Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is usually a very busy day in the Pinkowski household. It usually begins the day before. That is when my mother begins to make all of the food. She starts by defrosting the turkeys. My mom makes 3 of them, because my entire family comes over for dinner and it is quite a large family. She also begins to make pies and cakes. Last year, my cousin and I counted 14 varieties of pie and two cakes. My mom has always been known to make way too much food. When I wake up on thanksgiving morning, usually to the sound of the vacuum, I come downstairs to see that my kitchen has dishes all over the place and my mom is running back and forth, trying to make everything perfect. My sister usually cleans up the kitchen and living room as I clean my den. What does my father do during all this? My dad, who is half asleep all day, is usually playing online poker, and getting frustrated because he sucks at it. Once four o’clock hits, my family starts showing up, usually starting with my great aunt Deanna. By five, everyone is at my house, and to be honest, it’s quite annoying. I usually don’t eat much on thanksgiving, mostly due to the fact that most of my extended family annoys the hell out of me, and i cant stand to be around all of them for longer than an hour or so.  After dinner, everyone sits around and talks as I try to drop as many hints as I can to tell them to get out of my house. Once they leave, I help my parents clean up and put everything away and then they go to bed.