That Time Of Year
Amy and I did the ol’ Thanksgiving thing again this year (well Amy has to really. It would be un-American of her not to). Anyhow, she prepared pretty much all of the food (I think I’m suffering from a bit of burnout? I just wanna relax and do nothing these past few days) and we made our way over to my mum and dad’s house on Thursday afternoon.
It was really a last minute thing to have Thanksgiving over there, otherwise we would’ve invited the whole family – Faye, Wayne, Melissa etc. Amy and I were always going to have it but, with a few days to go, we asked mum and dad if they wanted to have it at their house. Being a free meal and prepared by someone other than themselves what answer could they give but “yes”. Plus they seem to like our company – Yeah, I know! After all those years as me for a son! It surprises me too!
Then again there’s Amy. Everyone loves Amy!
We also invited Adrian and Dan. Ebony was there for the weekend as well so it was a bit of a full house. We got there a bit later than anticipated but, as Amy had done most of the preparation beforehand, we only needed to cook the pumpkin pies and the turkey/yams/potatoes/etc. We had four hours or so up our sleeves so it worked out OK. We cooked two pies – mainly because we had the mixture for two – so there was plenty to go around. Not that Ebony cared. Thankfully she still doesn’t like pumpkin pie – not that she’s ever tried it – so that just meant there was more for us.
Ohh, by the way. Did I mention that when I say “We cooked this” or “We cooked that” I basically just mean Amy….With maybe a little help from mum. I was more of a hinderance really – being argumentative and generally obnoxious. I really don’t know what got into me that day? Anyhow, I felt I’d be of more help if I was out of the kitchen so I went and had a lie down.
To cut a long story short the meal was superb. Daniel and Adrian both enjoyed it and I’m not sure whether they’ve ever had a traditional Thanksgiving dinner before? Not that Dan’s was strictly traditional as he didn’t have any turkey (apparently vegetarians don’t eat that kinda stuff?). Still, there was plenty of vegetables and stuffing and pumpkin pie for him and none of what he ate even went close to a piece of meat.
The company was great and the conversation was excellent but, by the end of the night, everyone was so tired and worn out from their day that it was good to finally relax once Adrian and Dan had left. Not that Adrian himself could relax at all. The poor guy still had to do his graveyard shift at the radio station and then go home to bed, only to get up again some three hours later and go to work!
It wasn’t too bad for Amy and I. We decided to just spend the night there and drive back in the morning. Still, it was great to settle down for bed – another Thanksgiving successfully over…