Thanksgiving 2009

My family had a wonderful Thanksgiving last week. This will probably be a short post because just one of my hands is working right now. But I have much to tell.

It’s always a treat to see my siblings, and they were all able to be at Thanksgiving this year except one, my sister Shellie. I guess we’ll cut her some slack since she did just have a new baby a few weeks ago, and she does live in New Jersey.

Thanksgiving morning started out great, except when Jeff and I went to play football in the turkey bowl I accidentally banged up my left hand. Unfortunately one of my fingers wouldn’t work after that. But after football we came home and ate a huge Thanksgiving meal. I gained 10 lbs. I think it was the best Thanksgiving meal I’ve ever eaten. Nate and Lezlee knew a secret recipe for the turkey and it turned out awesome. The stuffing and potatoes and pies were all excellent. And of course, we had the other greatest food ever, pomegranate salad.

Later, my dad and a couple of my brothers, and me, decided to play a few games of horse shoes in the back yard. We ended up playing late into the night and had to light the tiki torches so we could see in the dark. I didn't do very well, though. I lost every game that I played. I’m pretty sure it was just because one of my hands was painful and not because I'm a really uncoordinated horse shoe player.

My little nieces got tired of watching football on TV so they made me and some of the others watch the movie “Twilight” with them instead. Luckily little Abby told me every time a scary part was coming up throughout the movie, which I appreciated. I liked the movie so much that the next day when all the girls decided to go see 'New Moon' in the theater, I wanted to go with them, except Abby said I "wasn’t allowed because only the girls are allowed." I couldn’t really argue with that so I stayed home with the guys instead.

The next night was fun because we went to the T&M and watched UNLV basketball beat Louisville. For some reason I especially enjoy when Rick Pitino (Louisville’s coach) gets beat. That guy is a big jerk. But it was also an important win for UNLV because now the undefeated Rebels are nationally ranked in the Top 25, and climbing. With wins over Arizona and Santa Clara this past week they should move up even further in the polls.

All in all Thanksgiving was definitely a big hit this year and it was great to spend the holiday with the family.

Once I got back to work on Monday I decided to see the doctor on my lunch break because my hand still hurt. They took x-rays and said a little piece of bone had broken off…no big deal, but the tendon in my ring finger was completely ruptured and needed surgery. No wonder why that finger wasn’t working anymore. So I saw the orthopedic Wednesday and he operated Thursday to reattach the tendon. Now I have this big goofy bandage up to my elbow.