That's right, friends! Tomorrow is the big day! Millions of homes will be filled with the scents of Thanksgiving. First time cooks will be burning their turkeys, making lumpy mashed potatoes, and opening up cans of cranberry slop...Newlweds will be proudly hosting their first Thanksgiving dinner party together as Mr. and Mrs. in their tiny, yet cozy new apartments...Grandparents will be waiting for their grandchildren to run in, begging for a taste of Grandma's secret recipe pumpkin pie before dinner, and jumping on Grandpa's back for piggy-back rides.... Ok....I'll stop watching Leave it to Beaver.... This year, like last, I will be cooking a massive Thanksgiving dinner for 20 people, though, not for my family, but for a client who will pick up at 3 pm.. Seeing as I work full day today, and I'm too stubborn in regards to the freshness of my food to have par-cooked, or starting any prep in advance, I, will be cooking through the night! I do feel more prepared this year, than I did last, when I had a meltdown at right around 3:47 am when I had 4 dishes in the oven, 3 on the stove, and about 8 more to go, and realized there was no way I was gonna make it in time....somehow, it all came together, but I'm hoping that doesn't happen this year!
Yesterday my body decided to make life a bit more interesting than it already is, and keep me on my toes by giving me an Ocular Migraine - sounds cool, huh? Well...it's freaky!!!! I swore I was going blind, or daffy, or a combination of both, but it was the strangest thing I've experienced thus far! I had to rush myself to the Ophthalmologist before it got any worse and I couldn't see out my right eye, either - thinking to myslef that by the time I pulled into the office parking that I'd have my left eyeball in my hand...luckily, I got there in time, eye in socket. After the doctor checked me out, he told me that I was having an ocular migraine, which is some extreme migraine where the part of your brain that's effected is the section that controls your vision - which is why I was having these orbs and flashes and blurs all around. Either way, I was relieved to find out that it was "just" a migraine, and that I wasn't going to need surgery or a glass eye, and I'm glad it happened yesterday and not today because cooking for 20 people, on a time crunch, with a horrendous headache and blurred vision does NOT a Happy Thanksgiving make!!!
Since I've been so busy the past few days, I haven't had a chance to blog anything worthwhile, so I'll leave you guys with a video of Thanksgiving disasters, and one about a simulated ocular migraine - they go hand-in-hand, no? Informative, if nothing else! Have an amazing Thanksgiving, everyone, and no matter how disastrous or spectacular your turkey turns out, have fun with your friends and family - that's the part that really counts!
Gobble-gobble! =)
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