Well, I managed to cook everything I had planned for today!

GO ME!

Aaaaaand then two people canceled, my mother came home with an awful stomach bug and stayed home, my sister developed a more minor tummyache, I got off-and-on headaches, one of my chickens wasn't fully cooked, and Ana seems to have strep.

So all that food is back in the fridge. JOY TO THE WORLD, GUYS.

Well, we all had fun anyway, even poor streppy Ana. (We didn't realize that she was itching until we were already there, so of course we didn't pull up and leave early. Forget that!)

Let's reduce some of this tab clutter, shall we?

Happy Thanksgiving!

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