Well, it’s traditional for the COOK to be ill, yes. The guests are supposed to be in rude good health, with similarly rude and healthy appetites. Otherwise, congratulations! Overall, you did very well, and perhaps you have started a family tradition of having roast potatoes instead of mashed. There’s nothing wrong with starting new traditions.
I made turkey pot pie with my leftover turkey and unused purchased pie shells. There’s always turkey sammiches. Turkey hash is another way to use up leftover turkey.
Turkey pot pie is my favorite.
We don’t - when Americans talk about eating Turkey every day for a week after Thanksgiving we aren’t really kidding. The bit about turkey milkshakes might be for comedic effect… but you really do get desperate about “what do I do with all this freakin’ turkey? Aagh!”
Yes, overindulgence is part of the point, as is having lots of leftovers. I will note, however, that turkey, along with most other Thanksgiving foods, can be frozen to be reheated later. I remember one year I made my own frozen dinners and packed the freezer. We went turkey-free for a couple weeks, after which the leftovers were handy for those night we got home late or for some reason actual cooking was inconvenient.
This used to be one of my mother’s Thanksgiving rituals…making up individual servings of turkey and dressing and gravy, or turkey and mashed potatoes and gravy, and freezing them. She also froze sliced turkey, for fresher turkey sandwiches. My job was to pick the carcass clean while she was packaging stuff up, and later I made stock.
I should note that turkey and dumplings is even better than chicken and dumplings, and of course homemade turkey pot pie simply cannot be beat.
Don’t say you weren’t warned! 
I opted to roast a duck this year. I had garlic mashed potatoes, giblet gravy, and green bean casserole to go with it. I got seven meals out of the duck and the other things, and I still have two servings of potatoes and gravy left.
Now I have to think about Christmas dinner. Costco has very good meat. They sell USDA Choice, but I’m sure some meets Prime specifications. I’ve never been disappointed by their beef. OTOH, Pike Place Market is only half a mile from my office. I could see about getting a Prime rib roast from there. That’s where I got my duck, some confit duck legs a couple of months ago, and my lamb. A bit more expensive, but excellent quality. Good news: I’ll have a roommate to help me eat it. Bad news: I’ll have to share the leftover rib bones, which I like to reheat with BBQ sauce.
We have the same rituals at Christmas (UK), as that’s when we eat The Turkey Feast. I’m a big fan of turkey curry.
Johnny L.A. you mean this. It was the one thing I knew would run out. There are never enough rolls. It just comes down to how many you’re willing to purchase. Our family members grab a couple rolls each trip back to the food.
I don’t know about other people, but all I ate on Thanksgiving day, other than Thanksgiving dinner, was a piece of toast. Being quite hungry kinda helps in the “eating loads of food” department.
Eating leftovers for most of the holiday weekend is part of the tradition… as is going to a Mexican or Thai restaurant at the end of it, and ordering the spiciest, most different dishes available.
I’ll be putting Sriracha on everything for a week.