"The talk" pretty much fell on deaf ears. Then a friend offered to have us and our guests over to their Thanksgiving in order to relieve me from hostess duty. I called H, who was willing to make the change... and seemed pretty relieved. Unfortunately, H's brother did not care to meet new people, so we were back to plan A... cleaning and cooking for Thanksgiving. From that point on H was a little more receptive to the situation. He would never admit it, but we didn't have to work nearly as long as he thought. We did work as hard as he thought, but that's okay with me. He started getting cranky today, especially when it was almost noon and we had not eaten anything or taken our medications. He refused to stop working so we could eat, so I tricked him into doing it. I started by telling him to pick up some coffee for me when he was out buying ice. Naturally, he suggested that we make coffee instead of buying it. I asked if he would have some too. He said, "yes." I asked if he'd have some pannetone with the coffee too. He said, "maybe." Needless to say we sat, ate, drank, and took medications... attitudes got much better around our house.
We ended up having a wonderful dinner with great people. This was the first time we had had our friends from the Italian group over to the house. It was really nice. So day one of Thanksgiving has passed peacefully. Tomorrow is the shopping marathon on crutches. Wish me luck! --z
