Thanksgiving

I should be working on some of my papers for grad school, but I've already put in over an hour this morning. Time for a break! Henry's in his crate in the basement and Troy's still asleep, so I have the house all to myself.

We drove up Wednesday evening to Debby's house. It took over five hours instead of the usual three and a half, but we got in around seven or so. We then drove over the Grandpa's house and had dinner with Jack, Debby, Mom, Dad, and Grandpa. (Kelly, Lauren, and I had several conversations about how we still call it Nana and Grandpa's house, although Nana doesn't live there anymore.) Mom had cooked some recipes that she learned from her cooking lessons, and they were so good! We talked and visited a lot, then headed back to Debby's.

Troy wasn't feeling all that great, and he slept until nearly noon on Thursday. I started the carrot souffle and oyster casserole while Debby and Jack went to the gym. I've never cooked with oysters before, and the dish was especially for Grandpa. I then just hung out for the day, helping Debby when I could. People starting arriving at the house around 4 pm, and we ate at around 5:30. Kelly and Lauren seemed okay about being at Debby's house, and Johnny was very much at ease. Debby's kids were around, too.

Nana was absolutely ready to eat. She kept picking at the dishes, although we were trying to get everything ready to have a little buffet. We got her to the table, and she was trying to pick the little pumpkins off the decorations to eat. I also had to get sharp with her to keep her from drinking my coke. I finally got her plate ready, and she dug in. When we went around and said what we were thankful for, Nana said, in a rather amusing tone, "This food!" It was rather tasty food. Good turkey, potatoes, veggies, rolls... Mmmmmm. Nana also had three desserts.

After dinner, we all kind of pitched in with dishes or Nana-sitting. I got really bored (I've found that since I'm over my three weeks of feeling like &#%$ I can't sit still much) so Kelly, Mom and I went to Grandpa's house and started sorting Nana's clothes. We did that for about three hours, then I took Kelly back to her dad's. We had a good long talk, and it was interesting to see Kelly's perspectives on her warped family life.

I'll post about Friday later. My fingers are tired!