Balls and Walnuts
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Turkey Day
We made it out of Bako by 9:15 and got to Barstow by 11:30. Seemed like we were making good time, but then we hit parking lot traffic on I-15 North just out of Barstow. About 45 minutes later, we passed the accident site. The tow truck was just then pulling around, towing away the wreck, and the cops were heading back to LA.
After that, we made good time, but it still took about 5.5 hours to get to my parents’ house. For Thanksgiving Day Dinner, they did the smart thing and bought precooked turkey breast and ham. Still way too much food, but isn’t that a Thanksgiving tradition? I mean, did we really need two turkey breasts, a ham, two pumpkin pies, and an apple pie? And my mother was pissed that my dad opted not to make the stuffing.
She seems fully recovered from what I can tell. She’s using her walker more, which is a good thing, and she’s talking to herself as much as ever. She has this way of starting one sentence and finishing another, but that’s nothing new.
Tomorrow we’re going to a mall, I expect. And then we have to convince my parents not to have dinner at a buffet.
How about y’all? Good turkey?
D.
Had turkey at the cafeteria for lunch. The best pecan pie ever! Today we have off for Eid – but am using the time off to catch up on personal stuff, including combining my four year’s love of bowling and Batman for his birthday invitations. Did so much online Xmas shopping that the credit card company cut me off (you’d think they’d adjust the filters for the day after Thanksgiving!), but am now back into the economic mainstream (and $1,000 lighter what with the high-end suitcase for the husband, a benjamin’s worth of stuff from Amazon wish lists for my sibs, and a collection of children’s books from back in the day for my goddaughter).
Hope your Black Friday isn’t.
Tossed salad conversation.
Good luck not going to a buffet.
Thanks, Kira. Pecan pie sounds awesome. We’re going to the mall, but we’re waiting until AFTER 1 PM (when the big sales end). Hopefully, that’ll be a wise move.
Sis: oh yeah. As for not going to the buffet, we’re more stubborn than she is.