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Thanksgiving weekend
Nov. 27th, 2006 12:50 amI had a pretty great Turkey Day+aftermath, I have to say. Baked some 'pumpkin' bread (read: buttercup squash bread) and headed over to Brian's for he and Meg's celebration, which was pretty fabulous. Brian's family, Meg's dad, coupla friends... can't go wrong. All the food was absolutely delicious, especially the turkey that Meg+dad smoked on Wednesday (ja, smoked, on a grill -- fabulous). I stuffed myself rotten just like at a Bierschenk Thanksgiving, called friends and family, re-stuffed myself on the desserts, and then rolled home fat and happy. With a turkey carcass in hand (more on that later).
Kevin came back over after his family celebration in Dayton, and we... I don't know. Watched Firefly? The days have all blurred together. The great thing about this weekend is that not only did I have a five-day weekend (oh frabjous day), but I started feeling a lot better with the whole mono business on Thursday, and then really felt pretty damn good starting Friday, yet I still had the joyful excuse of recuperation to forgive my incredible laziness throughout the rest of the weekend (well, until today, when I had to read Foucault, Greenblatt, and Lentricchia, but that was only about 20 pages total).
On Friday we did a lot of walking, just because. From my place to the Target at the Lennox, then over to his place, then on down to the North Market for Jeni's, then over to his friend Mary's place... all told about 4 miles. I seriously love to walk; I need to start setting aside dedicated time for walking; it would be healthy both mentally and physically. Also, it helped on Friday that it was a Fucking Gorgeous Day (tm), sunny and 65 degrees. So strange for November, but I'll take it.
Saturday I went on a secret post-Thanksgiving shopping trip, about which I shall say more tomorrow or Tuesday, then did other things which, for narrative reasons, shall also be postponed in the telling.
All in all, I spent a ridiculous amount of time with Kevin, and in general took a breather. I will, of course, be well-punished for this in the coming two weeks as I desperately attempt to finish everything I have to finish, but for right now it was totally worth it.
Kevin came back over after his family celebration in Dayton, and we... I don't know. Watched Firefly? The days have all blurred together. The great thing about this weekend is that not only did I have a five-day weekend (oh frabjous day), but I started feeling a lot better with the whole mono business on Thursday, and then really felt pretty damn good starting Friday, yet I still had the joyful excuse of recuperation to forgive my incredible laziness throughout the rest of the weekend (well, until today, when I had to read Foucault, Greenblatt, and Lentricchia, but that was only about 20 pages total).
On Friday we did a lot of walking, just because. From my place to the Target at the Lennox, then over to his place, then on down to the North Market for Jeni's, then over to his friend Mary's place... all told about 4 miles. I seriously love to walk; I need to start setting aside dedicated time for walking; it would be healthy both mentally and physically. Also, it helped on Friday that it was a Fucking Gorgeous Day (tm), sunny and 65 degrees. So strange for November, but I'll take it.
Saturday I went on a secret post-Thanksgiving shopping trip, about which I shall say more tomorrow or Tuesday, then did other things which, for narrative reasons, shall also be postponed in the telling.
All in all, I spent a ridiculous amount of time with Kevin, and in general took a breather. I will, of course, be well-punished for this in the coming two weeks as I desperately attempt to finish everything I have to finish, but for right now it was totally worth it.
