Mmmmpht.

Home. Thanksgiving dinner was delicious and the company was lovely and the wine was stellar and I is so very sleepy after my way too early wakeup. Am typing from bed.

The only thing I missed was cornbread unstuffing baked in the oven. And I can make that if I really want some next week. Man, the food... It was really amazing.

Oh and there were amusing driving stories that can be shared tomorrow.

But the moment that I expect will have Buffista approval was when I called "home" to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving held at my asshole brother's house. My neicelet answered and I talked to her, nephlet, inquired about the neicephews, talked to my sister, an uncle and my parents. Nephlet was taking the phone around to everyone and asked if I had talked to everyone. Yep. Didn't even have to be polite to the brother or sil, I got my Thanksgiving Miracle!

I made stuffing, green beans almondine, gravy, a killer salad. Sister and BiL made pies, mashies, candied yams and cranberry sauce. Mom made the turkey and timed it wrong so we had to Rachel Ray it in some chicken stock to finish it off.

all. so. good.

and my haid hurts

And what is lemon icebox pie?

It's pretty close to key lime pie, only lemon instead of lime and with an egg white merangue on top. So, it's condensed milk, fresh lemon juice, sugar, egg yolks... and the crust is crushed vanilla wafers and butter. It's yum.

Just got back. Dinner was for 4:30. but poor SiL underestimated the size of the turkey, so we didn't end up eating until 6:30. We were very convivial, despite the wait time. There was turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans, yams, two kinds of stuffing, brussel sprouts, some sort of freaky pink jello thing brought by a guest, cranberry relish, and pecan and pumpkin pie. Yum. Now I must sleep for eleventy billion hours.

Anyone still up? I can't sleep. Too many naps.

Pick me! Pick me!

I am so up that I have in fact just finished a full day's work, and waved my wee darlings off.

FAY!! I meant to say earlier that I'm sorry that things are rough with your co-worker, but then I napped instead.

Yep. Didn't even have to be polite to the brother or sil, I got my Thanksgiving Miracle!

Where I tried to be in the same room as my brother for more than a few minutes (we stopped in at my parents' before heading off to the Marcontell clan's for dinner) and had a rage blackout.

Seriously.

I explained to my parents that it's the old matter/antimatter thing.

When I called later to apologize again for blowing my top, my mother sighed and said, "Well, don't think we don't sometimes feel the same exact way."

Then I asked if Santa could bring him a sense of fucking humor for Christmas. "Wouldn't that be nice," said she.

I'm up but about to be not. Had a wonderful Thanksgiving with way too much food (as per usual) and many wonderful friends. Aimee and I did the bulk of the cooking, and we held the feast at our house. There were about 11 of us in all, and we wandered in and out of the house--back patio, front porch, dining room, living room, kitchen--and munched constantly from 11AM until 11PM. The evening cumlinated in a cross-state Halo game between Pete the Adorable Assasin and ND, Miracleman, Sonusexmachina, and a couple of other friends. Good-natured holiday cheer and profanity ensued.

Sonus is crashing here tonight, so he and ND are having one more Halo match before we let the tryptophan do its work.

I hope you all had a wonderful day. Goodnight all.