TURKEY TURKEY TURKEY

 Well we got home Monday, safe and sound and kind of tired.  Monte did super well.  He sometimes has trouble out there in the big old noisy world.

On my birthday, Friday, Dorothy, my niece, came to visit for the day.  She is such an amazing person!  So interesting and mature.  She is very confident and so full of amazing info.  So we got lots of catch up in and she helped me, well actually did it all, clear a space on the deck for the new freezer.  Which at the moment is sporting one lonely frozen turkey.  Monte found one at Walmart for 22 bucks.  Once the holiday turkeys are sold, thats it for turkey purchases in this town until the next holiday.  Anyway Do was here til about three then had to skedaddle to Cowichan Bay to visit with a friend.  I was very grateful that she would take the time to come up out of her way to visit her old blister Auntie H!

I then dove in to making a mega turkey dinner with all the trimmings.  I did have to sit every now and then to let my tailbone stop burning and hurting.  So freaking annoying.  Anyway turkey and dinner was on the table by seven and it was delicious.

  After dinner I had Monte package all the leftovers and then everybody left.  I was kind of disheartened.  The kitchen and table were a predictable mess and, giving it some thought, that was the very first time in my 70 years of making massive dinners, I had to do almost entirely all the cleanup. And on my birthday.  Whine!!!!  Jesus!  By the time I finished it all, the next morning, I was whacked.  I couldn't walk.  So I went to bed and watched tv and read all day!  A nice reward I feel.

Tonight is our 90 Day Fiancé party.  But we are down one.  Monique can't make it.  So I suggested to Ange that I fry up a leftover hash, heat up the gravy, haul out the cranberry and eat off paper plates in the living room.  I am NOT doing a kitchen clean up again for a long time.  Lol!!!  We love to eat and make horrible fun of that horrible show!!!

So I am in the middle of doctor hell.  I have a new one, another newbie that wants to see me in person!!!  I am panicking.  She wants to poke my kidneys to see if she can tell if something is going on.  And she wants to poke my tailbone.  Gahhhhh!!!!!  Nooooo!!!  I am going to have to warn her that I hate being touched.  I see all these people these days running around with this head bone problem, and that head bone problem, anxiety, ptsd, depression etc...why can't I have one.  Don't freaking touch me!!!!!!!  Stick a needle in me but don't touch my arm with your finger.  I have learned to tolerate hugging but that's it!  Plus another colonoscopy on the 17th.  But that's okay.  I am asleep.  And an eye retinal doctor appointment between now and the colonoscopy.  Plus a mammogram.    The next month is going to be my personal hell.

Anywhoo, I see the day is well started and I have only cleaned another mess in the kitchen that Monte left from early this morning.  It's time to get busy.  I need to unpack from the trip and maybe get some laundry on the go.  Maybe.

Take care people.  Wear a mask if you can.  New variants are out there and they ain't nice ones. Plus they have warned that if the hospitals keep loading up like they are right now, we could be looking at mandatory masking, distancing and lockdowns.  We sure don't want that.  I think the truckers would go nuts.  TTYL

Okay, this quote on self pity absolutely hit home.  I am so grateful that I had the means to provide a big dinner, the energy to do it and the amazing people at my table to share it with.  This far outweighs stupid dishes and cleanup.

'Gratitude is a dialysis of sorts.....it flushes the self-pity out of our systems'  Max Lucado

MY BIRTHDAY DINNER