If I go the short-post route (again) today, it’s not for a lack of material.\u00a0 That was a rather hectic holiday, as I suppose all are.\u00a0 I think I’ll start with a Wednesday recap;\u00a0 As it happened, I went out Monday & Tuesday also, but nothing of note.\u00a0 Anyway, on Wednesday Mr. Munkirs held his annual pre-Thanksgiving AKL Alumni luncheon.\u00a0 This has been going on for several years at various locations, and this year the spot of choice was the Brooksider.\u00a0 I was a bit thrown off by the transportation aspect of the event.\u00a0 Since we’ve gone the one-car route and I got sentenced to work downtown, little things like “lunch with the guys” have gotten increasingly difficult.\u00a0 This one, however, was easily solved by just taking the day off.\u00a0 Not only could I then simply walk to the event, I was able to get there a little early & help Munkirs with the centerpieces, name tags, etc.\u00a0 It turned out to be a particularly well-attended and festive event.\u00a0 At one point I counted twenty guys there.\u00a0 We had a fine Brooksider lunch, and then around 3:00 the “regulars” started filtering in so I hung around for happy hour too.\u00a0 A fine way to spend a day off, if perhaps rather unproductive.<\/p>\n
Thursday was, of course, Thanksgiving.\u00a0 My Aunt Kathie drew the short straw this year and we all invaded her house.\u00a0 This actually worked out well on many counts;\u00a0 They have plenty of room, the house is reasonably close to us, and I didn’t have to have it at my house.\u00a0 Not that we were in the running anyway;\u00a0 I think our small menagerie of pets has taken care of that.\u00a0 Between Gabe’s paint-peeling gas issues, and Kane’s habit of walking around the dining room table sticking his nose in everything, it makes for a rather unappetizing meal.\u00a0 We’ve gotten somewhat accustomed to it, but not everyone is so acclimated to the situation.\u00a0 We had a fantastic meal, it’s actually making me kind of hungry just thinking about it.\u00a0 Turkey, mashed ‘taters, rolls, noodles, veggies, etc.\u00a0 My Uncle smoked up several slabs of ribs too, and they were awesome.\u00a0 I was well past full after my first plate but in the spirit of the season went ahead and piled on a second, a decision I would live to regret for a few hours.\u00a0 We left their house around 3:00, still in a state of moderate discomfort, and headed on down to the Plaza to wait for the big lighting ceremony.\u00a0 Our friends John & Susan had gotten a room at the Intercontinental<\/a> for the night, and invited us to join them, so we didn’t have to fight the crowd.\u00a0 We had an awesome view from the 11th floor, I’d say that’s the only way to go.\u00a0 (Especially if somebody else pays for the room…)\u00a0 All in all, an entirely tolerable holiday.<\/p>\n Friday was a work-day, bah.\u00a0 I once again took a pass on the Black Friday sales;\u00a0 Second year in a row, I think that tradition is a goner for me.\u00a0 After work I headed to a few Dick’s locations with Mark, looking for a few stray deals, but everything was long gone.\u00a0 Unable to waste my money on anything, I dejectedly (not really) headed home for a quiet evening of Wii.\u00a0 Donette, meanwhile, went to a big highschool\u00a0 reunion up north with all her sisters.\u00a0 I will assume she had fun;\u00a0 She didn’t wander back home until Saturday morning so it must have been a humdinger.<\/p>\n Saturday, we went to the big Border War game out at Arrowhead.\u00a0 I had never been to one of these events, and I think I picked the right time to check it out on many fronts.\u00a0 Our friends David & Jill were up from Dallas for the Holiday, and they worked the game in too.\u00a0 We all met up at the stadium around 11:00 for a big tailgate.\u00a0 It was a great time;\u00a0 I don’t know how many people were in our “group” but it was a lot.\u00a0 Martins, Frerkings, Downtown Browns, Doni’s family from Houston, and a lot of David & Jill’s family and friends.\u00a0 It was a rather large party.\u00a0 The weather was nothing short of ideal.\u00a0 It may have been my one and only time going to that thing.\u00a0 No sense pushing my luck.\u00a0 As an added bonus (for us anyway) MU even won, and in an exciting fashion.\u00a0 I rarely stay interested in an entire sporting event;\u00a0 This one had enough back-and-forth action to keep my attention.\u00a0 After the game, we made a half-hearted attempt at going out with David & Jill, but I think we were out of gas.\u00a0 And, we were sorta looking to hang out and chat, but the bar (Kennedy’s) was deafeningly loud and crowded.\u00a0 We stayed as long as we could stand it, then headed back home and played Wii games for a while.<\/p>\n Sunday, I guess all the events caught up with us.\u00a0 Our plan was to head to Amigos, but by the time “one of us” got out of bed they had stopped serving breakfast so we scrapped that.\u00a0 I wouldn’t have left the house at all, but finally Gabe and I made the two-block hike to QT and bought a paper.\u00a0 Other than that brief foray into the outside world, I left the couch on precious few occasions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If I go the short-post route (again) today, it’s not 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