hw 19 health and illness

over thanksgiving i really didnt do much. of course my family andi ate but it gets worse and worse every year. I remember last year for thanksgiving my whole family went to my cousin's house in long island. It was probably the funnest thanksgivin i have had in a while except for the part where him and his wife fought because my cousing was drunk. Besides that, it was a great day. This year we decided to just go to my aunts house. or formal way of arriving. Since my aunt lives in my building, i had no reason to dress up or to look nice. i knew everyone who was going to be there and there weren't even that many people there. Its so weird how my family is al close together. we all basically live in the queens area and we all see eachother maybe like 4 times a week so it really wasnt anything new to me. When i arrived, people were eating and enjoying themselves and i had about one little plate of food. I had no turkey because i never liked it. Other than that the little party was cool. i felt lazy and just nonchalant about it all.

One thing i hate about my family and one thing i really wish could change is the way that we always use holidays as excuses to drink. The thing that sucks is that when my family starts to drink, they are most likely not ending. This thanksgiving was not as bad as the last one. Only a few people got drunk, but i dont understand why drinking on a food holiday is necessary

One thing i also noticed is that my family never invites my older aunt to anything special even though she lives 5 blocks away. she has had such a hard life. She lost all 4 of her sons to terrible things but she is such a strong woman. Her last sone passed away about 2 years ago and i feel that i am the only one who ever thinks about him and how cool he was to me. He suffered most of his life ever since an accident that happened when he was younger. it is just sad how we forgot all about her and i know she wishes she was there with us and all of her sons were too.

I typically hate hoildays. I find no joy in them and really i hate how we celebrate as a family. Lets's see how christmas goes.