#251- Don't Like Post Holiday Blah

Wet Day

I hate the day after a holiday when the mood feels blah. But, I woke feeling so rested. This is the first time I've slept 8 hours, in 8 months at least. It was dark and balmy at 7:30 when I headed off to run.

I was gone 5 minutes when a huge clap of thunder made me jump and pause. Then another! I turned and ran back. I haven't been hunkering down, preventing covid for 8 months, just to be struck dead by lightening!  

Stormy Day Thinking

I actually loved our rainy day today. The house felt cozy. It felt like Thanksgiving is supposed to feel. I was happy to think back on our day yesterday.

Zooming with the kids and other family, made the holiday feel extra special. And no. Don and I were not drunk on champagne.

8 Months of Zoom

After yesterday's Zoom, I thought back to all the virtual gatherings we've had with the kids, in past months. We've had hat-wearing Zooms and Western-themed Zooms.   

We've done Tiki Zooms and Election Zooms. We've toasted to birthdays and pregnany. We've Played ukuleles on Zoom and we've played Lotteria, for Cinco de Mayo.

Turkey Zoom

​A week ago, I had a last minute idea for our Turkey Day Zoom. Lord knows we don't need gimmicks to have fun, but I can't help myself.

I dug in the closet for paper and found some old veggie stickers and some cloth leaves. I jotted down trivia questions and added in more thoughtful questions... to ponder. I tossed them in envelopes with turkey napkins and they somehow made it to CA and OR on time for Thanksgiving.

​Bossy

I look super bossy in this photo, like I'm telling everybody we need to play "the game" now! But the gang went along. We had trivia questions about the year FDR decided to have Thanksgiving a year earlier... 

... and questions about the first Macy's parade. Fun.

Pondering

A few questions allowed us to take turns answering. It was nice to get off on some fun tangents, like what we could all do together in the future.

I love this thoughtful bunch. It was fun to hear some honest answers and thoughts... but somehow one tangent got us back to politics. We are all on the same political page, but suddenly the conversation felt heavy. Trump's name was in invading our Thanksgiving discussion. Luckily Scott grabbed a card and said he wanted to get the conversation back to more pleasant subjects. 

We ended with a little sharing about being grateful, that we've all stayed well during this pandemic. Love this family. Love knowing we'll all be together at a future Thanksgiving!
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