It’s Thanksgiving!! While my extended family tries to do Thanksgiving, more-so since they’ve started having their own kids, Thanksgiving is a huge mish mosh of hot pot and a turkey that may or may not be burned to a crisp. If we want mashed potatoes, we better bring our own, and cornbread is a thing of mystery.

This is why I opted for Thanksgiving at Caleb’s parents house. Things are weird with the pandemic but the one thing it’s helped me with is easing me into holiday’s with his family. It’s much easier to prep myself for a Thanksgiving with just his mom, dad, sister, and maybe a grandma versus three thanksgivings back to back with aunts, uncles, and cousins galore. Getting thrown into a whole new family and being the only non-relative who also happens to be not white in a room full of only white people can be very nerve racking (as if I didn’t spend my whole life at friends houses and events where this was the case.)

Still, this is a little different and a small Thanksgiving was exactly what I needed. Caleb’s mom still managed to make a customary Thanksgiving for us with his sister coming in CLUTCH with the sweet potatoes. Apparently, his mom usually only has to bring a side and maybe some store-bought pie to his uncle’s house so this was a big step up for her having to make a full meal but it turned out great.

I love thanksgiving. It has everything I want, Potatoes, veggies, and stuffing are all amazing. I love carbs and starch. They turkey came out great and while there was a small mishap of turning on the oven then not actually putting it in the oven and not noticing it for a little too long, if this was the yearly Thanksgiving disaster, it was very mild and almost unnoticeable. (Cue my cousin’s Turkey last year that was burned to a charred black crisp on the outside).

While I have no idea what to expect next year during a normal Thanksgiving with his family, this was a really good one.