It still amazes me to sit here in my comfy chair in the year 2008 typing words into a tiny computer surrounded by my wonderful family in a nice house in a nice little town with plenty of food, heat, clothes, and far too many toys.
We enjoyed two Thanksgiving dinners. Yes, we're spoiled rotten.
The first one was just down the road a bit, with friends from church. They have kids, we have kids - hey, it was a natural fit. There was lots of great food, lots of great games to play, a movie to watch (Wall*E), and then we adults played cards and yapped. Then we Meyers drove home while listening to a book-on-DVD. A very fulfilling day!
The second dinner was down at Aunt Susan's, which is only a few chapters - er, miles further down the road. We arrived a bit early, which gave Adam time to catch up on some missing sleep and the rest of us time to sit around and chat.
We had to wait a bit for some of the folks to arrive, those who were working down at the shop (Uncle Bob and cousin Mike) or elsewhere (Eric and Cindy), and all the guests (Mike's girlfriend's family, Andrew's girlfriend); but after awhile, everyone was there, so we "fell to" and tried to make a dent in the incredible amount of food.
It was an epic battle.
After a few hours of eating and chatting, we had to drag the kids from their fun (interacting with all the other little second-cousins or whatever you call 'em) and head home. Susan and Bob had hoped we'd spend the night, but unfortunately, my boss gave me a huge pile of homework to do for Thanksgiving, so we had to get back so the weekend could be spent in misery instead of hanging out with relatives.
Oh, well, perhaps we'll get back down there at Christmastime.
In the meantime, I hear the homework calling me...
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