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So...Thanksgiving's done.  I guess that's that.  I'm at work today, a fact I'm not thrilled with but am making the best of.  I wasn't going to post today, 'cause I'm uber-grumpy, but maybe if I grouch myself out on here, I'll feel better for the rest of the day.
 
 
On Wednesday night, I fell asleep on the couch as usual around 10:30 as Chris watched TV, and when I woke up at 11:30, I dragged myself upstairs and went to bed, knowing I'd be busy the next day.  I couldn't fall back asleep immediately, but finally did...until Chris came to bed around 2:30, at which time I woke up again, and spent the next 4 hours tossing and turning, unable to go back to sleep.  I may have dozed off periodically, but none of the sleep was deep.  I finally gave up at 6:30am, and got up to check email and play a few rounds of Spider Solitaire.  Around 8, I let the dog out and got started on prepping food for the big dinner.

Three hours later, with the bird in the oven and most of everything else ready to go into the oven at the appointed time, I grabbed a shower.  Chris had slept in, and once he was up and dressed, he got busy cleaning the house (thank GOD for him, seriously!).  I thought about taking a nap prior to my shower but knew I'd get the "get up, lazybird, there's work to do" speech from Chris if I did, so I just showered and got dressed.  Then back to the kitchen I went, to prep appetizers and make sure I really HAD gotten everything else almost ready.

Around noon, Chris's dad called and said that the family would be over around 1:00.  Cool, stuff is ready, house is clean, come on over.  Oh, and the son of the family found out that he's going to get to go to the Chiefs/Broncos game and will need to leave around 5.  *blinks*  Well, okay, dinner should be ready by 4, so that's doable, and at least the rest of the family will be there to munch on leftovers and desserts.  Chris had hooked up a second TV so that we all could hang out wherever we wanted to in the house and eat on couches, etc.

So the family gets there, and Chris's brother had gotten an undeployed airbag from a friend of his who runs a junkyard, so he blew that up in the street...that was kind of fun.  The brother also took my bike out for a ride, and brought it back safely, yay.  I hung out with the wife, who made a few comments about sisters-in-law, so I dunno if she's forgotten that Chris and I are not married, or maybe she just was rolling with it all, 'cause we sure come across as being married.  Whatever.  Just kind of struck me as unusual.

I got dinner ready, everything was wonderful, I'd brined the turkey the night before in a solution of salt and brown sugar, thanks to a tip from [info]billthetailor  (that seriously rocked), Chris's dad had brought over a birthday cake for one of the desserts, and we all sat down to dinner...and found out that at 5, the whole family was leaving because they had to go visit someone else.  *blinks, and looks over at the array of desserts I'd made*  Oh.  Well, okay.

 

We ate until we were stuffed, then Chris's dad dragged out the birthday cake, and we hurriedly sang happy birthday and divvied up the cake and ice cream, and then....they were gone.

My throat was still sore from the previous week's sicky-ness.  I'd hardly had any sleep.  I'd made a ton of food, Chris had cleaned the whole house, he'd hooked up all the TVs, and everyone was GONE.  *sad*

So we cleaned up the kitchen, I went up to the bedroom to brush my hair and get myself put back together ('cause by then I looked like I'd been caught in a whirlwind), and then Chris and I settled down in the dark and watched the candles burn.  We talked a bit about possible ideas for things we might add to the living room, light-wise, and then I got up to empty the dishwasher and start a second round of dishes.  Chris went downstairs to play a computer game, I settled down amongst the candles and tried to read a book, but soon fell asleep.  Chris's dad came over with the DVD of The DaVinci Code, and we all went downstairs to watch it (during which I fell asleep again.)  The dad left just prior to midnight, Chris and I watched a little of Spider-Man that was on TV, and then I crawled up to bed and laid there wide awake again. 

Finally fell asleep somewhere around 1am, the dog started whining to go out at 4, so I went downstairs to let her out and found Chris passed out on the couch.  He woke up and said he'd bring the dog back up and for me to go back to bed.  Which I did, and found I couldn't go back to sleep again.  *cries*  I thought about just getting up and going to work then, but I guess I did fall asleep at some point, 'cause it was suddenly 6:45.  I got up and got ready and went to work, and here I am now. 

Kinda feeling crabby about the whole thing yesterday, but at the same time understanding that they needed to make the rounds, and happy that the food was good, and yet grouchy that I had to come to work.  No one's here...there's really nothing much to do...but we don't get paid for this day, so if I wanted to take it off, I'd have had to use a PTO day, and I'm running short on those because we just took that Chicago trip.  *sigh*  We'd been told earlier in the week that the boss was going to send us all home early, but wouldn't ya know...the boss opted not to come into work today.  So here I sit for 8 hours, wishing I was back home, and wishing for a full night's rest again.  My head hurts, my throat hurts, and I'm bored.  And there's still more dishes to go into the dishwasher.

However, I really am truly grateful for my life, and love the people in it, and love that I got to cook yesterday, and love my family, and love it that my dad called me on Wednesday night to let me know what his plans were for the holiday, and am glad my pets are all safe and sound.  My kids spent the holiday with their dad, so I won't see them again until Sunday night, and I miss them.

I'm down to $19.95 in my bank account for the next week (ouch), which sucks because the sales are all happening right now, not that I can go shopping, 'cause of work anyway.  But that's another pressure that's weighing on me right now, you know?

I'm tired.  I really think that's about it, and that's what's wrong with me.  Sorry to unload on you all...hopefully I'll get out of this funk soon enough.  I don't much care for being depressed. :(

The holiday really was good...just not quite what I'd imagined for it to be in the fairytale that sat in my head.

I love you guys.  :)

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