Thanksgiving Weekend

I went to visit my daughters, son-in-law and granddaughter in Boston, as well as my HS buddies.
I flew on Thanksgiving morning. Up to Salt Lake, then to Boston. I had the whole 3 seats to myself going to Boston. How nice was that! I have been a bit concerned about the Swine flu and traveling. I was prepared with a mask and hand sanitizer. I was on chemo that week. Got there uneventfully and was picked up by my son-in-law with my grandaughter in the back seat. She had just woken up from a nap and was in a playful mood.

When we got to the house, my daughters were in the last 30 minute preparation for the Thanksgiving meal. The table was set beautifully.

I was finally able to meet Greg, my daughter's boyfriend. He was doing the dishes. Prior to that, I had only met him via Skype. We all sat down and Michael said Grace and we toasted. I was happy to be there this year. The food was awesome. Traditional Thankgiving meal. They have even rememberd that I like fresh cranberries and made them for me. They like the jelly out of the can.

We talked around the table. Greg was in the middle of a problem at his apt, trying to get his electricity fixed. The fuse kept blowing at one outlet and the ceiling had a large crack in it.
He'd been calling the landlord, but not having much success. They were headed CT on Fri. so he could make his family a Thanksgiving meal on Sat.

My daughter was hell bent on going out to shop at midnight on Black Friday. I asked why she felt she needed to do that and fall into the marketing trap. She thought there would be some good deals. I explained that they were just trying to get her portion of some $$. So, she stayed home and went to sleep instead!!

Friday, we went to Old Navy. It was crowed, but not packed. The store opened at 3 am with a line outside since 2 am. We stayed away from the mall. Too crazy!! Later that day, Michael realized he bought the spanish version of Scrabble, so we went to return it. He told us to circle the parking lot and he would be right out. My daughter instead, parked in the parking lot and waited for him to call her saying he was ready. We sat there a while, (30 minutes or so) and she decided to call him to see what the problem was. No answer. So we drove up to the store and saw him standing there. OOPS. He didn't have his phone with him and he was waiting all that time. It only took him about 10 minutes to get the whole thing done!!

We watched UP and has some fresh popcorn (made on the stove) with real butter on it. Yummy.

Saturday, my friend Diane picked me up and we drove into Boston. Met up with Donna and Barbara at the hotel. They had already started drinking!! Then Holly showed up from Maine with the food she'd brought. Got that all unloaded and got settled in the room. We hung out in the room for the afternoon, shared stories and got caught up, laughed, ate lobster that she brought and had cosmos. (I wasn't drinking- too soon after the chemo)

I was wracking my brain trying to think of something to bring to my friends to express my gratitude for all they have done for me. On my way back from Denver, ( I brought my mother back to my brother's house. He had been in Germany judging at a harmonica convention), I was looking at the Skymall catalog and found this silver pin with 5 friends. I thought how perfect was that. So, when I got home, I ordered 5 and had them shipped to my daughter's in Boston. I wrote them each a note to say thank them for all they had done. We put them on and wore them all weeked. They loved them too! Diane brought back gifts from her trip to China, and Donna brought back loose gems from the cruise she had been on and a high heel cake/pie server!!

That night, we went to the North End for dinner. Something I have always wanted to do. We walked around a little in the North End before dinner and took in the smells and went to Mike's pastry for dessert. It was packed!! Every man/ woman for themselves!!

We had a nice dinner, some good conversation and thoroughly enjoyed each other. Then, this big group came in and were very noisy!! That was it. Time to go. We walked back to the hotel. We went to Barbara and Keith's residence (attached to the hotel and hung out there for a bit. Diane needed to refrigerate the remainder of her meal.) They drank some champagne, and told more stories. We laughed some more. Holly hadn't heard them, so Donna shared them with her. They were just as funny to hear them again.

We went back to the room and ate the canoli's we had purchased. They were excellent!!

Sunday morning, Donna orders coffee for room service. The waiter brings it up shortly there after. Donna answered the door and in he comes. There was only the king size bed that Donna and I had shared. I'm sitting there without my wig on and smiling, thanking him for the coffee delivery. It occurred to me that he may have thought we were lesbians!!! Donna signed Barbara's name for the bill. (she was paying the tab at the hotel). Then, we thought about how a story may come out about Barbara and what she does when she is out of town without Keith!!!
The cream was just beginning to go bad, so Donna called down and had another coffee service delivered. The delivery person said there were other people who had the same problem. No problem.

Can you imagine what the people who deliver the room service see?? They could probably write a good book!

Sunday, we went to brunch at Joe's bar and grill. Eating again!!! Had a nice brunch there and walked back to the hotel along the waterfront and stopped for some pictures.

Sunday afternoon, we hung out in the room again and planned a dinner out with our family members who were near. My daughter and Greg came in and Barbara's daughter Casey and husband Keith came too. My grandaughter was still running a temp, so they thought it best to keep her home. Greg shared the rest of his apt story. The workmen had come in and started to rip down the ceiling. Sheet rock dust over everything. They had taken down the plastic over the doors to stop the dust from getting into the other rooms. He was a little perturbed. We told him to hire a cleaning service and take pictures and send the landlord the bill. After dinner, Diane and Donna left. Diane took Donna to her brother and sister-in-law's and Diane went home.

Barbara, Holly and I met for breakfast in the dining room at the hotel. Holly took me to the airport and then drove back to Maine.

What a delightful weekend!! Loved every minute of it. I had been looking forward to it for awhile. We thought about doing it again in the spring. Maybe a house boat trip to Lake Havasu!!

I was sitting at Logan, waiting for my flight. There was this woman, probably in her 50's or so, sitting kitty corner across from me reading a book. Then she decides to start picking her nose, and then eating it!! GROSS. I felt like I was being punk'd. There were people there who had some nice deep, wet coughs going on. UGH! It sounded like a TB ward.

I had never flown Midwest airlines. They actually serve warm chocolate chip cookies on their flights. What a treat. The middle seat was again not filled, so I didn't feel packed like a sardine on the way home.

My husband met me at the airport and we went home. He had been invited to his friend, Vera's home for his Thanksgiving dinner, and he Skyped with his family earlier that day. He and Sami also had a nice weekend.

So, now we are looking forward to Christmas. My kids and former husband and his wife are coming here to celebrate!!

























Friday, my grandaughter had a fever and my daughter thought is was because she was teething. Her cuspids were coming in. She wasn't really cranky, just a bit lower on her energy scale. We