Our Family Thanksgiving is Cancelled This Year

[BicycleBuck]

We were planning on a small gathering with my in-laws, my sister-in-law, and our kids. Everyone was quarantining in preparation with the exception of my son, who was still going to school. We were under the impression that they were doing a great job keeping the kids on lockdown. It turns out they weren't. One kid came to school on Monday and tested positive Tuesday.

Even though all the kids are required to wear masks at all times (except when eating), wash frequently, practice social distancing, etc., it's recommended that we quarantine for the next 14 days. So, that's what we're going to do. Trapped in the house for another two weeks.

With any luck, we'll make it through to Christmas and perhaps see the in-laws then. That will make it a year between visits.

[ttyymmnn]

@bicyclebuck Sorry to hear that. This obnoxious apocalypse rolls on. We had reservations for Big Bend next week, but it just didn't seem prudent to me to travel to a strange place, even though there is probably far less sickness out there than here in Travis County. We played a football game last Friday against a school that has now shut down entirely because their infection rate is high (worst in our district), our cheerleaders are quarantined because one of the cheer moms tested positive, the basketball team is quarantined. Cases are skyrocketing in TX, worse now than the worst of the summer, and the governor is saying, "Be prudent." They're not going to shut anything down this time.

Sigh.....

We usually traveled to some hotel somewhere for TG, or had dinner with friends. We haven't cooked in years. But we're cooking this year. Well, somebody is cooking. We ordered a smoked turkey from Rudy's...

[KITT222]

I'm in a similar boat. I live in Michigan while family is back in Minnesota. I love getting together with them, but I'm not pushing it for Thanksgiving. It's going to be a year before I've seen them for Christmas, and I had planned on seeing them a LOT this year. Finger's crossed we all can have a safe Christmas.

On the upside, I'm going to learn to cook a chicken for a solo holiday!

[EngineerWithTools]

Ooof, that stinks.

I just saw my very-high-risk parents for the first time in ~6 months. And by "saw" I mean I hung out with them at opposite ends of their heated garage for an hour. No Thanksgiving, probably no Christmas together. My nieces have the choice of in-school or at-home. The oldest one just switched to all-at-home when she realized that some other family's behavior - and there is a lot of dumb out there - could put her out of hockey for 2 weeks (yes, hockey itself is a risk, but that's a different story....)

I fear the ride is only going to get bumpier in the next few months. Be safe out there.

[Bloody-the-resident-LandRover-apologist]

@bicyclebuck sucks man, my wife and I are also debating if we're going to have thanksgiving with the in laws or not. FIL is being a god damn child about all of it so that is just adding extra stress to everything.

[LooseonExit]

Sucks. We're skipping Thanksgiving (visit inlaws) and Xmas (visit both sides of family). Inlaws think it's BS - no masks, no social distancing, go out all the time. Ugh. My mom is older and my sis/BiL have a kid going in person because they both go in to work (one in a hospital). So we're out. First year in a long time we won't see them. We've skipped going to the inlaws all year. They're either ridiculously lucky or asymptomatic carriers at this point. Inlaws aren't happy, but honestly they need to grow up so maybe they'll be alive to visit next year.

@ttyymmnn
Rudy's does smoked turkeys @ Thanksgiving?!!?!? I feel like I should have known that. Hyphen coming through again with vital info!! We've never cooked Thanksgiving becuase we go to the inlaws, but obv not this year from their behavior. Greenberg was my plan until it burned down (they are/were tasty turkeys). HEB, Whole Foods, and Sprouts do meals, but we just wanted the turkey which leaves Central Market vs Kroger and now Rudy's. Awesome.

[BicycleBuck]

@ttyymmnn Well, that sucks! For a number of years we met my mom in Natchitoches to celebrate Thanksgiving, her birthday, and Christmas all wrapped into one long weekend.

We have some great memories from those trips.

[ttyymmnn]

@looseonexit Hurry up and call them! The website shows a limited number of turkeys available.

[BicycleBuck]

@engineerwithtools It's becoming more clear that the holidays this year are going to be a big bust.

Stay safe is the new Happy Holidays.

[BicycleBuck]

@bloody-the-resident-shitposting-saffer Once people start acting like a-holes, then the only recourse is to avoid interaction. Have a tantrum if he must, but do it alone.

[BicycleBuck]

@looseonexit I'm glad @ttyymmnn mentioned Rudy's. We don't have access to good BBQ, but there are a few places around Baton Rouge that will deep fry a turkey. We need to order one.

[This is what we'll show...]

They just rolled Washington back to to Phase 1. No dine-in, no gatherings larger than 10 I think, etc, etc. Apparently the granola industry is essential services though, thank fuck.

[jminer]

@bicyclebuck I feel for you. I was going to fly back home and spend the week with my wife, but with the explosions in cases that doesn't feel safe anymore so we're staying put. Her in Missouri and me in California. It sucks

[davesaddiction]

Damn... I'm sorry.

[BicycleBuck]

@jminer I knew you traveled for work but I didn't realize your full situation. The longest time I've been away from my wife is three weeks and only four hours away. And it sucked! It must be really hard to be that far apart. I know how things go when the only lifeline is a phone and facetime.

I wish you the best for the holiday. I hope the two of you can get together again soon. Being away from family is hard, especially on holidays.

[XJDano]

Well, here in Missouri the a governor just announced that kids and teachers no longer have to quarantine if they were wearing a mask when they were around a person who tested positive.

Our thanksgiving got canceled, and I’m ok with that.

[derp]

Here in Minnesota it's now illegal to visit anyone outside your immediate household for any amount of time unless it's for an emergency.

[TorqueToYield]

It's going to be a long winter. My children are going to daycare since my wife and I have to work and we have no other options. And I refuse to let them around my older parents without masks and/or outdoors. So no Thanksgiving, holidays, etc. for awhile and it's been like this for months.

We did get together at the zoo last weekend with masks and stayed outdoors and that was fun.

Thanksgiving we're making real fried chicken because turkey sucks and now I can do what I want anyway.

[fintail]

Good luck to your kid, I guess odds are best he'll have no issues. I think "virtual" Thanksgiving is the thing this year. I too am staying home, don't want to deal with the mess. Won't even use zoom, as the people I'd be visiting aren't usually that with-it.

Christmas will be much harder to avoid, I'll likely end up going to that one.

[fintail]

@this-is-what-we-ll-show It's a Phase 1 with much less restriction, particularly, "non-essential" stores ae still open, just limited capacity. Also, like before, no real enforcement nor penalty.

Still is shit for those in service roles, thanks to national leadership being unable to deliver meaningful stimulus, especially compared to every other wealthy nation.

[BicycleBuck]

@torquetoyield I was thinking about ordering a fried turkey, but a nice batch of fried chicken sounds pretty good too. Maybe I'll break out the cast iron pans and get to work with my grandma's fried chicken recipe.

[jminer]

@bicyclebuck thanks a lot, the video conference helps but it still sucks. Before this the longed we'd been apart since 2004 was 9 days. It both helps and hurts that for the previous 7 months we'd basically spent 24 hours a day together in the same building.

The logistics are what makes it difficult, flying is not something we're on board for now and it's a 30 hour drive so weekends to see each other doesn't really work.

At least we don't have kids, that would make this just about unbearable I'd think.

[jminer]

@derpwagon said in Our Family Thanksgiving is Cancelled This Year:

Here in Minnesota it's now illegal to visit anyone outside your immediate household for any amount of time unless it's for an emergency.

You're in Missouri?

[jminer]

@xjdano said in Our Family Thanksgiving is Cancelled This Year:

Well, here in Missouri the a governor just announced that kids and teachers no longer have to quarantine if they were wearing a mask when they were around a person who tested positive.

Our thanksgiving got canceled, and I’m ok with that.

My wife keeps passing these awful bits of information to me. The government and politics there is a part of the reason we're moving

[Highlander]

Thanksgiving will be with Mom on the computer screen set in the middle of the table.

We will turn the web cam around so she can watch us eat.

I'm not even kidding and I really miss seeing my parents.