Thanksgiving at the Messhall

That's right. For Thanksgiving Yogurl insisted on eating at the Messhall. This has caused quite a bit of explaining on my part over the last few weeks. Conversations like this: "Hey Manburger, you got plans for Thanksgiving?"
"Yes, sir."
"You going up to eat with your family, or does your wife want to make it herself?" At this point I'm thinking, Oh crud, do I really have to get into this again?
"Actually, we'll be eating at the messhall for Thanksgiving, sir."
"Are you serious?" He asks with a look that says, What kind of a terrible husband makes his wife eat at the messhall?
"Yes, sir. My wife really wants to eat there this year."
"Look, Manburger, you guys can eat with us if you want. You know that they have giveaways of Thanksgiving food, if you need help."
"No, it's not that, sir. My wife actually wants to eat at the chowhall."
"Okay, man, whatever. If you need somewhere to eat, just let me know."
However, despite all coworker beliefs that I must be punishing my wife for something, here she is, happy as can be to eat at the chowhall. I got off duty at 7:30 that morning, came home, and we went jogging on the beach. Then we were off to get Thanksgiving breakfast burritos from the nearby mexican restaurant. What made them Thanksgiving breakfast burritos, you ask? Well, we ate them on Thanksgiving. Then I went home and slept for a while, and it was off to the messhall. We ate at the chowhall that serves force recon guys and amphibious assault guys. Needless to say, it wasn't like the airwinger chowhalls to which I've grown accustomed. Everybody in the place had a high and tight instead of having a haircut which could be mistaken for a civilian. I also sat down in the SNCO/Officer section for a minute, since the messhall near work doesn't make that distinction. We all just sit wherever. Oops. No big deal, there wasn't many people there anyway.
Yumm! Look at all that good grub! I thought it was really good, and so did Yogurl. The only real problem was that they had run out of pumpkin pie. That's okay, Yogurl made some at home and it was fabulous.