Gobble, Gobble?

Okay, so Thanksgiving is one of the ultimate food holidays, right? You expect to be so full that you can't move.....right? That's what I expect every year. This year, however was a totally different story. I spent the day at my father's house this year, I wasn't in the mood to have people at my apartment. Anyway, my father asked me to bring some sweet potato pies - one of the few things that I can make from scratch. He said that he and his wife would be taking care of everything else; the ham, turkey, greens, etc...

I get there early with my three sweet potato pies in tow and walk in the kitchen and all I smell is greens cooking on the stove. My stepmother said that the turkey was done and that the ham was in the refridgerator - huh?! She bought a ham this year and it's been in the fridge since Tuesday. Not a good sign.

So we're sitting and waiting for everyone to finally get to the house. I arrived at 11am, we didn't eat until 2pm. I was starving! She put out appetizers which consisted of a handful of cheese squares and about 6 kosher dill pickles cut in cubes on a tray; a jar of salsa con queso heated in the microwave next to a bag of tortilla chips, and some little smokies. Yet, another bad sign.

We finally bless the food and literally line up to fix our plates. I'm waiting in line and this is what I ended up with:
some ham (okay, I got a lot of ham - I later found out that this was a wise move)
some potato salad(store bought)
passed on the chitlin's
should have thought twice on the greens
a big spoonful of mac-n-cheese
skipped the noodle-spinach-tomato thing
skipped the meatless lasagna
skipped the dressing(it had mushrooms on top - seriously!)
got one of the hardest rolls I have ever seen in my life and made my way to the table.

As I was walking to the table, I was thinking, "where are the green beans, corn, cornbread and spaghetti?" How do you have a Thanksgiving dinner without these staple items? So I try to overlook this and concentrate on my plate. The ham was good, the potato salad was a little runny, but okay. The greens.....oh, the greens......where can I start? They tasted like they were from a can, not the Glory kind that some people like, but an off brand of canned turnip greens. The only way I can describe them is fake. I think they were a lettuce that was trying to pass itself as turnip greens. Needless to say, I didn't eat them all. Mac-n-cheese was a little questionable, but edible. The roll was just on my plate for decoration.

On to dessert. There were the sweet potato pies that I made, two pumpkin pies, a sugar-free pie thing(I wasn't touching that), a red velvet cake and a store bought lemon pie. Where the hell was the chocolate??? No brownies, no devil's food cake, nothing......

I am so hungry. You're not supposed to be hungry on Thanksgiving. If anybody feels like bringing me a plate of a real Thanksgiving meal, let me know and I'll give you directions.

**UPDATE***
My sister is my dawg......she felt my pain. I had to post what she sent me.