Happy Spanksgiving

Well it's the turkey-est of holidays and I'm trying to force out a ripe loaf and I can't help but reflect on this joyous occasion...

My uncle, my aunt, and their three nephews had to bail on coming to visit at the last second because of some unforseen events. This isn't a huge deal, aside from the fact that my mama bought a 21 lb turkey. Also, my brother has decided he's above meat again, so that leaves 21 lbs of delicious flightless bird for my mom, my dad, and myself. If you include the 30,000 sides that we also had planned out, we probably don't have to shop again for the next year. Shit, I'm praying that some sort of natural disaster hits at this point b/c we are STACKED. I'm going to be eating so much turkey that it's going to start gobbling through my veins.

The odd part about thanksgiving this year was that I seem to have it down to a science. I literally could run through the whole holiday mechanically because I know exactly what I'm going to do, exactly when and how I'm going to do it, exactly what I'm going to eat, blah-yadda- so-on... Somehow the routine never gets old though. The timelessness of this holiday exists on the fact that you can piddle around and gorge yourself guiltlessly, so long as it's with good friends and/or family and then collapse in to a pile of gluttony with no negative connotations.

It also signifies the beginning of the Christmas season, possibly one of the greatest times of every year (aside from football and anything else that sustains revelry and fragrantly scented candles). I've already busted out the, "Charlie Brown Christmas Album" and I'm contemplating going to the mall to harass the fake Santa tomorrow, all in the Spirit of the holidays.

I hope that everyone is on the same page as I am about this fantastic time of year, and I'll wrap this one up despite the fact that it's scattered and none-to-entertaining because it's time to go force some pecan pie down in to the semi-nonexistent corners of my stomach. I just wanted to pay some homage to this celebratory time of year, but I've got some good sauce to lay out there tomorrow.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!