Thanksgiving

We had a bit of a travel snafu over Thanksgiving this year, but everything ultimately worked out. More or less.

Kevin and I are planners. Which means that we bought our tickets to go to Colorado for Thanksgiving back in June. Then Kevin started a new job and his first business trip kept getting re-scheduled and pushed back until it became apparent that he would be spending Thanksgiving in Hawaii. So he went out there and canceled his ticket to Colorado. No sooner had he done that then his trip got cut short. He ended up in Virginia, hanging out with friends for the holiday while Connor and I went back home to see family.

Other than that, the trip was a lot of fun. We got in Wednesday evening, and by a travel-related miracle made it from plane to baggage claim to dad's car in about half an hour. Which also included meeting up with my aunt and cousins who'd flown in from California on a different flight. The whole thing went down with amazing smoothness and we were able to spend a lot of time visiting that evening.

On Thanksgiving Day itself I sat in the kitchen and drank wine and kept everyone's glasses full while they all cooked. It was nice to not be hosting this year. I had fantastic conversation with my aunt and my dad's step-brother's wife (step-aunt? I'm almost more inclined to refer to her by the catch-all "cousin"). We ate delicious food. And between the wine, the jet lag, and my four hours of sleep the previous night, I was passed out on the couch sometime around 8. I completely missed pinochle.

The next day aunt and cousin came over with my cousin's daughter who is just about 18 months old. It was a lot of fun to see them and my baby cousin who I live entirely too far away from. Then my mom came to pick us up and we went back to her place for sausages and television.

On Saturday we met up with my other aunt and cousin for lunch and Settlers of Catan (the Star Trek edition, naturally). Then mom took my brother and I out for a delicious dinner. I had scallops and bacon in a cream sauce and my mom got these delicious pear-cheese ravioli things.

The trip was, as always, a bit of a whirlwind and jam-packed with family. I'm going to need to do a non-holiday week-long trip back to Colorado at some point so I can catch up with everyone in a slightly more relaxed setting. Not to mention that it'd be nice to go in the summer when my aunt's cabin is open for the season. In the meantime, I'm glad that I at least got to see everyone.