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Hi you few.

To be honest, I have not actually celebrated Thanksgiving since I moved away from family and even before that it was never about the myth of the first Thanksgiving for me. That said, I do enjoy the food traditions involved and so fix myself something a bit more indulgent than I usually eat*. This year, though I got an invite, it was easy to decline. My friend's careless young adult sons would have been present and, eh, while I feel sure I already had the COVID I don't feel like chancing it. I don't even like getting the regular cold/flu.

Did some laundry, made some Chex mix. Made a quick meal of a chile relleno stuffed chicken breast, baked sweet potato with broccoli and cheese, asparagus in cream sauce and dressing. Pie will come later if I ever get hungry again. Haha.

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Took W for a long stroll, just got back. Could use a nap, but it's too late in the day for one.

Also, for the first time in ages, the adults in my immediate family drew names for gift giving. Yesterday I got home to several packages on my door, two from Amazon. I only remembered ordering one thing, but these days I don't remember things well (stress, man, it sucks my brain right out of my head). I opened the first one and ... apparently my Secret Santa was a real go-getter. An unwrapped gift. And when I thanked the person on the family group text, he then texted me privately and revealed himself. In a my family kind of move, he said he thought I'd know not to open packages! Dear brother, I said, it's still November and I use Amazon myself, sooooo.

So it's a bit of a let down, to be honest, but all you can do is laugh.


*Honestly, I would bet money most Americans don't even think about the Thanksgiving origin story much, which doesn't really lessen the grossness of a big celebration of the start of our nation on the blood of indigenous peoples.

Date: 2020-12-17 07:59 pm (UTC)
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I try to do Thanksgiving in the spirit of being thankful for what I have, especially in light of what is happening in our world today. Because if I think of what really happened at the first Thanksgiving, it just makes me cry.

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