30 Days of Updates Day 28

Happy Thanksgiving!! We spent the day with our Red Sox friends watching football, playing outside (because it was beautiful weather) and eating, and then eating again. Brian made his annual pies (pumpkin and coconut cream) and we had all of the traditional fix-ins'. Boy was it delightful. I ate so much my belly hurt for hours.

The boys kept begging to play our annual football game, (parents against the boys other than one of the dads gets to be on their team), so we finally relented at halftime of the Cowboy game. Last year I think we lost. And if I remember right there was an injury, which miraculously wasn't me. I should know better. I feared a twisted ankle or knee, or at best a jammed finger. Working out every day should be making me more athletic/strong/not so clumsy, but so far I am not seeing this benefit. Not two minutes into playing, Pam and I were supposed to cross the field to get open. You would think that would be an easy enough pattern. Somehow we crossed at the exact same spot, and neither of us could stop/change directions. It was like slow motion. I knew we were going to collide but couldn't do anything to stop it. Wham!!! Thankfully we both stayed standing, largely in part because we had a hold of each other to keep from falling over. She ended up with a bruise on her cheek and I with a sore spot on my temple. And we lost the game. And the kids complained we didn't play long enough. Damn football. I am a much better cheerleader from the comfort of my chair with my drink in hand...