I know I'm not supposed to cuss or Google will penalize my post, but f*ck it! It's been one challenging year. So, I get to say and write whatever the hell I want! Now, last year we didn't invite anyone over for Thanksgiving because someone cloned one of our debit cards and used it to steal all of our money. So, we really couldn't afford to buy a turkey or any other items to make a nice Thanksgiving feast. I honestly thought that 2019 was the worst for us, but then, the pandemic struck and changed everything.
We aren't allowed to invite friends or family over for any reason by order of the Argentine government, which meant we couldn't celebrate Thanksgiving with our friends this year. It's why we opted not to buy a turkey in 2020 either. So, this is what we made and how we celebrated.
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| Chicken Breasts, potatoes, stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, pumpkin mash and breadsticks |
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| We watched NBC's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade from 2019. The 2020 one wasn't available on YouTube on the 26th. |
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| Homemade apple pie |
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| Apple pie with ice cream |
I also wanted to share that a day before Thanksgiving, the hubs and I celebrated our 19-year anniversary. Although we got married in 2012, our relationship began when we met at Valencia Community College in Orlando, Florida, in 2001. We've been together ever since (except for three brief separations). So, we talked it over and came up with a simple way to celebrate.
But we had to be mindful of the danger that lurked out there. And I'm not just saying this because of the recent hate crimes that have plagued the LGBT community in Cordoba City. Earlier this month, the pride flag in Parque Sarmiento was burned to a crisp. It's not the first time that homophobes have tried something like this. Over the past few months, they've managed to successfully take down the flag numerous times, but the city has always raised a new flag in its place. This time was no different.
And while going out during the pandemic is risky, the rate of infection has actually gone down significantly over the past few weeks in Cordoba City and Argentina in general. A couple of months back, Cordoba was seeing a rate of infection close to and up to 2,000 a day. Now the number of daily infections are limited to about 450 to 780 a day. I just hope the numbers continue to decrease until the vaccine becomes available.
Anyway, the hubs and I went to Tucson Steakhouse & Bar to celebrate because their menu is more in tune with the kind of meals we eat in the states. Here are some of the items we ordered. For those of you who have read my blog posts about Tucson earlier this year, you'll notice that we pretty much ordered items that we've had before. Thankfully, the prices haven't really gone up too much.
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| Chicken Rolls |
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| Ribs |
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| Their burgers are so delicious but very big! |
Now, all we have to do is lay low, stay healthy, and prepare for Christmas. It's a safe bet that we're going to be celebrating the holidays on our own this year as a result of the health restrictions in place. But we've managed to pull off Halloween and Thanksgiving just fine. So I'm confident we'll be able to pull off Christmas 2020 without a hitch.
Spoiler alert! We already decorated the Christmas tree. Well, actually, three trees. But I'll show you what they look like in a later post.
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