Thanksgiving Week

In our family, Thanksgiving wouldn't be Thanksgiving unless we had 15 people and two dogs crammed in the same home, the sound of broken glass, screaming children, love, laughter, stuff everywhere, a fall down the stairs, broken bones and blood. Lets just say, there was a lot of testosterone in this house, a lot! I know, it sounds crazy but that's exactly what we are and we wouldn't have it any other way. With that said, we're still recovering.

Now that the house has cleared out and all the chaos, great chaos has come to a brief end I wanted to tell you about my Thanksgiving week; it was wonderful! That's not to say we didn't have a couple bumps in the road but those were small little details in the grand scheme of things.

Over the Thanksgiving week Dave and my brother went to our cousins house for a BBQ. Dave was practicing his wrestling moves with a friend and came home with a lot of pain in his wrist. He was trying to exercise it knowing it was in the healing process while I was running around trying to find a splint. Dave doesn't complain so I could tell something wasn't right when he was moaning and groaning. I don't want to bore you with all the details because I know if I'm exhausted talking about it, you'll be exhausted and logging out of my blog within seconds of reading it ;) After driving 1.5hrs to the base and getting the typical Naval runaround, they told us we had to come back the next day to get Dave in a cast since the cast place at the Naval Hospital was closed...at 11:30am...on a Tuesday morning. Needless to say, we had a very frustrating morning. Just as we were driving off base I looked in my rear view mirror to see flashing red and blue lights. Yep, I was getting pulled over. When I asked the officer why he pulled me over he said, "you failed to stop at a stop sign. In fact, you didn't even try to stop. I thought to myself, "no shit, I didn't see a stop sign!" He continued, "I need proof of insurance, license and registration." I handed him my license, registration and a pdf of my insurance on my phone which he didn't accept...which I also got a ticket for. DOESN'T HE KNOW IT'S 2009!?!?! Thank goodness this all happened on base because it didn't go on my real driving record, just on my military one. After we actually left base we headed to the happiest place on earth to meet my family. Anytime you go to Disneyland you feel as though you need to stay there from open to close just to get your money's worth. Well, that's how my family feels. Dave and I ended up staying for 9hrs and rode every ride possible. It was a great time as it is every time! My favorite thrill ride is the Hollywood Tower of Terror. I can't get enough of it. I guess I love the stomach dropping, shaky leg feeling that comes along with it. Who doesn't want to be dropped from the 13th story of a building??? We were standing in line at our last ride of the night, space mountain when I realized everyone had dropped out of line except for Dave and I. Two were nearly asleep sitting by the wall and one had severe blisters on his feet. At that point I realized, that one last ride wasn't worth waiting in line for at 11:30pm.

The next day we arose bright and early to get on the road to Dave's cast appointment. We arrived 10min early because if you don't arrive 10min early you're considered late and they make you reschedule. That rule is pretty funny since we ended up waiting for nearly 2hrs before they called Dave's name. How ironic!? They gave him two options; 1) Have surgery and wear a cast for 8 weeks after. 2) Just wear the cast for 12 weeks and hope it heals right. If it doesn't heal after that he'll need to have a screw put in the bone to hold it together, then wear the cast for another 8 weeks. He opted for the 12wk cast without the surgery in hopes it would heal. It's a full arm cast from the top of his bicep to his hand for twelve...long...weeks. After that, we made our way to the Naval Traffic Judge to get my ticket squared away. When the judge called my name I went up to his desk. He asked "where did you get pulled over?" I told him it was by the commissary. Then he said "did you run the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd stop sign?" I answered, "I'm not sure, I didn't see it." He smirked, stamped "warning" on my ticket, gave me my decal back and sent me on my way. Piece of cake! That concluded our dealings with the Navy for the week.

During the Thanksgiving week, we spent a lot of time with my family, went to the park with my niece and nephew, checked out the black Friday sales, ate lots of leftovers, watched movies, moved my brother out of his house, flew remote control air planes, picked on each other and just hung out. We really missed one of my brothers who couldn't make it but I'll be seeing him in just a few days :)

It's been a little over a week since I stopped working. Not working has its advantages and disadvantages...what day is it? I'm hoping to stop in and see all of my peeps next week. I really miss them! I also miss pilates. I was taking classes 3-4 times per week for the last 2.5 months. Now I'm just eating a lot of turkey minus the pilates. Maybe I'll get in a class next week before we start our road trip to the east coast. Since I stopped reading my most recent book last week, I've been craving for another one. I bought "are you there, vodka? It's me Chelsea." By Chelsea Handler. I'm burning through the pages. I like her sense of humor a lot.

What book are you reading? Do you have one to recommend?

I'll catch up with you again soon,
CW