it just occurred to me that i never blogged about thanksgiving. i didn't get to go to iowa this year. it helped that the family didn't go. if i had to miss it and they were all going, i could have quit my job.

so, thanksgiving. my friend kat and her husband joey bought me a ticket to vegas for thanksgiving day. so, i had to work the day before and the day after so i flew out on the morning of thanksgiving and back that same night. it worked out well.

i woke up at 5. (ouch) got ready and headed for the airport. i got on the freeway and it was like a ghost town. it was so cool. it was like driving in luxury. i could pick and chose what lane i wanted to take. it was fabulous. and then i got to the airport where i realized why the freeway was empty, it was because everyone in orange county was at the airport. so, i waited in line, and then another and then got on the plane and sat next to a guy who thought that he had purchased a seat that allowed him to use my arm and leg space. not good friends. i actually had the thought go through my head, "if he elbows me one more time i'm going to scream at him." and i seriously would have. i would have ended his miserable british life.

joey picked me up at the airport and then i hung out at their house until kat was ready to go. so we all hopped in the car and headed to her parents house where we were having dinner. kat, her mom kathy and her sister nicole and i helped make dinner. at one point, nicole was making the green bean casserole and telling a story about how her in laws had driven her nuts the night before. the next thing we know kathy, kat and i all look over to nicole who was supposed to be 'rinsing and draining' and we all see her ringing out the green beans to which kathy yells, "you're murdering them!" and then we all buckled over and laughed for a good long time.

we had dinner with kats parents, nicole and her husband, katie and joey and nicoles in laws. before the in laws got there, nicole wanted to play a mean little game about how many times can we mention that she's never having kids. the in laws are pressuring her to have kids now and it's really funny to see the reaction when you say, "nicole, you are so lucky you're never having kids." it's hysterical. well, to us at least.

after a fabulous dinner we headed over to some of their friends' house and hung out there for a few minutes and then joey took me back to the airport.

as we pulled up, i looked at joey and said, 'ya think there was a bomb threat or something?' there wasn't a single car in the departures. not a single sky cap. no living body was there. my flight left in fifty minutes so i hop out, tell joey goodbye and go check in. i walked directly up to the ticket counter. (strange) i walked up to the first security check. not a single person in front of me (even stranger). and then walked right through the metal detector check point. (and this one was just creepy) there were 12 people on my flight. 12! it was hysterical. so, fabulous flight home.

i got home and walked through the door at 10pm.

oh, when i got to vegas, i had to call sharon and steve and beg them to let my dog out. i completely miscalculated how long i was going to be gone. so, sharon and steve saved me and certainly saved my dog and my carpet. thank you thank you thank you! i owe you huge!!

i need to sleep
k