Breakfast and...

Perry and I -mostly Perry- made croissants and pains au chocolate for breakfast, which we are eating now, at 1pm, which eh, dinner won't be until 6.



Yum.

I have been asking AC for weeks if she wanted anything from me for Thanksgiving. No answer. Today? Can I get dessert and stuffing? I think it'll be ok, though if I'd known she wanted dessert, I'd have made an extra one.

And most importantly.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

It's been a hard year, and hopefully 2021 will be better. But stay safe, enjoy your dinners, and Zoom/Skype FTW.

Even when she is not here....

Even when she is not here, my SIL manages to create stress.

Last year, she made off with most of the tiramisu, some that I'd wanted for AC, and with all of the wild mushroom ragout. The year before that I managed to prevent her for taking all the leftover prime rib, leaving nothing for leftovers for dh.

This year, ha ha, I figured this would not be a problem.

I made my menus. I texted, btw, my daughter asking if she wanted anything. Did not get a response.

This morning, early, I got a text from AC asking if she could have some dessert, she hadn't had time to make any, and some stuffing. Sure, I said. I knew dessert might be a bit tight, but eh, less leftovers the better.

Then about two hours ago, I get two texts from SIL:

I was wondering if you guys could bring one extra plate, I have a friend who has no one for Thanksgiving and want to do a door drop delivery as well later on tonight… Let me know, thanks!

and

If possible… And you could even wrap it separately because I will probably put it in the refrigerator until I go bring it to them…

Fuck. No.

I didn't want leftovers this year, so I calculated pretty close to what we would eat. And jesus, if she'd told me this a fucking WEEK ago, I'd have made more stuffing and an extra dessert.

I let dh handle the response. He was pretty irked too. I think the "and put it on a separate plate, ok?" thing really annoyed him.

His response:

We plan to bring containers Mom's. You can decide how to divvy things up from there.

That could go two ways. My MIL might manage to salvage enough for herself and some leftovers, or SIL could bully into taking more than her fair share, so she can be Lady Bountiful for her friend while depriving her mother..., which is typical SIL. But at least it's not my problem and I can make sure I have food for my spouse and kids.

Less than 15 minutes after dh responded, another text from SIL. Juan is her ex, they get along ok (even though he was supposedly an abuser, because she got all sorts of help from the state and other NGOs because of that. Funny that they lived with MIL and MIL never observed any abuse, ya know? I know that's not a total proscription, but SIL is a serial liar who will do anything to get extra money from anyone she can get it from.)

I'm thinking since I have to go drop it off for my friend, I was thinking of also bringing a plate to Juan… Please let me know if that's too much but if not, would it be possible to add a little bit extra for two other people, my friend and Juan?

Feh.

Dh responded again:

Shopping was done days ago after we settled on the plan. Can't make another turkey materialize now. Sorry.

I sent a turkey and enough sides for three people, easy, and maybe one meal of leftovers each, which is about what I have here.

We'll see if MIL complains about not having any leftovers or enough food.