Our Thanksgiving Weekend
November 27th, 2011
Things I’m thankful for on and after Thanksgiving:
-Not having to work on Thanksgiving for the first time in 4 years, and not having to work any subsequent holidays from here on out.
-Of course, Merrick who is my best friend and confidant. Who is always there for me and loves me more everyday.
-For my health and that I’m able to make a difference in the health of my patients.
-My original family plus my in-law family.
-Our friends who have become family.
-Our life in California.
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Our Thanksgiving was everything we wanted and needed. It was a little quiet with just the two of us, but it turned out great. I started out with my own 10k treadmill “turkey trot” (ya gotta earn your turkey!) and then the cooking frenzy began. We took a little afternoon break to see the Muppet movie, which was hilarious and adorable.
We made it back and started cooking again – Merrick took care of the meat while I took care of the sides. This was the first Thanksgiving I made everything from scratch – stuffing, corn bread, mashed potatoes, mac n cheese, green bean casserole. And I got a “This is phenomenal!” from the Mister. That’s a wife-win in my book! We split a bottle of wine, ate a delish meal and had a very thankful Thanksgiving.
After dinner and wine, Merrick somehow convinced me to do Black Friday late Thursday night, so we headed to Walmart around 10pm. That was my first and hopefully last Black Friday event. Although I would prefer not to do it again, it actually was a fun experience. We waited in line for about half hour to get into the store, then once inside, everything got crazy. People pushing and rushing… you’d think it was the 90’s Beanie Baby craze again (am I dating myself?). I stood in the video game line for 2 hours while the SCB jumped around the store picking up awesome deals. By the time I got to the front of the line, they said they were out of all the games we he wanted. So that was annoying, but at least we got some good Pyrex, luggage, an amazing foam mattress topper, a million $5 blue rays and a couple board games. So I suppose it was worth it in the end.
Friday we both slept in, but Merrick had to go in to work, so I spent the day working on school projects and papers. In the evening we went to a Friendsgiving hosted by our friends Rachel and Evan. It was a lot of fun with a Mexican themed meal – enchiladas, black beans, guac, salsa, sangria and amazing homemade horchata with chocolate tequila. Ole!
And if that wasn’t enough, the SCB and I came home and split a bottle of champagne and spent the evening just us, together.
Saturday finished up the Thanksgiving themed weekend with a HUGE MICHIGAN victory! That put the Hus and I in great moods for the rest of the day. The day got even better with Thanksgiving leftovers and a friend over for dinner. I really enjoy smaller, more intimate gatherings and it was really nice just the three of us catching up, drinking wine and reliving the good old roomie days.
Although it’s hard to not share holidays with our far away families, this was a really special Thanksgiving with just US this year. We were really able to celebrate each other, our marriage and time together. We are so very blessed and it’s nice to sit and reflect on all we’ve been given. Here’s to another year of blessings!
