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I got a turkey for Christmas from the place I work. It was a big turkey. Actually, it was a twenty-five pound turkey. I’m sure it weighed even more than that before it was murdered and beheaded and plucked and had its neck stuffed up its… well, you get the idea. It was a big turkey.

Long story short: I had to cook this big turkey in my very small kitchen. I let the bird thaw in the fridge for four days. On day three, it broke through the plastic shelf it was sitting on and ended up partially in the vegetable drawer. On day four, I was afraid to wait much longer. It was still icy on the inside, though, so I let it play in the sink for a bit.

I have no turkey experience, so it took me quite a while to find all of the extra pieces-parts. I almost didn’t find the “gibblets” until it was too late. :) I got turkey juice all over myself and the kitchen counter and a decent portion of the kitchen floor before I wrestled the turkey into the cooking bag (Eric helped with that part) and then the bag into the pan, and then the pan into the oven. I had to remove all of the oven shelves but one, and place that shelf as low as it would go before the turkey would fit at all.

Took four hours to cook, which wasn’t bad. But then I had to carve the thing. We weren’t eating this thing up-front, of course. So Jake (Eric’s little brother, who was visiting) and I spent probably the better part of an hour cutting up the turkey and sticking it in plastic baggies bought for that purpose. And now I have no idea what we’re going to do with the pan full O’ bones and juices. We have to throw it away, obviously, but garbage day isn’t until Thursday and we have a raccoon or some other viciously smart animal regularly going through our trash as it is, and I’m guessing the turkey part would only make matters worse. The animal likes to spread the garbage out across the driveway, meaning I have to pick it all up before I can leave in the morning.

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I’m really, reallyreally tired, so that might not have made any sense. I’ll write more later, maybe, once I’ve had the chance to sleep a bit.

Stuff to note:

1. I added Eric’s journal to my list of blogs on the left. He’s “Zk’s Journal”.
1a. Megan and I gave him exactly three weeks notice. So nyah. :)

2. I made the Message Me program prettier. At least, it’s prettier here. I haven’t had a chance to test it elsewhere yet. It should look roughly the same everywhere, unless I really goofed up. Check it out so I can feel like I’ve done Something Important.

3. Did I mention I was tired? Yeah. I’m going home now. :)