| | | Don Kaufman here. | Happy Thanksgiving from someone who's timed family visits better than most option spreads. | Let me paint you the picture: My wife's family flies in December 4th. My parents arrive December 5th. | I fly out December 5th afternoon. | There's less than a 24-hour crossover period, and I've timed this very effectively. I can get all my work done and get the hell out of here - postponing seeing them for the next two weeks. | They usually stay from December all the way to March. | You're gonna hear me spending a lot of time in Flagstaff, Vegas (don't even like Vegas but I'm going for 24 hours), anywhere that's not here. | Growing up, every guy my sister dated got a negative nickname. She literally dated a guy named Chachi. | We'd straight-face call him "Crotchy" and what's he gonna do? I'm the younger brother, he's dating my sister, and I had 40 pounds on him. | When I met her now-husband, I looked at her and said, "Poor bastard." That's his nickname to this day. | He's actually a really nice guy - which is exactly why: Poor bastard. | I've taught my kids this tradition. | My two boys, anytime my daughter has a friend over who's a boy, they're calling him names. "What are you gonna do? I'm the younger brother." They're right. | The other day at Costco was madness. | Got out for $800 with two shopping carts - had my 13-year-old pushing the 11-year-old in one cart while I commandeered the other. | We were THAT family. I'm intimidating at Costco normally, but with two carts and kids causing chaos? People got out of the way fast. | Didn't bring the Cyber Truck though. | Don't want to draw attention right before Thanksgiving. Funny thing - everyone says it's a fail, but everywhere I go people want to see inside. | Ford F-150 drivers at Home Depot asking for tours. | For those dealing with the weird brother-in-law today (and somebody thinks YOU'RE the weird brother-in-law), my advice: Just drink more. Make it a fun holiday. | Some turkey flying over the table, little sweet potato pie action. | We'll be broadcasting Friday morning too - partly to save you from extended family conversations about your "computer job." | Quality of everything sucks these days. Even my intimidation factor wasn't working at Costco. | But family's acceptable when they're YOUR family. It's the in-laws that require escape plans. | Enjoy your turkey, try not to call anyone "Crotchy" to their face, and remember - if you're the crazy brother-in-law, just own it. | See you Friday morning. | To your success, | Don Kaufman | | |
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