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now, mg, when are you heading to your family's place for thanksgiving?

oh, joanne, hi. i'm actually not going home.

not going home! but it's thanksgiving!

i know. it's pretty far, though. i'm just going to stick around here.

but you'll miss thanksgiving dinner! the turkey, the stuffing!

yeah, i'm vegetarian, though, and it always turns into a whole huge production about what i can eat, and since i can't eat turkey, it's just as well. i'm just going to relax.

but that's just awful! how can they not give you turkey on thanksgiving?

no, no, they do make turkey, i just can't eat it.

but, my goodness, what will you eat, then?

i'll just make myself something like always. maybe a little tofurkey to stay in the spirit.

well, i am so sorry to hear that.

it's fine, really. i'll enjoy a day off without having to fight all the traffic.

well.... ok. i'd invite you over to my own house if it weren't so, you know. well. but i do worry, you know.

thanks, joanne. i'll be fine.