Thanksgiving Followup, Delayed

I was all set to do a nice bullet post about how Thanksgiving went, and then I got all productive at work and that got lost in the shuffle.

In summary (without bullets): last Wednesday I picked up my grandmother on my way home from work; when we got to our house, DH and I finished packing for (1) staying with my parents two nights over Thanksgiving, (2) warm clothes and stadium accessories for the UVa vs. Tech football game, and (3) food and supplies for staying two nights at our condo. With our stuff, the dog's stuff, and my grandmother's stuff our SUV was jammed to the gills.

Thanksgiving food and company was great. Somehow I managed to mis-drink multiple beverages causing liquid to hit my clothes, the floor, etc. Friday DH headed up to Wintergreen to help with the Annual Wintergreen Ski Patrol Ski (and Clothing) Swap, and I stayed at my parents to help my mom with her preliminary Christmas decorating - she's got an issue with a rotator cuff and my dad's got tennis elbow - and then my brother-in-law picked me up on his way up to Wintergreen.

Saturday we attended the football game. I had a lot of hope that UVa might actually win, but they were just outplayed. It was a better game than the last few, so there were some good moments but not enough. I had so much clothing on, I felt like a sausage. From the top down: hat, heavy suede/fake fur car coat which I only wear when it's really cold, cashmere mock-neck sweater, turtleneck shirt, crew-neck long underwear top, jeans, long underwear bottoms, wool socks, and cotton socks. It's really good that we left for the game from Wintergreen because all my long underwear and hats were up there. I was pretty comfy for the game and the walk to and from where we parked.

Sunday we packed up and ran a couple of errands in Charlottesville (Crutchfield outlet!!!) before stopping to pick up my grandmother. She had more luggage returning than when I picked her up - so the car was fully packed again despite my leaving some items at Wintergreen. With the confusion of loading her stuff, I didn't realize that I had left my purse at my parents until we were a good thirty miles down the interstate. Sigh. We called my parents to confirm it was there, and my mom said she would take it to the UPS store on Monday on her way to Physical Therapy and ship it next day transport to me.

And since I'm the sort of person who really truly believes that I will get stopped by a cop if I don't have my license on me or where I can get it quickly, my husband was nice enough to take me to and from work for the past couple of days. Luckily, our offices are fairly close, but our hours are slightly different. Add in some meetings and doctor's appointments and we've been getting home later than I would prefer - it's hard to get dinner on the table by 7 when you both get in at 6:15.

And so, that's what I did the past week. Phew.

Next year, I'm thinking everyone should come to us. Let them wear themselves out - it's not like they have to get up to go to work after so much activity!