Ah, another holiday far away from home.
This time, it's one focused around family, friends, and food - Thanksgiving.
I wasn't really sure what I was going to do, aside from being homesick.
Instead, I was with friends, as we cooked a full Thanksgiving meal using 3 ovens on various floors of the dorm - turkey, potatoes, stuffing, pie, rolls, and cider, cooking while thinking of home, family, and listening to Christmas music.
(Sidenote: Thanksgiving was a day of friendship, not a prelude to war.)
I have so much to be thankful for in this place, with these people. Sitting around a table, with friends from all over, many of them celebrating their first Thanksgiving, reminiscing and just enjoying the time away from work, and enjoying time with each other, it feels like home, even though the weather looks the same as August, and the temperature has cooled down from 100F to something more like 80F.
I am happy that our floor smells like a home-cooked meal, and that I had a reason to wear my corduroys.
Wherever you are in the world, have a Happy Thanksgiving.
<3
This time, it's one focused around family, friends, and food - Thanksgiving.
I wasn't really sure what I was going to do, aside from being homesick.
Instead, I was with friends, as we cooked a full Thanksgiving meal using 3 ovens on various floors of the dorm - turkey, potatoes, stuffing, pie, rolls, and cider, cooking while thinking of home, family, and listening to Christmas music.
(Sidenote: Thanksgiving was a day of friendship, not a prelude to war.)
I have so much to be thankful for in this place, with these people. Sitting around a table, with friends from all over, many of them celebrating their first Thanksgiving, reminiscing and just enjoying the time away from work, and enjoying time with each other, it feels like home, even though the weather looks the same as August, and the temperature has cooled down from 100F to something more like 80F.
I am happy that our floor smells like a home-cooked meal, and that I had a reason to wear my corduroys.
Wherever you are in the world, have a Happy Thanksgiving.
<3
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