most of the people left, the "inner-circle" of our friend-group started doing coke and that pissed me off. I don't want to sound like a hypocrite because I was there for the first time we tried it in Canada, and participated several times after that until I thought I watched one of my bestfriends die in front of me.

The thought made me sick so I went out and sat in my car for a while before going home (I waited to make sure I was safe to drive).

I don't like the fact they're going down that road. I regret having tried it and not saying anything against it all the past times, including this time. I don't foresee anything good coming of it. I felt very lonely up-until-and-after I left. I still have a sort of empty feeling. It's hard to describe.

Happy belated Thanksgiving!