Not that we’ve stopped being thankful now that the holiday is over. We’re still appreciating the good things we enjoyed during our visit to daughter and family.
Good food – an amalgam of homemade and
bought. She and husband were geniuses this year and ordered the majority from
Whole Foods, a fully cooked turkey and fixings. I thought the stuffing was much
better than mine, although one loyal grandson surprised me by saying he liked
mine better. My Guy and I must be out of training; we spent our evening with
groaning guts, asking ourselves ‘why did we eat so much?’
Good company – All three grandsons were
in attendance, not an easy achievement with two in their twenties, and the
youngest grandson was gratified by the oldest’s shock at how tall he’d grown.
We were also happy with extended conversations with SIL’s aunt and uncle, two
of our favorite people. We are a fortunate family indeed – a day of no hassles
or awkward relatives.
Good driving – we drove to New Jersey
and back with no traffic issues, a miracle in its own right. There was one
small slowdown and we settled in, thinking, ‘Okay, here it begins.’ But it was
just a loooong gummed-up lane of shoppers heading to a distant outlet center. It
was impossible to think that once there, they’d find enough parking.
And one fun thing: New York appears to be on a massive renovation campaign of their rest stops.
At one, I came out of my stall to wash my hands and at the sink instead of water I got hot air. ???????????????? Then I looked more closely and discovered I had my own private hand air dryer.
Golly! Like rocket science!!
