BA-Hurricanes! Yes, that's probably the truth for both of us this year. 2015 will bring calmer seas... hopefully.
TG went well, and nothing was out of the ordinary. We drank wine and noshed on appetizers in the afternoon while watching football. I wound up inviting my cop friend over, as he was on duty and my hood is in his patrol area. Unfortunately, he had to deal with a drive by shooting and 2 suicides, so he couldn't make it. (How awful is that? One of the suicides was hideous - out in the driveway while the neighbors and wife watched in horror.) Anyhoo, the 3 of us ate well and then D20 and her BF facetimed us right at the end of the meal. We were all leaning over on my iPad and she started to laugh... she saw we were drinking our wine and said with a huge grin, "I miss you all. You know you're really weird, right? But I love you for that." We had to laugh.
He washed dishes, I dried and put away and we watched more football until he and D17 were nearly falling asleep. As they walked by me to leave, he tickled my foot with a grin and said, "Later, Tater. Thanks for everything."
I love your term, "friendsgiving". I think that's what I'm gonna call it from now on. Of course, I'll give you literary credit for it, okay?
The visitation after work is from 6-8 with the rosary at 7. Being the good Catholic you are, bring yours. I don't know if I'm gonna belt it out or just play it on my iPhone. I'll use that song as the last act for the evening play, just like Mr. Wonderful and I did at our wedding. It will be my tribute. But if we all sing it, I'm sure that it will be a better showing... right? And I'll say with 100% certainty that my bro will be laughing his ass off at that. I won't do it at the earlier one, because that's going to be loaded with friends of my parents that won't ever get this...
Right now I'm trying to stave off a cold that I've felt coming for a few days. One of the office staff at the dentist this morning shoved some oregano oil and garlic pills in a baggie for me. I'm now burping oregano. I kind of wish I had some marinara sauce to go with this.
"There are only 2 ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
We drank wine and noshed on appetizers in the afternoon while watching football. I wound up inviting my cop friend over, as he was on duty and my hood is in his patrol area. Unfortunately, he had to deal with a drive by shooting and 2 suicides, so he couldn't make it. (How awful is that? One of the suicides was hideous - out in the driveway while the neighbors and wife watched in horror.) Anyhoo, the 3 of us ate well and then D20 and her BF facetimed us right at the end of the meal. We were all leaning over on my iPad and she started to laugh... she saw we were drinking our wine and said with a huge grin, "I miss you all. You know you're really weird, right? But I love you for that." We had to laugh. 
