Thanksgiving 2020

Another Thanksgiving has come and gone... albeit a little different than usual for most. 

Yes, it is still 2020, and the pandemic is still hitting us as hard as ever. So, we were encouraged to avoid large gatherings - even family gatherings. I don't know how many people actually did so, but it is still different nonetheless.

We don't normally have very large gatherings at Thanksgiving anyway. It seems I typically have to work the next day - which is the case this year too. The Feipel five came over for a late lunch, and that was about it. I was happy that my sister actually stayed with my mom through the holiday so she didn't have to be alone.

We did observe a few of our normal 'traditions': listened to Arlo Guthrie's 'Alice's Restaurant Massacre', ate turkey, watched football, and we all enjoyed the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special (which we have on cd). This year we also started a new tradition: the hiding/finding of turkey eggs! I hid three eggs - one for each grandchild - with money inside. It was a nice day, and I figured since this year has been so screwed up, I'd try to give them a little something extra. Plus, those Easter Eggs just sit around all year with nothing to do... 

Anyway, I am at work now. I had one person in at 5:14 am, and the next at 6:30. At least I got my bosu ball workout in while standing at the front desk!

Even though the pandemic has thrown us all for a bit of a loop, I am thankful it has been nothing but a mere inconvenience for most of us. Few people I know have ever had to endure true hardship, poverty, war, and the like. Wearing a mask and trying to avoid large groups isn't really that difficult in the grand scheme of things. 

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“Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.” -Colossians 3:16