All In The Name Of...

Life Is Beautiful

[A/N: Fun fact, 11/24/92 is actually a Wednesday, not a Thursday, but due to conflicting tour dates, I couldn't just make it a date true to real life. Oops.]

-November 24th: Thanksgiving Day- 

"I suppose you don't mind if I head out, then?" I asked Axl from the doorway, keys in my hand. I had most of what I needed for Thanksgiving later, but there were still a few things that I was going to need. That being said, I wanted to get to the store extra early to avoid the other last-minute shoppers. I just wanted to get what I needed and get back so I could get everything done as soon as possible.

Axl tossed his morning beer can on the floor next to him and burped, loudly. I rolled my eyes as he shook his head, half-groaning at me. "It's all good, babe," he told me, turning up the volume on the Thanksgiving football. I think he saw that I was somewhat annoyed at his careless behavior, because he added on a moment later, "You need me to do anything while you're gone, though?"

Nodding, I sighed. "Straighten up," I told him loudly, since he didn't turn down the TV. "And there's a list of recipes on the counter. If you could just get everything out for me and put the recipes on top, that would be amazing." I'd been relatively moody lately, for no apparent reason. Little things set me off, but nothing too crazy had gone on. 

Tonight's guest list would be be pretty extensive. Not including Axl and I, there would be my dad and Steel Panther, Gilby Clarke, Matt Sorum, Dizzy Reed, Trixie and Marilyn, James, Dj, Nikki, Tommy, Mick, and Mötley's potential new singer, John Corabi. Nikki wanted me to meet him before he was officially put into the band. I still wasn't keen on a singer other than Vince for that band, but I would deal with it anyhow; technically, my opinion didn't matter too much anyway. In any case, though, there was going to be a lot of people.

Luckily, the store was near empty when I arrived. I grabbed a shopping cart and went around the aisles quickly, dumping what I needed into the cart. Although I had initially just wanted to get what I needed and leave, I quickly got into a stroll, going through the second half of the store at a much more leisurely pace. 

I had finally reached the part of the store with the deli, the meats, and the fish. Since most of the things I needed didn't include any of it, I had started on the other end of the store.  As soon as the smell of the raw fish hit my nose, though, I felt my entire stomach turn with disgust. Thank god that the bathroom was right there, because the second I got in there, I threw up into the toilet. I hadn't eaten anything that morning; for once, I wasn't hungry, plus I'd be eating a ton later on.

"Ugh, what the hell is wrong with me?" I mumbled as I walked out of the bathroom stall. I washed my hands, sighing, and returned to my cart to thankfully find all my things still there. I did hold my breath, however, as I walked away from that section of the store. I checked out, got all my things, and drove home in a timely manner.

Axl was still setting things up when I got back, which made me feel as if I didn't waste too much time strolling around. "You okay, babe?" Axl asked when I walked in with the things. "You look uh, tired." I chuckled a little bit, shrugging, then explained what happened at the store. "Hmm, that's probably it, then." But his voice sounded just a little bit more curious.

I, however, shrugged it off and made a cup of coffee, though I did notice I felt a bit more tired if I thought about it. So, I shrugged it off, washed my hands, and started cooking. Axl, thankfully, had took it upon himself to help me actually cook, although I assumed that it was partly to keep my mood swings at bay. 

By the time everything was actually out and cooking, it was coming close to noon. Since we were having almost twenty people for Thanksgiving, we had to at least triple, even quadruple, all the things we were making, which resulted in a ridiculous amount of prep. It got all done, eventually, but it took about four hours to get everything ready to cook.