Happy Thanksgiving! I'm a few days late with the wishes, but unfortunately the computer/internet access at my parents' house is horrid, so any blog updates would have to wait.

The few days off were interesting (and busy), to say the least.

Thursday: Scheduled to depart from Dulles at 8:50 AM. All within the span of 1 hour, I managed to accomplish the following:
-Trip over a tree stake in the ground and do a faceplant into the dirt, much to the horror of the flight attendant walking behind me.

-Convince TSA that the luggage/cargo cover to my car I was carrying was NOT an uzi… I actually needed to bring it home for my dad to fix.

-Got to the gate, found out they were overbooked, volunteered my seat, and received a free round trip ticket in exchange. YESSSSS! Got myself on standby for the 12:30 flight, ran home, changed, drove to the barn, rode Cass, then back to Dulles to see if I could get on that flight and not have to wait until the 2:30 one. Fortunately, I was able to board that plane and even managed to sleep the 45 minute trip home.

At dinner a few hours later:
[Leah talking about adding a bit of liquor to her to pecan pie mix]
Aunt Jan: "Wouldn't that be funny if there was a liquor called wild turkey? You know, for thanksgiving?"
Cousin Ryan: "There is. It's called 'Wild Turkey Liquor.'"

Friday: Ate leftovers. Fixed Dad's motorcycle GPS navigator. Watched Rescue Dawn. (Wonderful movie, by the way.) Ate some more leftovers.

Saturday: Packed up a few large picture frames in about 100 lbs of cardboard and fleece to bring on the plane home. All 3 survived the trip back to D.C. (Sadly, the 3rd one broke after I got back when I tripped over the frame and stepped on the glass. D'oh!) My flight back was uneventful, except for the 15 minute interlude after we pushed back from the gate… I looked out the window to see a baggage truck zooming toward our plane with about 10 pieces of luggage on it… one of them being my suitcase. Heh.

I have a supremely boring life, I know.