When it comes to any big holiday I usually switch around who I spend it with and this thanksgiving I spent it with my cousins in Jersey, which I enjoy because I'm close with all my cousins on that side and where all around the same age and I can always expect to have fun or something to happen good or bad, and theirs so much that goes on that It's almost like a reality show. When i had first got heir though i saw two people that i didnt know ans i felt a little awkward but by Friday night we became closer. On Thursday instead of staying in the house and waiting hours for the food to be finished me and my cousins went to their high schools football game to kill time. I really don't mind football it's not a sport I'll turn on the tv to watch I'd have to be in the stands to actually enjoy it. But when we went I was ready to leave because it was so cold and we forgot to bring towels since the seats were wet and I wasn't dressed warm enough, but I stuck it out because I had nothing better to do.
Before we could eat we had to move a lot of chairs around so that everyone has room but when it comes to dinner time the kids never sit with the adults we have our own table, which is sort of a tradition, also on holidays praying before we eat and another tradition that goes on is having the adults get their food first and then the kids. We always have a lot of left overs and me and my cousins always stay up late and you can always find us going upstairs to the kitchen at 3am getting a snack. I was up at around 2:15 am getting some cake to help me stay awake because I was getting a little tired. Sneaking food at night has became another tradition and we did it so much that the adults even know now and theirs really no reason for us to try and hide it, theres not a night that I haven't gone up and taken food while everyones asleep. Also you can always expect something to happen during the holidays it wouldn't be normal if something didn't. This thanksgiving my family had a falling out that was waiting to happen and this had a really big impact that I don't know if I'll be going back there for Christmas.
Me and my cousins never have conversations about illness and dying everything is fun we joke around a lot and don become serious unless something serious happens and then we just start discussing it. Like on Friday night my cousins got into a big fight and we just stayed up to 4 am discussing everything that happened that night. The most that we talk about when it comes to food and nutrition is how many plates were going to get or with one my cousins how shes gonna have to portion off her food since she doesn't want to gain weight but the ends up getting forgotten when it's actually time to eat. When it's time to eat, the point is to feel comfortable. We don't sit in hard chairs the ones we have have cushions some have arm rest, thanksgiving not suppose to be a punishment to our body, and after most of end up going to sleep or sitting on a couch to relax. Our bodies aren't being punished which effects our moods and makes the time more enjoyable.
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