I have a feeling my family's T-day plans are going to wind up canceled at the last minute.

Yeah, I am definitely mentally preparing for that. And hope my mother is, too!

Someone mentioned dinner in an open garage with space heaters. I've been trying to figure out if we could do that. I think our garage would require too much cleaning out, and we'd have no other place to store the stuff that legitimately lives in the garage, even when we're tidier.

The only reason this is possible is that the prospective hosts just moved this summer, so it's not that garage-y yet...

One nun asking me to lie to another nun??? I was laughing my ass off!

Amazing.

but the stress of trying to stay safe is really taking a toll.

Truer words...

Oh, and I don't cook it on the stove. I just heat up a tea kettle and pour boiling water into the mug. Easy Peasy.

Fancy. I use the Keurig at the office. When I remember that I should both eat a thing and that thing should be oatmeal.

Nun drama is awesome, Tep.

I'm getting my JZ on over on Facebook because apparently all property crime is specifically caused by meth. I'm having fun. Don't think meth guy is but since he's super racist, I have zero effs.

The nun drama, oh my.

I put oat bran on top of my goat milk yogurt and blueberries for my breakfast - it's like granola, and doesn't kick off my texture issues.

We drove up and saw my parents Saturday - Peanut was so happy to see her grandparents, and I needed to go over estate stuff with them. We tried to social distance, but keeping my mom and Peanut separate from each other is nigh impossible. And now my mom wants us to celebrate her & Peanut's birthday together.

Relatedly, how do you spell the sound you make when you kind of puff out your cheeks and slowly blow all the air out of your body, so you don't cry?

Pfhhhhhhhhhhwuhhh? I'm not sure, but I've been making that same sound a lot. I'm sorry, Cindy.

Our family Thanksgiving is in Tahoe this year and since I already won't see them because everyone travels, mixes with large crowds and loves indoor dining several times a week, it's super easy to decline.

Relatedly, how do you spell the sound you make when you kind of puff out your cheeks and slowly blow all the air out of your body, so you don't cry?

I want to say "phew" but I am not totally happy with that because out of context it looks like a "that's a relief" noise and it isn't exactly that but spelling is ambiguous like that

I heart the nun drama! Nuns, they're just like us! Or something.

Cass, when life gives you meth, something something lemonade? Or maybe that ends in property crime. So many things do.

The Thanksgiving talk is making me want to bury my head in the sand. I have to deal with the baby shower on the 14th of November and likely won't want to deal with people at all for a while after that. I'd like in theory to go to NY some time this winter, but it seems unlikely.

Love nun drama. My experiences with nuns in Catholic school days were actually quite nice.

When life gives you meth, have fun do crimes? Hmm...

This made me smile.

My brother and brother-in-law and their fancy house got featured in a magazine.

Sooo fancy. It's beautiful.

Laura, you should sleep for a week after all that.

I'm used to being on my own for Thanksgiving since normally I'd have Christmas Carol tech the day before and after so I haven't even considered traveling for that. I have been trying to think about Christmas though. I made the drive in July without pee stops (I stopped for gas but no one was wearing masks so I didn't go in) so I know I can do that. I can plan for isolating two weeks before the trip and I'll stock up on non-perishables for when I return. I'm wondering if my 93 yr-old grandmother will be there and if my brother, SIL, and 20-yr old nephew can manage to keep exposure limited to necessary grocery shopping. I also need to figure out how long I can stand to stay.

We'd have to keep ltc out of school for 2 weeks if we leave the state. So, we can't go to mom's and having them here seems too stressful. The house is a disaster, and I've never cooked a Thanksgiving dinner before.

I'm trying to get stuff done today. So far I've done 1 loss of laundry, cleaned out the fridge because it's trash day, made a meal plan for the week, took down near from the freezer, and charged my Fitbit for the first time in months. Now, I'm going to nap because I was up most of the night last night, and TCG has a meeting after dinner. So, I'm solo parenting at bedtime.