It twas a very busy week!  We started off on Monday the 24th by a small make-your-own-pizza dinner when Colby & Josey dropped off CJ.  We were dog-sitting Mon night – Weds AM. Once Julie picked CJ up on Weds, we headed out the door to drive up to Rochester for the long weekend.  It took about an hour longer than normal, but otherwise no complaints.  Got in to the ROC and unpacked by 9PM, just in time to meet Mandy out at the Distillery for her 21st birthday.  What better way to end the night than garbage plates.  Thursday was Thanksgiving proper – I got up and made stuffing and candied sweet potatoes to bring to Debbie’s house – Debbie and Bob had prepared all of the makings of a full dinner (which we were able to have firsts, seconds, and sometimes thirds of).  Yum..   turkey induced coma on Thursday night, just in time to wake up early for some black friday shopping in the morning.  We got some Buffalo Wild Wings for lunch (my first time), and headed home to watch the Nebraska game.  I will admit that I slept through the first half (turkey + early waking+ battling stores = sleepiness), but I woke up during half time, and didn’t miss the 57 yard field goal and interception-TD to win the game over CO!   (Insert victory dance here.)  Good stuff.  We had dinner with my mom, and headed out to meet up with Melanie, Javed & Borch @ Oxfords.  Somehow, we ended up with garbage plates on Fri night too!  Saturday we tried to track down Vanessa at Wegmans, but we couldn’t find her….  got some Bill Gray’s (worlds best cheeseburgers!) and then got ready for my 10 year HS reunion.  Meet up with the ladies & Paul at Johnny’s Irish Pub for a quick hour of pre-game and then headed over to the Daisy Flour Mill for the reunion proper.  It was not as awkward as I’d imagined, so that was good   Sunday it was time to head back to DC, which ended up being a much longer trip than anticipated due to blowing out a tire about an hour south of Williamsport, but we were able to change the tire and get back on the road without losing too much time.  Minges & Javed were nice enough to follow us back (going at donut speeds no less), and the tire was still covered under warranty so it was not an expensive fix yesterday.

Phew.  So I hear it’s December now, or something!