Well, let’s see. It’s been well over a year and half of staying put in our new home in the burbs of Chicagoland. Just when we thought the pandemic was allowing for travel, the Omicron variant started to make the news around Thanksgiving, and kids ages 5-11 were allowed to get their first COVID vaccination doses in the U.S. We figured with the younger one getting his first dose, we’d go out and venture on a small road trip to Michigan.
Uncle JB, our very dear friend, has been to see us many times before and even visited us during our last weeks in Cyprus, so we decided to go make the trek to see him.
I’d like to say we did all the turkey and trimmings right, but this year being a tough one with a few family members getting sick (not COVID-related), we’d keep it simple. Prof ordered a turkey and trimmings, and Uncle JB picked up the food. However, Uncle JB was smart and ordered Cali rolls and other delicious rolls. After that night, we figured that maybe turkey and all the trimmings weren’t all that necessary like in years past.