Day Seventy One.

    Well today was Thanksgiving and it certainly didn't slow down things at work. The first hour wasn't bad at all, but then it was busy for the rest of the day. I actually felt pretty good today because I got a decent nights sleep last night, so I was ready for the challenge. All in all it wasn't a bad day and the crew made it pretty decent. The two people I was working the closest with actually have tomorrow off, so that made me a bit jealous, but at least I don't work the coming weekend.
    Once work was over I was finally getting excited about seeing my whole family and when I got home the turkey was only about two hours away from being done! I said hello for a few minutes then went right upstairs to take a shower and get it out of the way. After that was over it was finally time to relax a little bit. It took me a while to get the table and the breakfast bar area cleared off so that I could get all the place settings out. I can't believe how much one acquires in such a short amount of time, it's just crazy. I just kept moving things into various areas of my house and in a bit of a hurry. I hope I can find it all again, but it might be good motivation to finally find a home for some of these things. They are just some random items which I have no idea what to do with....for instance my scrap booking items. Ugh, I need more storage space! Dinner ended up being excellent and I definitely ate way too much. Then after dinner we had three pies....banana cream which my oldest sister made, my pecan pie, and my twin sister made us a sweet potato pie. All the pies were good....yes, even mine, and my other sister made up some whipped cream!
    The worst part about Thanksgiving dinner if you ask me is the mess. My Mother said she had been cleaning up the kitchen all day long, but no matter what you do the mess afterwards is terrible. Now, I know that my sisters would have washed the dishes, but because it was my house and I didn't contribute to making any of the food, I decided to do them. It wasn't that horrible, but my hands were pretty sore going into it and now they are really sore. I've actually been putting cream on my hands throughout the entire day today due to the fact that the weather has been so cold lately. I got to speak with my boyfriend on the phone a couple of times today and it sounds like he had a great dinner. I'm glad that he is getting a few days off because he certainly deserves it more than most people right now. He still says he'll be back here tomorrow night so I hope that is the case. I am missing him terribly and am looking forward to spending some more time with him this weekend. Well I guess that's all for tonight:)