Thanksgiving night Nurse Egg and I had shots of vodka to prepare for the family event. We toasted "To surviving!" and went to dinner with the family. It was around 5pm, which is the perfect time to show up for dinner.
Except, we missed it. They had Thanksgiving lunch and the local aunt and uncle went to his parents's house for second Thanksgiving. So, we completely missed them altogether. The visiting relatives were still there and the grandparents were relaxing and recovering from the whole event in the basement. I saw pictures of the actual event - far better than actually being present for it. Anyway, we ate while everyone watched and chatted it up.
I explained about the trucking fiasco. Sort of. I also explained about the terrible political telemarketing job since then and my new tech support position. My visiting uncle talked about his own work in tech support, which was only surprising since I had no idea what exactly he did for a living. It was interesting to hear about. I even talked about the employee coordinator position I applied for and seriously hope to obtain. I should hear something back on that this week. I wasn't expecting anything sooner because of the holiday. The human resources department has been incredibly busy organizing a food and clothing drive. They were also very busy donating more to each than any other department.
One genuine surprise about dinner was when grandma asked Nurse Egg for her advice and recommendations for some nursing support and living assistance for grandpa. I had a feeling this would eventually happen, but I didn't imagine it would be voluntary. I think Nurse Egg was just as surprised. Of course, she's been suggesting this very thing for years, but that's not how our family works. We don't listen until we want to, especially to each other. Anyway, I'm happy that she's finally getting some professional help.
Thanksgiving this year was entirely uneventful and boring. Amazing.
1 comment:
Yahoo!!!! Sorry we missed it.
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