i hope everyone is having a great thanksgiving. whether you're with loved ones and doing the whole she-bang, or whether you pulled the covers over your head and slept way late, i hope you had a good time doing whatever recharges your batteries and took a few minutes to appreciate all the good things in your life.

i'm with my parents in arizona. always a wonderful time for me. i don't know why, but this place always puts me at ease and makes me feel relaxed on levels i can't reach anywhere else. i don't know if it's my parents, or the house or arizona and the heat or what. no idea.

i think about where i was last year, sitting in the dining facility in iraq, with all the crew. totally different experience but not a bad time at all. two totally different days but both were days full of reflection and gratitude.