Thanksgiving is usually my favorite holiday of the year, but I kinda woke up on the wrong side of the bed today. I had trouble falling asleep last night, and then after drifting in and out of sleep this morning, I finally got my ass out of bed around 10. The cooking and prep began almost immediately. John and I had some disagreement over how to make the turkey… in the end, it took like 3 hrs. instead of the 1 hr. expected for a butterflied bird. I dunno what the hell happened, but our thermometer was busted, and John suspects the oven temp sensor is broken. John’s sister S and her beau came over in the afternoon. Among the four of us, we could have easily fed like 20 people. Thankfully, her boyfriend is a big eater and a big fan of leftovers, so they got sent home with a rather large bundle.

This morning, I heard Remy pacing around our bed, and then in the hallway, I heard her legs dragging a bit more than usual. I immediately got up and found a trail of nuggets. Poor thing. I hope tomorrow fares better. I’ve been turning on an old heating blanket for the two pups at night. I can’t decide if the heat is better for her achy legs, or if it makes things worse for once she leaves the bed. Goddamn, she has slowed down so much in the last several months.

So the holiday meal came out ok. Everything we made was edible, but just nothing mind blowing. I made cran sauce, bread dressing, and butternut squash-spinach salad.. John made sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes, and actually did the turkey while I watched. S brought mac and cheese and green bean casserole. For dessert, I made banana-Nutella bread (didn’t turn out so great via the NuWave oven) and we bought pumpkin pie. So yeah, we kinda gorged ourselves. The weather is supposed to be stellar tomorrow (68 deg), so I hope that we will go biking or maybe even rollerblading. In the evening, we have tickets to the SJ Improv. J and I had a talk this evening about trying to live our lives differently– in a way that pushes us a bit beyond our comfort zones. I’m hopeful.

I’m reminded today to count my blessings. I have a lot of good people in my life, and I am thankful. Happy Thanksgiving my friends!