She was going to run the Turkey Trot, get her medal, go grocery shopping, pick up Puncake from Port Authority, then go to Thanksgiving at her friends' place bearing the gift of pecan pie.
She did some of those things.
She did not run the Turkey Trot. She woke up with a terrible cough, much worse than before, and decided that running in the cold would not be beneficial, as much as she wanted that medal. So she read a book instead. (The Wish Granter, for those wondering.) She forced herself to go buy drugs and Kleenex at Rite Aid (None of this 2-ply nonsense for Shortcake. Her nose is sensitive. She must have lotion Kleenex.). She forced herself to go grocery shopping. Then she watched The Christmas Prince which was... terrible. She napped and showered through The Parent Trap starring Hayley Mills.
And she went to Port Authority to meet Puncake as he came off the shuttle bus from Newark airport. What, do you not know or remember who Puncake is?
He's this guy:
He's the man, or elf, in Shortcake's life. And he came to New York for the holiday to spend time with her. And she proceeded to cough all over him and have no energy. Thanksgiving dinner was pasta with butter and parmesan cheese. Thanksgiving night they watched The Holiday and Bringing Up Baby because Puncake had seen neither. Shortcake colored a little bit, but mostly she sat on the couch, coughing, and drinking tea.
It was an underwhelming Thanksgiving.
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