I've been racking my brain trying to think about how to write about this Thanksgiving, but in the end I decided to go with truthful, but not rude.
This year, it was a bit hard to face this holiday. Finding things to be thankful for was a challenge. Barry and Cyndy were separated in August, causing some stress through both their family and ours. Then Cyndy spent most of Monday of this very week in the hospital, causing Jenn's Mom to come down on Tuesday, only to leave on Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, Jenn was having problems with a student in one of her classes and I had been transferred to a new department at my work in June right before vacation, after spending the past 8 years with the same team leader and group of people. My mom was having back problems, causing her have to use a walker and also to get bi-weekly steroid injections.
With all of the flux going on with family, we didn't know how many people were going to appear. We were assuming at least 9, and as many as 11, so we prepared a lot of food. It turns out the only people who actually came for dinner were my parents. Barry, Faith, and Juli stopped over for dessert and watched part of the Cowboys game. Cyndy never made it over.
The food was great (especially the stuffing and pie), and we enjoyed seeing everyone who came. But it was far from a perfect Thanksgiving. In the end, we did have things to be thankful for. We were thankful that in the tough economic times that Jenn and I both have employment, and were able to have such a nice meal. We were thankful to see my parents and Barry and the girls. And we were thankful that Cyndy was getting well after her medical emergency.
This year, it was a bit hard to face this holiday. Finding things to be thankful for was a challenge. Barry and Cyndy were separated in August, causing some stress through both their family and ours. Then Cyndy spent most of Monday of this very week in the hospital, causing Jenn's Mom to come down on Tuesday, only to leave on Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, Jenn was having problems with a student in one of her classes and I had been transferred to a new department at my work in June right before vacation, after spending the past 8 years with the same team leader and group of people. My mom was having back problems, causing her have to use a walker and also to get bi-weekly steroid injections.
With all of the flux going on with family, we didn't know how many people were going to appear. We were assuming at least 9, and as many as 11, so we prepared a lot of food. It turns out the only people who actually came for dinner were my parents. Barry, Faith, and Juli stopped over for dessert and watched part of the Cowboys game. Cyndy never made it over.
The food was great (especially the stuffing and pie), and we enjoyed seeing everyone who came. But it was far from a perfect Thanksgiving. In the end, we did have things to be thankful for. We were thankful that in the tough economic times that Jenn and I both have employment, and were able to have such a nice meal. We were thankful to see my parents and Barry and the girls. And we were thankful that Cyndy was getting well after her medical emergency.
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