Christmas Dinner
Christmas Day 2011 was the first holiday after my ex-wife moved out earlier that month. My mom had planned for Indy and I to come down to have turkey and all the usual accoutrement in the afternoon on Xmas day. My custody arrangement with my ex is one where we allow for a little flexibility. We both work retail jobs and, as such, do not have normal 9-5 M-F hours. She keeps her on Saturday and I pick her up on Sunday sometimes earlier, sometimes later, depending on when my ex has to work. Since she neither works at a Chinese restaurant nor a movie theater, she did not have to work. This meant I would be picking up Indy later. After this was established, I told my mom and that we wouldn’t be able to make it down like we planned. She said ok and not to worry about it. She said she would come up and we would figure out something for lunch/dinner. She socked away the frozen turkey and saved what could be saved with the promise that turkey dinner would be had one day.
Today is that day. Indy is with her my ex’s parent’s on “the island” weekend (which is a fun story to tell someday), so I’m going to go have a turkey dinner with my mom.
Merry Christmas!
