Consider my thanks given

[batskeets]

What an amazing day.

With my family having been ~1000 miles away, I've spent the past 10-or-so years of celebrating Thanksgiving with other people's families. I come from a small family, so Thanksgiving hasn't typically been a big-deal, cook-at-home holiday for us, anyway. This year, seeing my own family was, again, not-so-feasible. And, well, not having a boyfriend's family to piggyback on, I found myself without plans. But, instead, I was fortunate enough to have the luxury of spending it with the family I've chosen for myself.

We wound up with 17 people congregated in this house, a blazing fire in the fireplace, a few games, a lot of laughter, and so much food we couldn't even fit it all on one table.

I had the honor of raising my glass to toast some of the greatest people I know, with words that some part of my brain had intended as heartfelt, but that more likely came out more in the realm of tongue-in-cheek ridiculous. Hey, I'd had a couple of shots, and I'm not exactly great with public sentiment. ;p

Still, I couldn't have asked for better. Not by a longshot. And it wouldn't have happened without the presence of every single person under my roof today.

I am absolutely doing this again next year. :)

Comments

[archmage.livejournal.com]

Hey, goofy-but-heartfelt is sometimes the best, anyway.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_dilate_/]

Thanks so much Sarah. Best thanksgiving ever. I came home and slept for 12 hours!

Thanks for including me and all the great food

[drjeff.livejournal.com]

Isn't that an awesome thing to do on Thanksgiving? We ended up with just about the same amount as you did, and it was the greatest.

Of course, the downfall to this is that we'll never get to spend Thanksgiving with you, but if you ever want to take a year off you're very welcome here. :)

[twilite-embrace.livejournal.com]

Neal and I both had an amazing time last night. Thank you so much for having this shin dig. You are an awesome friend and I'm pretty thankful to know you, love.

[bellybalt.livejournal.com]

I slept SO LONG after that party. GOOOOOOD food and GOOOOOD company.