Giving thanks for something

Stuck in a cycle of night shifts. Last night was my last night "asleep" before going back onto the nightshift.
I went to bed at 1am and shortly before 6am got up having not slept at ALL!
For the last hour and a half have been wandering the ether, checking out the regular sights and branching off into weirdness, wasn`t that normal to start with. http://skookumjoe.blogspot.com/ http://foljy.blogspot.com/
http://sandrascanadablog.blogspot.com/ http://triplecrankset.blogspot.com/ http://centerforadvancedsarcasm.blogspot.com/ http://www.deadspin.com/
For a 24 hour house the temp is "just right" if you happen to be up and about at any hour! Back in Leeds it was painful getting out of bed for the early shift for most of the year.
It is sub zero outside, and great in here, I justify the pleasantness because 1.The thermostat is fairly efficient, and 2. We dont have air con and therefore spent no money on cooling the house during the summer.
I have a rental car booked for today, two and a half hours away. They owe me a free rental and we need some serious bulk shopping, plus a once only christmas shop.
Not partaking in the two cars per household race can be fun when you WALK to the shops to do LOCAL gift buying and don`t get a parking ticket.
The rental place oppened half an hour ago , and if I dont start feeling tired soon , will have to take it, then immediately feel dreadful all day until it is time to go to work at 6pm!
If I call them to cancel will just feel bad for wasting the rest of the day trying to sleep.
Today is Thanksgiving in the states , I noticed this by the fact that Spiderman is on the TV tonight and that everyother article on MSN has a turkey in it. I believe spiders are traditionally chased away by turkeys for which everybody gives thanks. Canada is too cold for Turkeys which explains why we had Thanksgiving here about a month ago!
We are officially in the holiday season, as marked by staff christmas parties. In my soon to be ex company, you have to pay upfront, and get the money back if/when you arrive, having not got a better offer on a saturday night shortly before christmas.
This is a new policy this year after last years great time/disaster WITH THE FREE BAR.
Needless to say I shall not be going to sit down for a meal with people I will only nod to if there is no hedge to dive behind.
Time to decide what to do, another cup of tea first, just had a lovely batch arrive as a gift in the mail from an expensive shop in London. Usually have to say London England, as there is a smaller version here , it even has a Lambeth at the correct point of the compass
the early townspeople were either very homesick or lacking in imagination.
Cup of tea and mail to steve I think.............