Hijacking
My mom had (unbeknownst to me) offered us up to her church to serve a Thanksgiving meal to the homeless. Minus the fact that we didn't get to eat any of it, that was pretty heartwarming, and I was happy to have been a part of their Thanksgiving. Afterwards, we went to Long Island to visit my grandmother's grave. (We do this on holidays because there's a little bus that takes us directly from the train to the site for free.) Except you have to be in the right train car to get off at that stop, and we weren't, and we couldn't GET to the right car because the train was jam-packed with Thanksgiving parade visitors. We got off at the next stop and planned to cab it back, but for some reason my Uber and Lyft apps refused to work. The we saw a nice family of 3 who DID get an Uber... an finagled our way into their car. With them. And proceeded to take them 15 minutes out of their way to the cemetery.
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| setting up for Thanksgiving at the church |
Hitchhiking
We only needed a few minutes to pay our respects, so we asked the nice Uber driver to come back for us after he dropped off the family. Except we forgot to take his number and my app still wasn't working. After waiting for about 15 minutes, my mom decided that he had abandoned us so we started hitchhiking back to the train station (about a 45 minutes walk/7 min drive away). Literal thumbs up on a (small) highway. We stopped several cars, but everyone refused (so much for the kindness of strangers). Luckily our driver did eventually come back for us so we made it back to the station just as the train arrived.
Other Hijinx
We were so anxious to start our trek back that we hopped right on that train... in the wrong direction. We wound up right back at the station where we stole the family's Uber. It's a desolate station with a lot of derelicts around, so we raced to the nearest restaurant/bar/cafe for safety and to wait for the next train back to NYC. Except it was also filled with shady men, and loud salsa music. (I had a video, but it's really shaky so I'll save you.) We stayed because it seemed safer than being outside, and got a 6 pack and drank out of paper bags in the restaurant and on the train. Because getting drunk with family is part of the tradition, right? Happy Thanksgiving!
At home, we unpacked our leftovers from that morning and I opened a bottle of cranberry wine that I had been saving just for that day. We polished off the food and drinks while watching some movies.
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| obligatory family photo |
I guess I can file this holiday away as "the one where I tried new things."
So, how was your Thanksgiving?
That was quite an adventure on Thanksgiving! Glad you both made it back home safely. Oddly enough, my friend had a horrible time getting an Uber on Thanksgiving. Then when she finally got one, they were stuck in traffic for three hours due to a huge car accident on the highway. It was just one of those days.
ReplyDeleteWelp, that's one way to do it! So wild that all that happened in just a weekend, hah. Glad you made it home safely and got to enjoy Thanksgiving in some way :)
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