Thanksgiving & BND

We had a wonderful time at Liz and Markus' Thanksgiving Umu - good friends and good food, mmmm. We couldn't have asked for more!

Today I'm back at work. I had heard that in the past the governor has sent out a "surprise" memo giving people the day off as a paid holiday, but this year he didn't because he's trying to cut government spending. It's a good goal, but I wish I didn't have to work to further it!

I think it's the first Friday after Thanksgiving that I've spent working in my life so it's a bit unusual. It does make it very easy to observe Buy Nothing Day. Of course, simply being in American Samoa makes every day Buy Nothing Day since it's hard to find anything you want to buy! I complain about it when I can't find certain things, but in many ways it's nice.