thanksgiving 2007

thanksgiving was pretty typical again this year. same relatives. same food. same ho hum. i felt a little let down awaiting for some kind of pizazz, but none came.

i did bring josh home with my though. he couldn't make it back to kansas. i didn't want him to spend the few days by himself so i invited him home with me. we had a fun time singing the whole way there. he got to see my house where i grew up. we went to el matador, one of the great mexican restaurants in columbus.

josh and i then headed to maximus, a pool hall. we played A LOT of pool.

then we went to the pawnee bar. it's a very popular bar back home. lots of people i know always show up on the holidays and nearby days off that go along with them. the pawnee bar is well known for their "dukes". a duke is 36 ounces of beer in a great big mug. you can get just a plain beer, an orange beer - with orange juice in it, a red beer - with tomato juice in it, a salsa beer - with salsa in it, or a pineapple beer - with pineapple juice in it. all this beer for only $2.00. yep. $2.00. no special. that's the normal everyday price. (columbus has the cheapest beer on the planet, nothing much to do, and subsequently, quite a drinking problem).

after the bar, josh and i drove to the east of town and had some food at a truck stop. there was waaaaaaay too much food for me to eat and i had to take some home. it was good. it was cheap.

awaking on thanksgiving day, i finished off the rest of the veggie omelette. then everyone went to my grandmother's house. there were a lot of people there and i don't think my grandmother planned well enough. there wasn't enough food for all the people to get full. i ate plenty however. there were a few games of pool played. we played A LOT of card games. my family is big into cards. which worked out great for josh because he is big into cards as well.

we left around 7:30. it was already dark and had been for some time. i remember it feeling really late. my sister, josh, and i played risk and the simpson's clue and the game of life. i was getting tired so i layed down. my sister did the same. my brother went to bed because he had to work in the morning. josh stayed up and watched silver surfer.

in the morning, my mother made waffles and eggs, bacon, and sausage. everyone watched the nebraska game and their ever so often game blowing antics. i went outside to shoot a paintball gun. josh and my brother joined me.

josh needed to be back in lincoln by 5:00 for work. we arrived home around 3:00 and started watching arkansas attempt to take down lsu. i left as josh was leaving for work and kept up with the game via internet at home. arkansas won! sa-weet! i farted around at home for a bit. should have done laundry. then i went to a bar to watch hawaii play boise st. i'm a hawaii fan. they won. w00t! i played some pinball at the bar. josh and i ended the night at another bar playing pool. he beat me three straight times. ):

and today i start a new job. cheers!