November 28, 2009

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  Post Turkey-Coma Reflections.. I had a surprisingly nice Thanksgiving. I didn’t break down at all yesterday. I did a bit today. I woke up at 8am.. started prepping things I’d forgotten.. got the turkey ready.. watched the parade.. averted a near crisis when I ran out of butter but found the grocery store about a block down the road was open till 3pm. Dropped some pie off at work, finished my cooking. My co-worker (prolly my best friend in this state) told me he was gonna come by but he wasn’t sure when. He was gonna bring his boyfriend and our mutual friend over…  I wasn’t 100% sure they were coming but they all did. I went to pick up our friend as he wanted to come hang out early. I had fun showing him how to make certain things…. he enjoyed trying all the new foods. He’d never had sweet potato casserole!! He offered to go straight if I promised to marry him and make it for him. That’s a nice feeling. I made just about everything mom would have had, cept I forgot the relish tray… and no green beans. Other than that, it was perfect. My turkey was tasty (a tiny bit overcooked by not very noticeable).. I made some really good gravy (tho none of them would eat the giblet gravy!) I thought the 14 pound turkey was tiny, they thought it was HUGE. We played Rock Band till around 10pm. Two of them came back to visit today (and play more Rock Band)… and one said it was the best Thanksgiving he’d ever had…. And I thought it was the best I’d had in a few years.. also thought how sad it must be if he’s never had the type of thanksgivings I had when Mom was alive. Anywho.. it was a nice day, I managed to keep the apartment cleaned up as I cooked. No big messy to clean up afterward. Mom would have been exceedingly proud. In fact, I’m pretty sure I heard her say she was when I looked around the kitchen / living room after everyone left. At least.. in my head I heard it. Hope you all had a nice day…. full of happiness and warmth.

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