I had sushi for brunch! And it was yummy! (Although I was in danger of eating a small child by that point, so my powers of discrimination maybe weren't all that great. Note to self - don't skip breakfast!)

I'm sitting in my living room, having just put chocolate cupcakes into my new oven, that I made with my new kitchenaid mixer. Life is good.

I'm proud of myself. Today at work, I made a pumpkin pie for the first time. This was while I was running the shift by myself. Made it from a pumpkin that the clients had drawn faces on for Hallowe'en. Actually, it made two pies and then there was some goop leftover, so I put that in a saucepan on low and stirred it until it got all thick and yummy (the house manager there has a gluten allergy, so it will be nice for her. It was touch and go for a while with the pies, because I didn't have the directions for processing the fresh pumpkin there, only a recipe for pie from canned pumpkin. I guess it is a good thing that I read up on the subject when we were discussing it with Jars. It is true, that pie made from fresh pumpkin does not feel or taste the same as canned. It is also true that it definitely tastes better. Even if it feels weird.

So. Tired.

I've finished all of the Thanksgiving grocery shopping, put away all the groceries, unpacked the new serving bowls, cleaned and reorganized the kitchen, washed the dishes, unpacked the new food processor and slow cooker, assembled them, and broke down all the cardboard boxes.

Then I ate a bowl of cereal for dinner.

I'm awake (hungry pregnant woman in the middle of the night), but I wanted to check in and see if Sean and S made it to Houston.

I've been trying to fall asleep by remembering various Thanksgivings over the year. So far, no luck with the sleep but lots of fun memories.

Poor awake pregnant lady!

I'm so glad S&S got to Houston, though the selfish part of me is bummed that I won't get the pleasure of their company for Thanksgiving. Although, hmm...I only bought a 14 lb. bird, and with Sean's appetite...maybe it's for the best.

I know I missed a ton in thread today. Hugs and hairpats and squees and smitings to all! I'll threadsuck and catch up tomorrow.

Heh.

Hi Kristin!

I just got back from trivia. The sad part about posting from the west coast is it seems most people go to bed awfully early. Though I"m still going to bed a LOT earlier here than I did on the east coast. Which is weird to me. But probably good for getting up in the morning. And seeing as how my social schedule is less demanding....well. But I'm worried next time I want to stay up until the bars close, I"m going to be falling asleep.

Anyway, this time we only came in 4th at trivia (last week we won!). This week was a lot harder. There were five questions about MASH. And five about Futurama. And we missed most of the Futurama ones, and were totally kicking ourselves going "we should KNOW this!"

I just got by ass kicked in guitar hero iii. And apparently ND has a thing for goats.

I'm just happy I'm not at the theatre. Oy what a week. Please let tomorrow go smooth. Please!

Thanks, Kristin. I had some cereal, watched some Bones and then was able to fall back asleep. Except now it's morning so it's time to go to work, but it should be an easy day.

Ellie's preschool is having a little Thanksgiving thing today and I'm very happy I get to go. Last year, crazy boss said no and I'd only been there for two weeks so I couldn't really protest.

eta: a crazy boss story before I go. Yesterday, we had a breakfast and everyone made me go first because I'm pregnant. While I know that pregnant women have to gain weight, it's still a bit hard not to feel huge and fat, particularly in the non-baby areas. Anyway, crazy!boss has food issues and she has made several comments, not exactly nice ones, about how big I'm getting, but then she tries to cover with a "but you're beautiful!" Yesterday, she told me twice, once hours after the breakfast, that she could not believe how much food I had on my plate.

Yeah, it was a lot but it was my breakfast *and* lunch and instead of complaining about how bad PR food is, I try to take a bit of each thing. (She and I are the non-PR people in the office and people always want to know how we like the food.)

Okay, wow, very impolite crazyboss, Steph! (I mean, I'm pretty much innured to weight-related observations from small children and random non-Westerners, because, hey, that seems to be how they tick. But from one's boss? Not big with the social skills, there, criticising the pregnant lady for eating like she's feeding two. Duh.)

Meanwhile, 2 more sets of parents down, 7 more sets coming along tomorrow. Have just now finished my after-school activity (Journalism Club), have met with very nice parents of one of my girls (I taught their son last year - he has a brain the size of an asteroid, which must be pretty hellish for their daughter to compete with, but she's a smart little cookie and lots of fun, and has really come out of her shell LOTS over the past year); now I'm checking in with y'all fleetingly before dashing off to rehearsal.

The reason for checking in being to provide a link to photos of the Medieval-looking Von Trapp-esque frock, for those with a morbid sense of curiosity. (It's photos 20 - 22. um. obviously.)