As I was walking home from the bus stop after my hour-long class Thursday evening, I realized that it was American Thanksgiving back home. As I do most weeks, I stopped at the small open-air market and purchased a small portion of my frequent dinner — two of my three favorite vendors were either not present or had already sold out of food.

Nevertheless, by the time I got home I decided to film a short video about what I called my “holiday feast.” It’s the first video on my YouTube channel that I have had since last January. I am calling anything that I upload there my “Shaky-Cam” productions. Feel free to comment but please be kind! Bear in mind this was spur-of-the-moment (unscripted) and filmed on a pretty cheap phone.

I remained awake all night working on a few projects and joined my immediate family for a small get-together via ZOOM. I was fairly groggy and not in the best of moods (poor Internet connection and failing screen on my new (mid-July) computer contributed to my rather sour disposition). Still, I enjoyed the conversation and we will make another attempt next week. It took me a while to fall asleep after the call and I awoke around 2:30 in the afternoon absolutely ravished.

As there were more roaming heavy showers yesterday afternoon, I decided I would order some food to be delivered. I spent perhaps an hour perusing my food apps before finally “settling” on Burger King (Sizzler was a very close contender as well). I took advantage of several promotions they were offering and ended up with way too much food. This truly was my Thanksgiving feast — stuffed to the point of going into a “food coma”, and thankful that it arrived rather quickly and wasn’t too expensive (around US $13 was the total damage).

I think that I may have to splurge for a proper holiday meal sometime in the coming month. There will be more than a few restaurants on the island offering nice Christmas dinner and New Year’s Eve specials. It might be cause for celebration if the schools re-open and I return to full-time work (right now, I only have about eight hours of classes per WEEK). I also might feel safer about sitting in a crowded restaurant by then (still a bit anxious about COVID clusters).

I don’t order Burger King very often so this WAS a treat for me (and the only time in recent memory that I did not order a Whopper). Soon, I will sort all of the photos that I have been taking of my meals and snacks from 7-Eleven into one blog post. I have been trying a few new items along the way (the wonton and pork soup I had tonight was a real stand-out). Perhaps I will make another food video as well. Stay tuned….