As it should be... ...WHAT...
Yesterday was my 20th anniversary (see how I made that all about me?), my dh's birthday (not for lack of trying, I've yet to make that about me), and my inlaws anniversary (ew... no desire to go there), I cooked our Thanksgiving turkey last night.
Normally, I do the bird on the Monday, or actual Thanksgiving holiday. Which means all weekend I'm stressing and obsessing about ensuring the house is clean for the inlaws coming over, that I've picked the right side dishes, how will I set the table... and all things OCD-ish. And that means my weekend generally SUCKS. Because the icing on top of my 3 days of stressing (obsessing) is that final day of NOTHING BUT COOKING. Where, by the time the last dish has hit the table, I really want nothing to do with any of it.
After getting the big dinner out of the way last night I realized - I'M AN IDIOT. All these years I've dreaded Thanksgiving w/e simply because of the stress. (I realize several decades of therapy would probably have helped) But today - the Sunday of Thanksgiving w/e - The Dinner is out of the way. It's leftovers for the rest of the w/e and everyone loves those as much as the original dinner. And I get to chill and RELAX. And not even cook! Win-win.
From this moment forward, ALL Thanksgiving dinners will be taking place on the Saturday of the Thanksgiving w/e. FOREVERMORE.
I've also announced that we'll be having our Christmas dinners on Christmas Eve, rather than Christmas Day, as we've always done. Instead of Mom spending all of Christmas Day slaving in the hot kitchen and missing out on all the fun, it'll be leftovers to pick at whenever hungry. SO much nicer!
Why the hell did no one send me the memo about this idea YEARS ago??? I'm hurt. And crushed. And plotting to get each and every one of you, who've been doing this behind my back and not sharing - BACK.
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