I hope you all enjoy the day of stuffing yourselves silly and lounging around pretending to watch football so nobody sees that you’re really napping with your eyes open. Or maybe that’s just me.

We’re having a low-key thanksgiving this year. That will be a big change. Every year we do an enormous gathering with my extended family. There are about 40 people and everybody brings their kids and food and it’s absolute chaos. All the women end up in the kitchen and all the men end up in front of the TV. Except me - I usually hang out with the guys because why would I voluntarily spend time in a kitchen, especially one that already has 20 people in it?

This year, we did the whole mass gathering early due to scheduling conflicts. So today it’s just my little immediate family and some decent food. I have no plans for stuffing myself silly, and I will feel quite comfortable going upstairs to take a nap during football instead of avoiding the appearances of anti-socialness to stare blankly at a screen of large men in tight pants running into each other.

It’s in the 70s here today so it should be a great day to take Button outside and walk off that meal. Maybe if I walk her around long and hard enough she’ll actually TAKE A FRIGGIN NAP TODAY, a chore she has seen unfit to participate in as of late. Yesterday I spent 3 hours trying to get her to take a 30 minute nap.

I’ve discovered that refusing to nap is the one thing my child does that can absolutely make me lose my mind as a parent. DOESN’T SHE UNDERSTAND THAT SHE NEEDS TO NAP? DOESN’T SHE UNDERSTAND THAT I NEED HER TO NAP???

Anyway, Happy Turkey Day. May the food and naps abound.

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