I'm goin' to Oklahoma
With a suitcase on my knee
We'll stay at a casino
Because they've waived the fee
Hey! The Pony!
Don't you cry for me
I'll come to Oklahoma
With a suitcase on my knee
I won't regret, the day I leave
The cooking left behind
O what a wicked web we weave
Switchin' plans for where we dine
Hey! The Pony!
Don't you cry for me
Genius won't get turkey now
The cryin' is all for he
After planning our Thanksgiving itinerary for two months, coordinating travel and menu and serving times, a task slightly less difficult than juggling three Rubik's Cubes and solving them all at the same time...The Pony threw us a curve ball. He decided that he doesn't actually want to drive home for Thanksgiving, even though Hick and I were meeting him halfway, so I could ride the final five hours home with him.
Uh huh. Just learned that info on Sunday afternoon. Good thing I wasn't doing my holiday grocery shopping until Monday morning! So...the plan has changed, and Hick and I are going to Oklahoma for two days. Genius has been iffy on his Thanksgiving dinner attendance, first saying that he couldn't make it, then that he could be here on Friday, for a couple hours, so I could make the meal then. Problem being that we would have been leaving Saturday to take The Pony halfway back, leaving our leftovers to not be savored.
I don't know yet what Genius will do, and whether I should prepare. We'll be back late Thursday. I'm pretty sure I won't have time to shop and crank out a full Thanksgiving spread for a couple hours on Friday. We've planned Christmas around Genius's schedule. So he'll have to be satisfied with whatever crumbs we can give him for Thanksgiving.
The Holidays keep getting more an more complicated as the kiddies move along in life.
ReplyDeleteFor me. I don't think they find my catering to them at all complicated!
DeleteIt's all part of growing up, Val. Maybe the Pony has a girlfriend who lives much closer. And Genius will survive.
ReplyDeleteNot that he has revealed, though he was a bit terse one weekend, replying to my text with only, "I'm on a date." The old paramour is not spoken of any more, so he might be shopping for a new one.
DeleteGenius is the cockroach of Thevictorian family. He WILL survive, and outlast the rest of us.
I agree with your plan re Genius. Popping in for a couple of hours sure as heck isn't a good enough reason for you to spend hours on a Thanksgiving dinner. And now you don't have to cook for The Pony either, so that's a win too. Perhaps you could keep this going for several years and not have all that shop-prepare-cook-eat-cleanup fuss ever again. Except for Christmas of course.
ReplyDeleteYes, I can't say that I was disappointed, being finagled into a two-day stay at a casino, eating at restaurants. Christmas dinner has been changed to December 30, per Genius's availability.
DeleteYour schedule sounds easy to figure out: Christmas dinner on the 30th, & breakfast before you go to bed!!
ReplyDeleteWe actually just finished breakfast for lunch today, with free BRUNCH at the casino. Had to pay for The Pony, though!
DeleteSounds like a good plan to me! My kids NEVER come home for holidays and I won't go to them unless I am invited. I am content with my family of campers.
ReplyDeleteI must say, I don't miss doing all the cooking! I know your camper families contribute dishes to your festive meals.
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