Ugh, I am NOT looking forward to Thanksgiving!!!  I am going to my son's father's place where his family will all be.  I hate hate hate being with them.  They love to see my son but I am treated like and outsider ( which I am) and I am ignored while they all lavish my son with great amounts of attention. 

Plus, SD (son's dad) mom can't cook!  Also, EVERYTHING will  be loaded with animal ingredients.

I know I have made it a point to say that I don't consider my self vegan because I do want to eat meat occasionally, yadda yadda.  But when it comes down to it, since I am turning lactose intolerant I do NOT want to eat anything that will have dairy in it (which is pretty much everything but the turkey itself).  Veggies with butter, mashed potatos with milk.  Then there is the turkey....ewwwwww....I haven't liked turkey for ten years due to a food poisoning issue I had.  And I hate eating meat anyway beacause it makes me all cloudy headed, feel all gross inside and any amount of dairy gives me a sore stomach that can have me doubled over in pain! 

So, I am thinking of making a small tofurkey, and bring a vegan sweet potato caserole and some veggies just for my son and I to eat while there.  It is only for one day. and I plan to have a real Thanksgiving just my son and I over the weekend, a vegan one that won't make my stomach hurt and make me feel greasy inside!

How are you going to handle this very non-vegan holiday?