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I hope you guys are with your loved ones having wonderful food! I've eaten 2 (ok, 3) times, and now I'm watching Charlie Brown and waiting for midnight to roll around so I can go shopping! Can you believe that stores open at midnight this year? It just gets earlier and earlier each year. My little brother told me that people were waiting in line at Best Buy since Tuesday. As in 2 days before Thanksgiving. Skipping Thanksgiving dinner to buy a TV? That's bonkers.
I wasn't anticipating on going shopping this year (you remember the 30-day shopping ban, right?), but this is the first time in years that my mom has Black Friday off and I really wanted to rekindle our Black Friday tradition before I start residency (and will no longer have time to shop.. or even time to go home). I love my mamma and, really, what could be better than a little mother-daughter shopping?
Speaking of my mamma, I am extremely thankful for her. As a matter of fact, the title of this post, "cam on" means "thank you" in Vietnamese. My mom is the greatest woman I know. She has sacrificed everything - her time, her energy, her career - to ensure that my siblings and I are happy and successful. And for that, Mom, I'd like to say "cam on". Also, I am thankful for my mom for cooking American Thanksgiving foods when I asked her for them in my youth - turkey and mashed potatoes were not in my mom's repertoire of recipes, yet she went out of her way to give us the Thanksgiving that we wanted. And now I am thankful that my mom cooks Vietnamese food for me on Thanksgiving, because that's what we really like. She's the best.
I'm also thankful for my wonderful friends and family, for my Mikey, for my sweet kittens, for my cuddly puppy, for my education, and for all of the opportunities that I have had. I am so blessed.
Happy Thanksgiving, my friends.
xoxo <3
Nhu-Y
