How did Christmas go for Melinda from the book Speak?

The night before Thanksgiving, Melinda's mom stayed up all night on the laptop and forgot about cooking the turkey for dinner. Melinda thinks it's like a holy obligation to her mom to fix a Thanksgiving dinner, and is what makes her a wife and mother. Her dad watches football while her mom is still cooking. She is having a lot of trouble with the turkey so she goes to the store. While she goes to the store, her dad takes over dinner. He calls for Pizza.