Thanksgiving has always been pretty much my most favorite holiday. I get to see so much family, and it's the beginning of the joy of the overall holiday season. And of course, there are extra days off of school!
This year though, I wasn't anticipating it as I had been. I think part of it was the fact that the weekend before, which I have always considered the unofficial kick off to the holiday season, we attended not only the funeral visitation for my cousin-in-law Nancy, but also a memorial service for the father of some friends. There was also the fact that we'd be traveling which is not my favorite thing, and then there is also the fact that Robert has pulled stunts the last two Thanksgivings. I wasn't dreading the holiday by any means, but I wasn't full of excitement and anticipation either.
And there certainly were a few bumps in the road. Traffic on Tuesday evening heading out to my in-laws was absolutely dreadful. There were accidents and it just wasn't the fastest trip ever. My brother-in-law and mother-in-law had a big blow up after our Thanksgiving meal on Wednesday evening, and then there is the fact that my in-laws made it very clear that they didn't feel this counted as spending the holiday with them. There was Robert's annual crappy stunt on Friday evening as well.
But overall, it is going to go down as one of my most favorite Thanksgiving weekends ever. We made it to my aunt & uncle's house on Thursday right on time, and there was so much love and laughter in that house. My sister ate first at my paternal grandmother's house, but once she arrived, every single member of my mom's side of the family was there in that house. We took pictures of the grandkids and great-grandkids, and I just loved listening to all of the noise and happiness in that house. I don't think I'll ever forget that afternoon.
And to be honest, for the most part, the weekend only got better! Once we arrived home on Thursday, no one had anywhere they HAD to be until Robert went to work yesterday! There were a few things we wanted to accomplish here at the house, but mostly they could be done on our own schedule. And of course there was fabulous college football (GREAT game Buckeyes, heartbreaking Irish loss) and Dayton Flyer basketball even had a pretty good weekend. Andrew made chili on Friday so I really didn't have to worry about cooking all weekend. For about three full days, we got to just be...no schedules, no alarms, nothing like that. All five of us got to just hang out together and enjoy our lives. It was absolutely fabulous!
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