My Thanksgiving Weekend

I tried to publish this yesterday but alas, it wouldn't post. So I will try to remember what I wanted to say yesterday. I'm pretty forgetful you know!

I had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. I had planned to leave on Wednesday to stay at a friends in PA that night which is about halfway to Nicki's home. At about 1pm on Wednesday, I got a call from Dana, my daughter-in-law (she will always be my daughter-in-law really, even though she and Cory are divorced) asking me if I still wanted to take Mason with me to Nicki's as Dana was very sick and decided she wasn't going out of town. So I said, Sure. I finished up work, kept Mason on the bus with me, we packed up the car and away we went. We spent the night at my friend's home then traveled on to Nicki's Thursday morning after waiting out some freezing rain.

We had a nice and relaxing Thanksgiving dinner and the rest of the weekend was a delight. On Friday Mason stayed with Uncle Rick and Sean while Nicki and I went out to lunch with friends Steven and Brian and Steven's parents, Gene and Beulah who are from Eden, NY. We had met last year so it was nice to see them again. On Saturday, Nicki, Mason and I went to "Blockheads Burrittos" for lunch, a new Mexican style restaurant in New Platz with the theme of Sock Monkeys. I admit I don't get the connection, but still fondly possess my own sock monkey from many years so. We had a great meal and then did a little grocery shopping. When we returned home, Mason went shopping with Uncle Rick so they could buy another "Monster Truck" for them to destroy as they did the day before.

Saturday night, Nicki and I went to the Bradstan in White Lake, NY to enjoy an evening of Cabaret in the Nancy LaMott Room. Playing the piano that night was Nicki's friend Steven, who also sang along with his partner, Brian, Scott who is the owner of the Bradstan, and one of the servers, Beth. The music was wonderful and we enjoyed some yummy desserts and drinks. This was my second time to enjoy music at the Bradstan and I certainly hope to enjoy many more evenings there in the future.

http://www.bradstancountryhotel.com/

Sunday morning Mason and I packed up the car and headed for home. After talking to Dana again on the cell phone, we agreed that Mason should spend Sunday night at my house because Dana was still in the contagious stages of the strep. On our way home, we meet up with my friend Bob and his friend Everett. It was such a wonderful day, they were out riding. It was the first time I got to see Bob back on his bike after his accident last fall.

After saying good bye to Bob, once again Mason were on our way towards home, getting there before 4PM. We unpacked the car, made supper, then waited for Cory and Krista to arrive home from their week long trip to AZ to visit with Cory's father. Mason was so happy to see his Daddy and vice versa. We had a nice dinner, then they got to play for a while.

Mason was a real trooper about getting up so early to get ready to go to work with me and of course it was a blast to have Mason ride on my bus for three out of four of my bus runs. But I could also tell how happy he was to see his Mom after be away from her for almost a week. Ah, another grand adventure for Mason and Me. Now I am looking forward to spending Christmas with everyone at my house! I sure hope the weather allows us to be together!