One Holiday at a Time, Please!

Why do people insist on playing Christmas music during Thanksgiving dinner? The day after, sure. Knock yourself out; but, not on Thanksgiving Day. Can we please just focus on one gluttonous holiday at a time please? Thanks! Now, on to the post…

This Thanksgiving had to be one of the best I’ve had in a very long time. This was the first Thanksgiving Holiday that I hadn’t spent at home. And while I was slightly distracted by the fact that I wasn’t with family this year… I was excited to have my first holiday with friends. Anthony, Amir, and Vincent (A2V as I will from here on out refer to them as) invited me to a potluck Thanksgiving dinner with a few people they knew. I couldn’t have been more thankful to have been invited. We had a blast! Great wine, fantastic food, pie (which wasn’t all that good, but whatever), and to end the evening, several roaring (yes, very loud) rounds of Uno and Cranium. Thursday night was one of those nights that you cherish and wish you had taken more pictures. Between making plans for Gay Days and gawking at Cooper (dog) hump his stuffed bear with vigor, it was one of the most memorable nights.

Last night was just as fun when we rounded up everyone again and headed over to A2V’s for leftovers, Christmas Tree decorating (see, day AFTER Thanksgiving) and games! We played 3 side-splitting rounds of Guesstures, which unfortunately our team lost at… I kept sayin’ we should have gone 3 out of 5, but anywho. And after a quick relaxing dip in the hot tub, we broke out the Monopoly. Fast forward to 14 years later to see Steve and Kris take everyone for all they had.

All in all, a fantastic start to the Thanksgiving weekend… and it’s only Saturday!  The best part: I met a new friend who was able to get me a buddy pass flight back home to DC.  I’m comin’ home for Christmas!!! :)