First of all, I want to say welcome to those of you who recently received our Christmas card and are visiting for the first time or maybe for the first time in a while. I’ve been in kind of a “blogging rut” as I call it the past 6 months or so and lately I’ve been trying to find my groove again. Those of you who have been visiting will have to let me know how I’m doing on that one…
So I think that getting through another jam-packed four-day holiday weekend deserves a celebration or some kind of toast, don’t you? Only problem is that Jillian here can’t drink…and I didn’t think it would bother me but it’s starting to get kind of old. I have literally been grabbing people’s wine glasses from them and taking a sniff of the deliciousness that I have to wait until next spring to enjoy. It’s getting kind of embarrassing now that I think of it. So until then I guess I’ll be drinking Coca Cola from my champagne glass…classy I know.
Back to the point: Another Thanksgiving weekend gone and past and alas I have survived. No I did not throw any turkey drumsticks at my dad’s any of my family members’ heads (although I may have been tempted- that wasn’t passive aggressive was it?) and of course everything went smoothly with both of our families this year…..although we got into dangerous territory a few times about the Adam Lambert performance on the AMA’s and if Chaz Bono is a man or woman at Todd’s aunt’s house. As you know (or maybe you didn’t) I am very open-minded when it comes to GLBT issues, I have family members that are gay and also many friends so it’s kind of one of my “hot-button” topics. So not losing my mind (outwardly at least) at some of the things that were said is a heroic feat. For me. I understand that others feel differently than me on this topic and trust me I deal with at work ALL THE TIME, I think I just wasn’t expecting it at Thanksgiving…but I guess that means I had forgotten the cardinal rule during the holidays: Be ready for anything and in my case I should always bring ducktape for my mouth (especially if there is wine- a good thing to remember specifically for next year).
Another survival note: Despite a minor annoyance with the idiots who work at JC Penney, I got through 8 hours of Black Friday shopping on 4 hours of sleep where we polished off the rest of our Christmas list- so I’m feeling pretty good about that. I love crossing things off lists, it is quite possibly the best feeling in the world. Todd and I also had my family over for dinner on Saturday, we made my mother in-law’s pot roast recipe (thanks again Linda!). The house is still all in one piece and everyone loved dinner (except my dad wasn’t a fan of the potatoes, but who’s keeping track of parental criticisms? I never do that)…
We also got the Christmas tree and decorations up as is tradition on Thanksgiving weekend as well, so another thing crossed off of my holiday to do list! So all in all, things worked out pretty well. I’m not thrilled about being back at work after the time off, but our “Holiday Luncheon” is tomorrow so that’s one good thing…
