Reply #10: I can't get over

[SheilaT]

envisioning a turkey cooked in a microwave.

You need to do what feels right for you. For me, what you've described sounds like something I would take a pass on.

Surely you know people where you actually live who can come over, or from whom you can wangle an invite.

I'd go to your house except I'm in NM, and I will be working Thanksgiving Day. Don't feel sorry for me, as I'll only be working from 4pm to 8pm because I couldn't convince management at the hospital where I work the information desk that they should have me on from 9am to 8pm, since the volunteers who normally work from 9am until 4pm are understandably not working on the holiday.