Turkey Day Recap
4:00 am
I get in from the concert and crash out.
8:00 am
I wake up for the first time.
Though I'm confident I can get up and begin to function, J convinces me that I should just go back to sleep. Like a good bunny I listen and crash back out.
11:00 am
I wake up for the second time.
This time I actually get up and start my day.
I putz around the house a little bit and start trying to mentally prepare myself for the day ahead between the driving and the family interaction.
1:00 pm
We set off for Connecticut.
Traffic SUCKS but isn't as bad as the 3 hour hike I'd done the day before.
We've got our supplies on hand for when we get to my mom's house.
Guinness for J, wine for me.
2:50 pm
J and I arrive at mom's.
She's, of course, all excited to see me. J and I are pleasantly surprised when mom whips out Guiness for him and a HUGE bottle of wine for me. The moron isn't there yet and we grab some alcohol and begin the fun-filled task of hanging out with my family.
My brother's not there so we are totally at the mercy of my parents.
3:27 pm
J retreats into the living room with beer in hand to watch the game. I'm left with both mom & P who have been fighting for the past month and were playing nice for the day. FUN.
3:40 pm
Brother shows up.
We banter for a bit which is always fun.
3:55 pm
Wonder Son shows up.
Now.
If dinner's supposed to be on the table at 4:00 how RUDE is it to show up at someone's house 5 minutes prior to dinner being set down??!?!?!? I know he's rude in every sense of the word, so I shouldn't have been shocked, but COME ON.
4:00 pm
Food's still not done. J's in the living room, watching football & hiding. I make the mistake of going in there and get to hear him whine about "when are we going to eat?!?!?!"
4:30 pm
Mom looks like she's actually getting ready to start putting things out on the table...so I jump up and give her a hand....I'm starving at this point and figure I will do anything I can to help this process along.
4:50 pm
Dinner is finally on the table and I rescue J from having to sit across from Wonder Son. Instead, I nag Brother and demand that he sit next to me thereby putting Wonder Son next to his father and across from my mother.
Dinner goes off with minimal pain. Wonder Son, of course, is a fucking pig and feels the need to spew off "information" regarding topics he is totally clueless on.
6:00 pm
J has retreated out to the living room and I've joined him. Wonder Son and Stepmonster are sitting at the table arguing as usual. Mom is in the kitchen and Brother has retreated upstairs. We sit there and exchange tales of the evening thusfar - - - his observations of Wonder Son at dinner and my observations of a phone call my mother took shortly before dinner from the southern family.
6:30 pm
I wander back into the kitchen to b.s. with mom. We hang out and talk. Wonder Son & Stepmonster have made their way out to the living room where J still is. Brother takes off to go "hang" with friends.
6:55 pm
J joins mom and me. He's determined he's had enough of listening to the moron twins and figures mom and I will be more interesting. At this point I've about finished off the huge bottle of wine - - - I'm on the final glass and getting into rare form....
8:45 pm
J and I leave to head back home. I'm plastered at this point. Babbling about god knows what to him during the trip. I think I must've fallen asleep at some point because I vaguely remember waking up as we were pulling into the driveway.
10:30 pm
I stumble into bed and crash out. Had enough and want to rest my head.
Night night.
I get in from the concert and crash out.
8:00 am
I wake up for the first time.
Though I'm confident I can get up and begin to function, J convinces me that I should just go back to sleep. Like a good bunny I listen and crash back out.
11:00 am
I wake up for the second time.
This time I actually get up and start my day.
I putz around the house a little bit and start trying to mentally prepare myself for the day ahead between the driving and the family interaction.
1:00 pm
We set off for Connecticut.
Traffic SUCKS but isn't as bad as the 3 hour hike I'd done the day before.
We've got our supplies on hand for when we get to my mom's house.
Guinness for J, wine for me.
2:50 pm
J and I arrive at mom's.
She's, of course, all excited to see me. J and I are pleasantly surprised when mom whips out Guiness for him and a HUGE bottle of wine for me. The moron isn't there yet and we grab some alcohol and begin the fun-filled task of hanging out with my family.
My brother's not there so we are totally at the mercy of my parents.
3:27 pm
J retreats into the living room with beer in hand to watch the game. I'm left with both mom & P who have been fighting for the past month and were playing nice for the day. FUN.
3:40 pm
Brother shows up.
We banter for a bit which is always fun.
3:55 pm
Wonder Son shows up.
Now.
If dinner's supposed to be on the table at 4:00 how RUDE is it to show up at someone's house 5 minutes prior to dinner being set down??!?!?!? I know he's rude in every sense of the word, so I shouldn't have been shocked, but COME ON.
4:00 pm
Food's still not done. J's in the living room, watching football & hiding. I make the mistake of going in there and get to hear him whine about "when are we going to eat?!?!?!"
4:30 pm
Mom looks like she's actually getting ready to start putting things out on the table...so I jump up and give her a hand....I'm starving at this point and figure I will do anything I can to help this process along.
4:50 pm
Dinner is finally on the table and I rescue J from having to sit across from Wonder Son. Instead, I nag Brother and demand that he sit next to me thereby putting Wonder Son next to his father and across from my mother.
Dinner goes off with minimal pain. Wonder Son, of course, is a fucking pig and feels the need to spew off "information" regarding topics he is totally clueless on.
6:00 pm
J has retreated out to the living room and I've joined him. Wonder Son and Stepmonster are sitting at the table arguing as usual. Mom is in the kitchen and Brother has retreated upstairs. We sit there and exchange tales of the evening thusfar - - - his observations of Wonder Son at dinner and my observations of a phone call my mother took shortly before dinner from the southern family.
6:30 pm
I wander back into the kitchen to b.s. with mom. We hang out and talk. Wonder Son & Stepmonster have made their way out to the living room where J still is. Brother takes off to go "hang" with friends.
6:55 pm
J joins mom and me. He's determined he's had enough of listening to the moron twins and figures mom and I will be more interesting. At this point I've about finished off the huge bottle of wine - - - I'm on the final glass and getting into rare form....
8:45 pm
J and I leave to head back home. I'm plastered at this point. Babbling about god knows what to him during the trip. I think I must've fallen asleep at some point because I vaguely remember waking up as we were pulling into the driveway.
10:30 pm
I stumble into bed and crash out. Had enough and want to rest my head.
Night night.
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