This has already been a wonderful holiday! We all met at my sister's beautiful home. The food was too awesome! (Three of the dishes were donations from her friend, a chef from an un-named very exclusive restaurant. Guess he was trying out new recipes on us, as he had a rating sheet we all had to fill out.) My sister's in laws always attend our Thanksgiving feast. I was thinking about how impressed I was with each person. My sister's sister in law is an attorney, practicing across the border, doing "border trade stuff". My sister's to-be brother in law is a land developer from Tucson. It was clear that he has made a bundle, and enjoys spending it. Instead of driving a beat up 4 wheel to do his work, he drives an upgraded Hummer. My sister's mother in law donates her time to PBS and the Humane Society, instead of sitting around with her friends playing cards, gossiping, etc. My niece, the genius-nerd, had 2 friends from the U of A. One, totally by-passed his first year of college, and is a linguistics-computer expert, now translating the Tohono Odom language on line. He is a "consultant" to the U of A Linguistics Dept. The other, said he works in a sandwich shop, and that he dropped out of college. The reality is that he is a video graphics consultant, with no need for a "higher" education at the point in his life. What neat and intelligent people! Then, of course, there is my family! My sister (Doctorate in Early Childhood, Special Ed) is developing course work for ASU, while teaching a number of university courses. My mother, a former Special Ed teacher. My other sister, several degrees, but now "working" at a pizza place w several "famous" people. She said her work environment is like the Howard Stern show, and that people come by just to watch the "show". And, I have 4 college degrees, and am the lead psychologist at 2 prisons. Quite an impressive group of people! And, for me, quite an interesting day! I have to add, that I had a couple of long, wonderful telephone conversations with my "genius" son. In a couple of weeks, he defends his dissertation and will earn the title of Dr. And, his very bright and sweet wife, is right behind him, and will earn her title of Dr., hopefully in May. And of course, there is the littlest member of our family, my sweetest baby (now age 8), who helped put together a gingerbread house. Very enjoyable holiday!