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Thursday, November 12, 2026

Thanksgiving Hurdle

 For the first time in 12 years, I have to work Black Friday. My family took it in stride, but it has been a mental adjustment for me. I don't mind working it, but I have to adjust how I plan my Thanksgiving. My family is great and adjusting our meal to earlier in the day to ensure I can get home at a decent time. 

Since we have to work Black Friday, our department makes the best of the day. We will have 12 holes of putt-putt available. Unlike the engineers, I won't have much to do that day. I volunteered to design and run a hole for our cubicle row. My row is getting behind it, and volunteering how to help setup for it. They have never participated this way in the past, and I'm excited to get them more involved. 

We are going to run with a theme of Jurassic World and a server room as my cubicle row is the server team. I guess a couple of them have 3D printed mini servers that I can use in the design. I will borrow some dinosaurs from my son. For the hole, I want someone on the team to 3D print a ramp and then I'll use a giant t-rex for the ball to go into its' mouth and come out the hole on its' bottom. It could look horrible, but we are going to have so much fun!


I may be designing putt-putt holes, but I still have time to design put my teacher hat on too. I put together a fun article on the Macy's Day Parade with comprehension questions, and there is a STEM activity too! The STEM activity is the popular build your own Macy Day balloon. I love that activity and seeing all the students creativity with it. You can get them separately or bundle them together.