Everyone Loves a Boston Girl

Obviously the eating continued today. As did the family time. Thankfully, the dogs slept from 2:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m., basically a miracle. And, so far they have not been terrors in my parent’s house (only one accident so far, yay!). They also had $200 flowers from Winston’s delivered to my parents with a card that says “Happy Thanksgiving…Love, Cissy and Mitzi” (haha!). The only problem I encountered was when I wanted to take a shower. The dogs would not leave my side and followed me upstairs and into the bathroom. When my mom brought them downstairs, they cried. She tried to convince me to let them stay with me while I showered, but come on, I think I deserve 15 minutes of privacy.

I hate to say it, but it actually feels a little bit nice to be so needed. Even if it is by dogs. The last time I was this needed was when my ex got back surgery and I traveled from Boston to NH every few days because he “needed” me to be with him. These dogs need me, but they give it all back in 100% love (except for the occasional accident). They don’t whine/complain/bitch because I am talking on the phone or doing work instead of paying full attention to them. And they are amazinggg snugglers.

This was the first year I didn’t go into downtown the night before Thanksgiving and I had absolutely no desire to. I wanted to spend time with my family, instead. Family time in my household basically means sitting in the kitchen talking/cooking/eating/playing board games. Thank God my sister’s boyfriend fits in pretty amazingly well with us and doesn’t think we’re all huge dorks because we chose to spend 4 hours tonight playing the Jeopardy board game (he was actually the most enthusiastic of us all) and making lame jokes about Alex Trebek. Tomorrow will probably either be Scrabble or Boggle. I unfortunately left Balderdash at my apartment.

We had a huge lobster dinner, which felt more summery than Thanksgivingy, but who cares…I am always down for lobster, especially when tomorrow is going to be filled with turkey, stuffing, etc. We had my pumpkin chocolate chip squares for dessert, which everyone loved (yay!). My apple pie looks OK for tomorrow, but it was not easy to make. Why? I had to bake it at my aunt’s who doesn’t really cook; ie had NO spatula (how is this possible??) and no ingredients. I basically had to bring flour, sugar, and all that from my apartment. She does, however, have at least 9 containers of bread crumbs from Legal Seafood in the fridge, and at least 14 sticks of butter that have been opened. And at least 20 packages of batteries in the fridge as well. And wine everywhere.

Tomorrow will be another family-filled day and then our Thanksgiving with the fam (all 4 of us+sister’s boyfriend) and our two neighbors who are pretty much family. I love the low-keyness of it all, and my mom’s obsessive need to make everything perfect.

Umm make that two accidents. Damn it. I’m going to bed.