Thanksgiving 2017

We never made it to Grandma and Grandpa's.

In my family, sickness rarely stopped us. With 7 people (and whoever else tagged along), there was a good chance someone would've felt off at any given moment. I remember I had an upper respiratory flu when we went to Early Thanksgiving in NC my 9th grade year (I lost 6 lbs that weekend and dropped from 109 to the 103 lbs weight class in wrestling so it stands out). If you were throwing up, it was better to throw up at home. If you could walk and weren't delirious, maybe you went with the group maybe not. If you didn't have at least 100.5 of fever, visible/grotesque sores or marks, a doctor's note, or unflushed vomit, you went to school (at least, that's how I was treated).

On the other hand, Carrie's side is much more hesitant. Carrie wanted me on quarantine since it was less than 24 hours since I had fever. She seems to get sick much easier than me, so that probably factors in. Her parents agreed. It's their house, so their rules. We stayed home.

After a morning of staying in the house, I felt restless, though. I wanted to DO something. Shane watched TV and played Shovel Knight all morning, so I offered him some choices. He chose a nature walk.

And so we went.

Carrie napped while we were out.

There were some boys playing football, but Shane did his own thing.

I heard the water babbling and pointed out a mini-waterfall.

That got Shane's attention. And he launched into song.

I tried to sneak an record some of Shane's singing. I didn't want him to change what he was doing or get a big head from being in the spotlight. Sorry that the video's sideways.

I really should bring a trash bag and gloves one of these days. The litter annoys me.

We were out for over an hour. Fall let us walk through some of the foliage behind the house since it thinned out. We came back to a sleeping Mommy.

Other than that we stayed around the house. Carrie cooked an amazing poor man's beef wellington, we ate, and took it easy. I had mixed feelings, because I wanted to see people but a day of rest is a good thing, too.