Thanksgiving Mayhem

my first non-smoked turkey

 

 

 

Well, I was up until about 4:30am on Turkey Day.  I got about a 3 hour nap before Tina woke me banging on my door to get started on Mom’s Thanksgiving dinner.  3 hours of sleep in 48 hours was not pretty.  lol  I pulled it off for the most part though with a minimum of mishaps. 

 

The main mishap?  I SWEAR I SEARCHED THAT TURKEY HIGH AND LOW FOR THE GIBLETS!!!  But, I didn’t find any!  I found the neck and usually the neck and giblets are packaged together, but not this time.  And, I mean I looked that bird’s ass up and down with a flashlight!  Then I got to Brian’s and Manjina started carving the bird and about halfway through he found the paper wrapped giblets under the skin near the breast.  How the hell they got up there I have NO IDEA!  I know, it’s such a CLASSIC Thanksgiving screw up.  Fortunately, the bird was still delectable according to the meat eaters.  I put on the traditional spread which I was a little concerned about since everyone there expects things to be cooked the way Brian’s Mama made them.  All three men ended up staying for my dinner instead of following their original plans and they’ve been eating the leftovers ever since.  I call that a win. 

 

manny in the flesh

 

 

At Mom’s I barely put in an appearance because they were just sitting down to eat as Tina and I were about to leave for our Ft. Polk Thanksgiving or FPT.

 

FPT was a bit of fun.  We actually had the dinner at Rebecca’s (Rachel’s next door neighbor and long time Girl’s Night participant).  It was nice and all the usual girls were there, but no guys as Tina (ok…and I) had hoped.  After some serious cat wrangling on the part of Rachel’s toddlers, it was revealed to me part way through the dinner that at last weekend’s Girl’s Night Gig and I were the main topic of conversation.  Some of the girls didn’t know about the separation, and Tina clued them in about all of my goings on including the various men I’m dating and my upcoming doctor visits. 

 

travis (rebecca

 

 

tina & rebecca

 

 

Later, several of us ended up back at Rachel’s place with the SingStar karaoke going.  I was definitely fading by then and was half asleep on the end of the sofa.  Rachel’s little girl Naudia kept trying to put on Elmo and screwing up the game.  Then I threatened to kill Elmo.  What?  I was freakin’ sleep deprived.  The girls were all laughing and shocked, but Naudia settled right down and crawled up and laid down with me.  She ended up falling asleep on me.  So, hopefully, I didn’t scar her for life.  It all finally began to disband about midnight.

 

naudia

 

So, I got about 5 more hours of sleep before I had to get up and go back to Brian’s.  I was dragging.  In fact, by 2:30pm when Brian got out of bed, he actually sent me home and was afraid that I’d fall asleep behind the wheel.  I obviously made it back though.  Manny was occupied with his new ho, but still trying to work me before I left.  All in all, I had a relatively unscathed weekend. 

 

I wish I could say the same about the upcoming week.  This week I have doctor’s appointments with Dr. MM and my gastric bypass surgeon in Lake Charles.  The biggie is the plastic surgeon but that’s not until Monday of next week.  M. has only 2 weeks of school left, and things will still be hectic until that’s over.  So, I’m off on another Honeywine rollercoaster.  *sigh*  I wish I could promise to see you all, but I really can’t.  I miss reading your blogs.    I will do my best though.  *hugs*