My office closed about an hour ago, and we’re off until Monday. Hooray!

We aren’t going anywhere — years ago hubby and I stopped traveling for Thanksgiving. Instead, we spend the long weekend at home making way too much food and eating it for four days.

I can’t wait!

I had initially planned to start cooking tonight. Some desserts could be made and the potatoes could be prepared. I found a great recipe where you bake mashed potatoes — so most of the work can be done the night before.

But that won’t be happening. I’ve got a performance lined up instead!

A very small subgroup of the chorale will be singing Christmas songs in a resort hotel tonight. We’re going back again in a few weeks with some more people, but tonight there will only be six of us. Lots of folks have Thanksgiving plans!

We’re leaving plenty of time and are hoping to avoid traffic, but we’ve got to travel towards DC. That can’t be good …