Well… Turkey Day has come and gone. Thursday morning I got up around seven. I ate breakfast around seven thirty to eight and took a shower at eight thirty. At nine thirty I wound up snoozing a bit and then we left at ten thirty.
My mother, brother and I left to see relatives. My dad stayed home this Thanksgiving to look after the dogs. As previously mentioned, my mom’s dog is healing. Well, she didn’t want to leave him alone at an empty vet clinic in a cage for two days. Also, if he didn’t stay, then his dog would have to be outside in the cold all day until we got back… so Dad stayed. Oi.
Well, on the road my small family went. My brother drove for us. We headed first to see my eldest brother and his girlfriend. That was a two hour drive. We visited for a while and then all of us filed out. My eldest brother and his girlfriend were going to follow us to the eating site.
So, we headed off for another hour drive to reach our cousins. On the way there we stopped by the cemetery that holds my mother’s parents and her grand parents. We changed the flowers to my grandparents’ graves and the grave to my mother’s little brother, who died when he was an infant.
All of us looked around some. My two brothers wandered elsewhere to the opposite sides of the cemetery. Mom, my brother’s girlfriend and i just stayed together. It seems my bro’s girlfriend had only been to a cemetery once before this visit. My mom was surprised. I just took it to be mildly interesting.
Anyway, after that we continued our way and soon reached our cousins’ home. My sister arrived there thirty minutes before us. Said cousin is my mother’s first-cousin. Thus her children are my third-cousins. Her children are all older than me and married. I learned upon arrival that Justin, the older of my two third-cousins there, will be a father around the beginning of next year. Yes, his wife was obviously pregnant. My other cousin, his sister is married and looking fine as always.
My mother’s first-cousin, thus my second, seemed to be doing okay despite her hard times as of late. I know her as my Aunt really. Her children I see as first cousins. Odd, but that is how it worked out.
My great aunt, who I see as my grandmother, seemed to be doing okay. She still repeats things over and over from what I hear, but she got around and interacted. My sister said she looked a lot better that day than she had the last time she saw her.
Well, soon enough the food was set… my mom brought vegetarian lasagna, a salad and ham. The rest was done by my “Aunt”. Mom said grace then and we lined up to get our shares – buffet style you could say. Everyone got settled at available spots and we ate. It was good. There was joking between my cousins that in turn made my siblings and me laugh. We updated each other a bit and ate well.
I finished first. That is nothing new. After that I just sort of lingered about. I spent time mainly around my great aunt, my eldest brother, his girlfriend and my mom. I found some trivia cards and killed some time with my brother and his girlfriend through that.
Eventually my mom and brothers got the cameras we brought along to get some memories on film. So, when our cousins were working on making some dessert, Mom and my eldest brother were snapping pictures. It was fun.
After that we settled down again and tried out the desserts. I actually sampled some this year. I never have been a dessert person, but I decided to try out a small bit of the pumpkin pie. I didn’t care for the consistency really, but it tasted good. I didn’t really sample the pecan pie, though, but I did pick the pecans off to the top a bit. Bad me.
Well, after that it was just sort of lounging and talking. My sister got into a piss poor mood later when it came to what camera she was supposed to be able to take back with her – apparently she was taking one for a trip she was going to have some point. That and she needed two cards for spending and emergencies, but Mom somehow left one behind. I think the majority just ignored her.
Well, my sister cooled off sometime later after pitching a fit over it at our father on her cell phone. After that all was dandy. In the living room our third cousins and their spouses watched football. My second brother was in there too. The rest of us remained in the kitchen/dining room area and just talked.
My sister was the first to leave because she had work later I think. I sort of piddled in between the groups for a while. It was near five when we took leave though. My brother needed to get back in time to go to work that night and my eldest brother and his girlfriend had other engagements as well.
So, we all said goodbyes, filed into our respected vehicles and left. The ride back was spent mainly asleep for me. I was achy and tired by then. I think my mom slept a lot of the ride too. Still, somewhere during it my brother got a call from his roommate. He managed to find a black cat in front of their apartment and brought it in. We are assuming it had to have been Smokey. So, the two have been exchanged again. I just hope it really is my brother’s cat this time and not some third black cat.
Well, we got home around seven thirty. We brought in the leftovers and my brother got in his own car and left for work. I tried to stay up, but I was still achy and had trouble staying coherent. So, I hit the bed not long after and was out of it until around twelve thirty. I caught up on some net things then, ate “dinner”, and stayed up until four.
I slept from then until late that morning. I ate breakfast and did some chores, but was still tired. I took a shower and wound up going back to bed. Yeah… Today was pretty much all sleep. I’m not surprised though. I always require a lot of sleep after gatherings. Despite I enjoyed Thanksgiving, being around a decent amount of people and socializing drains me easily.
Well, I woke up around six thirty because my Mom checked in on me. TV time it was. So, I got up and watched TV with her. I had sort of skipped lunch today. I ate half a bag of Baked Lays. So, when it was around eight I cooked a potato in the microwave, cleaned up the kitchen, took out the cooked potato, garnished the cooked potato with cheese and bacon, settled back down and ate.
The shows began to drizzle once I was done eating and after watching the news a bit, I retreated to my room. I updated myself on some things via the net, chatted with Shred very briefly, found some songs I liked in my past and am now writing this.
I’m sure I’ve left out some things, but I am somewhat on auto-pilot here. Then again, I kind of feel like I’m on auto-pilot almost all the time. Anyway, that is all that comes to mind in events accomplished.
The Christmas tree might come out tomorrow or Sunday from what I gathered from my dad. Then on Tuesday I’ll have my wisdom teeth taken out. I’ll get to live off soft foods for a while after that. Bah.