Thanksgiving travel, I say "No!"

Thanksgiving is great for many reasons - food, football, family, etc. - but traveling is not one of them.

For some reason, many are under the impression that Thanksgiving is like spring break - a week long holiday you still feel entitled to even though you're not in school any more.

But it's not. It's a day, folks. Just the one day.

(Some people - the "chosen ones," I call them - have the Friday after off as well, but even a long weekend does not a week-long spring break make.)

That's what makes traveling around Thanksgiving the absolute worst. Trying to cram in all the celebrating and togetherness in such a short period of time stresses people out.

For example, here is a series of texts from my friend K. flying across the country to see his family...for a day.

Text 1: "The guy sitting next to me on the plane has a playlist of all remixed Gloria Estefan dance music and it's blaring from his headphones. One of us is not going to make it to Atlanta."

Text 2: "The mother sitting across from me just told her daughter that she was going to beat her down if she didn't leave her alone. Where am i?"

Text 3: "Oh man, she just tossed her hair and it smacked me in the head. It's about to get bananas in here."

Text 4: "Sadly the mom is wearing a UT sweatshirt."

Now, while it pains me that the crazy mom is also a Longhorn - just because UT is awesome, doesn't mean it doesn't produce some crazies - it proves the point that traveling during Thanksgiving is just too much to handle. And remixed Gloria Estefan really doesn't help.

So don't go anywhere this year. Stay at home and, if you're family isn't close by, just call them. If they give you a hard time, say you wanted to save money, you'll see them at Christmas, and they can always send leftovers via FedEx.

Next, figure out how to give yourself a spring break. I can't be only one who misses that, right?