It’s strange living in a world that carries on as if nothing is happening on the other side, but Thanksgiving goes on in the Ennis household. We didn’t originally plan to celebrate, but we had gone to the grocery store the night before and Kevin convinced me that we could make a mini dinner. I’m so glad he did! It’s always hard being away from home for the holidays — we certainly haven’t spent every holiday with our family since we moved away from Illinois, but we usually at least celebrate Thanksgiving or Christmas in Illinois with our mamas. It didn’t really hit me until today that I’m going to miss that this year. Last year we spent Thanksgiving in Illinois, because we spent Christmas in India. The year before we hosted Thanksgiving with everyone coming to us. I really enjoyed hosting friends and family at our house, but of course that didn’t make sense this year. We don’t have any friends yet! Maybe next year we can do a big Friendsgiving the weekend after since we work on the actual day. Another strange feeling… I haven’t worked on Thanksgiving Day… well ever? I never worked retail and the food industry was seasonal, so the place was closed by the time Thanksgiving came around. So strange.
However, everyone at work was so nice wishing me Happy Thanksgiving, with one even gifting Kevin and I some themed chocolate, personalised just for us. It was so thoughtful, and I’m still baffled how she found such a thing in the UK).
It ended up being a very lovely evening with my sweet — with a little bit of home wrapped up in our evening. <3
