redbird | slight change of plans

Everyone is basically OK, but we thought about how we're feeling today, and have postponed the Thanksgiving meal until tomorrow: I fell last night at about 5 a.m. (I think I slipped on a rug in the bathroom, while getting up after using the toilet.) After getting up and checking that nothing major was wrong, I spent most of an hour applying ice packs to various parts of my body in the hope of preventing bruising. We keep two ice packs in the freezer, a good compromise between wanting to have multiple ice packs for when we need them, and not crowding out all the other things that we want to keep in the freezer. I tried going back to bed, and discovered more tender spots, so I got up again, took a naproxen, and iced whichever spots seemed to need it most.

The next time I went back to bed, I did fall asleep, for about an hour and a half. The ice packs and naproxen seem to have helped a lot, but I am somewhat stiff, in addition to the lost sleep.

The other "how we're feeling today" is that

cattitude slept badly two nights running. Our Thanksgiving meal is just the three of us, so changing plans won't disappoint or inconvenience anyone else. Adrian made a frittata for tonight's supper, and tomorrow we will roast a duck and a pan of root vegetables, and eat cranberry relish and an apple crisp and I think a wild rice salad.

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Date: 2023-11-24 02:33 am (UTC)

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minoanmiss

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Have a lovely meal tomorrow and feel better!

Date: 2023-11-24 03:29 am (UTC)

otter

I hope you all feel better tomorrow.

Date: 2023-11-24 05:52 am (UTC)

kareina

When I think about it, it is a little odd that Americans still do the Big meal of the long holiday weekend on Thursday, which made sense back in the day, when the work involved to cook it wasn't so much more, and very similar to the normal day's work for the ones for whom feeding the family was a daily job, and having a feast ready when family gathered meant that there would be less work in the kitchen the days after while the guests were still here.

But these days most folk work outside of the home, and few meals take as much effort as are put into a Thanksgiving dinner, and if one is traveling to family it might involve several flights, some of which are delayed, or really long drives, in weather that is likely to be not conducive to driving. So for today's world it would make sense to have Thursday as a relax and recover from the week +/- travel day, and Friday the prepare the feast and enjoy it day.

Morning thoughts from one who hasn't lived in a country that even celebrates Thanksgiving since 2003...

I hope your bruises are already feeling better and you are soon completely recovered.

Date: 2023-11-24 09:14 am (UTC)

bibliofile

One advantage to aging is understanding that moving the timing of a particular thing is okay when warranted. Though of course with aging comes other things, like health issues that mean you want to reschedule things. So you'll still have a tasty meal, just when you're all more up for it. Yay.