Thanksgiving Weekend

Worked late last Tuesday night. Came home and crashed. Anna was working on her ten page paper all night. W&MC would be spending the weekend in Cartersville with her parents. I watched Julia Louis Dreyfus receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on PBS.  

 

Spent most of Wednesday morning cleaning upstairs. Made the bed. Put up clean clothes. Got dirty clothes ready to wash. Went downstairs and did laundry all day. Did the dishes. Cleaned and cleaned. Anna got off at four but had an appointment at 5:30. M got off at six. He brought home something to eat from Whole Foods. Packed up Anna’s car.

 

Hit the road at 6:45 (or was it 7:45?). When we left home the GPS said I-20 was the quickest route, but after we got gas the GPS said to take I-85. Traffic was heavy but not gridlocked. A and M wanted to make a late night Taco Bell run, so we stopped in Greenville at 10 pm. Also topped off the gas tank. Checked the GPS again and since it was so late I decided to skip the dark two lane backloads and hit the Charlotte southside perimeter instead. Hardly any traffic. Made it to Matthews (SE Charlotte) by midnight and Jefferson by 1 am. Got 28 MPG in Anna’s Subaru.

 

Helped get ready for Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday morning. Then everyone showed up about noon and we ate a little after one. All the usual dishes. Only ate one plateful. Only had 13 at the dinner but later Phil and Dic Dac’s crowd came over, bringing the total up to 22. Had the NFL games on. After everyone left we rested, and I just had a little for dinner.

Friday we had another big meal, this time for eighteen. Ceil cooked chili. A and M made cornbread muffins. Others brought oyster stew, vegetable beef soup, and chicken tortilla soup. After lunch most of the crowd laft and headed over to Clemson for Saturday’s game. A and M headed back to Atlanta so they could work  . I was sent to Monroe for Christmas lights. Stopped for gas, Lowe’s, Target, two thrift stores, and Wendy’s. On the drive I listened to 680’s college football podcasts.

Saturday morning I settled in for a long day of football. Watched ESPN College Gameday and GT/GA. Had to put up the lights up on the porch during Bama/Auburn, so I only saw bits and pieces of the game. Also had to drive back to Pageland to CVS for a prescription, Pizza Hut to pick up dinner, and Bojangles for Sunday breakfast. Watched SC/Clemson. All weekend I worked on unsubscribing to the hundreds of emails I get every day.

 

Got packed up Sunday morning and left Jefferson at 9:50 am. Traffic heavy but steady. Stopped once in Augusta. Made it home by 3 pm. Didn’t do much, but I had to drive over to work to get some documents for Matthew.  Stopped for gas on the way home.  Got 30.5 MPG on the way home in the CRV.

 

Matthew made up a batch of the pumpkin cake dessert we’d had on Thanksgiving.