I got invited over to mom's and ended up cooking about everything but the taters. Then I washed all the dishes. LOL. It was good to be with family. My back hurts. Don't know how the womenfolk do that every day.
My First Wife said she was "retiring" in 4 years when she turns 70. We were later talking to a fiend and he said they were having dinner with his 83 year old mother who was doing the cooking...
I just heard a story yesterday about someone's Mom who would cook for days and wouldn't let anyone help on the big day either. By the time dinner was on the table, she went to bed and would get up later to heat up leftovers.
We had so much food here that we won't have to cook for days!!
Sounds like you enjoyed cooking dinner, that IMHO is one of the best parts of Thanksgiving!! Although the washing dishes part I can do without. I have this little quirk about not leaving dirty pots on the stove or in the sink when I sit down for dinner, so I have to wash them as I go.
{{hugs to ya'll in Utah from Texas}}