The Holidays are Here


Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving holiday...mine was just OK because I spent most of the past week sick. Nobody wanted to hug me on Thanksgiving because I sounded like death. I don't have the flu, but I do have a sinus infection and cough, plus I feel very weak and tired...when I talk, I sound like Kermit the Frog in a glass jar. And forget about tasting the food I ate...yes, I was able to eat a little, although my appetite is severely decreased, but I couldn't taste much of what I ate. Other than being sick...Thanksgiving was peachy keen! Nah, it really wasn't that bad, it's just that I didn't have the energy to put into talking or doing much of anything.

So what did I do on Thanksgiving, you ask? (OK, you didn't ask, but I'm going to tell you anyway!) At my Grandparents' house, I ate my dinner in the kitchen at the "kids table," surrounded by my sisters and my younger cousins. The whole while, my twin, Erin, was trying to get the little ones to be quiet, eat their food, stop burping, and stop talking about gross things...and, honestly, it didn't even phase me...I just sat there in my own little world of illness. Kelli, being her 17-year-old self, didn't help any because, even though she wasn't starting the trouble, she encouraged it by laughing...she can never not laugh when the kids are acting silly and stupid. And, of course, all of our parents kept calling in from the dining room, wanting to know what the noise was all about, but that didn't do anything...they just wanted to make sure they weren't killing each other.....("otherwise, carry on"). Later on, things finally quieted down when the football games were over. I had brought the movie The Polar Express for them to watch, so we did that...it was a nice way to end our Thanksgiving together and look forward to Christmas.

So, this is what holidays are like in my family...the kids are so excited to be together, they can't contain themselves...they act silly, they get riled up, they do stupid things, but everyone loves it (well, maybe not everyone). I exaggerate a bit in good fun, but I do love my cousins dearly...I have a great time being with them. Thanksgiving is always just a semblance of what Christmas Eve is like...yikes, that's a whole other beast.