Thanksgiving

Our first holiday without the family.
We made it though, and without crying, even!

Because Thanksgiving is only observed, and not celebrated/a holiday, we had to work. The kids from school had brought in food and clothes to give to selected families in need around the community.

Throughout the day, classes would leave with a couple of boxes and deliver it to families. Alex was able to accompany one class (lucky!), but I missed out.

We went home and started to scour the internet for Black Friday deals on laptops. Turns out, we both use the laptop a lot. Turns out, we have a hard time sharing the laptop.

We cooked dinner. It was no Thanksgiving feast. We'll be doing that this weekend when we have time to cook.

We watched The Office like we usually do when we have dinner.

Then we Skyped with Alex's family who was having dinner at Danny and Mandy's house. We got to see the new baby (Adele), and our other nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles. It was good to see everyone and how they've changed over the course of just 3 months.

After our chat, we watched the rest of our episode (we're on season 4 right now), and went to bed.


Even though we did not get to eat turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, deviled eggs, pumpkin and apple pies, cakes, and other delicious goodies, it wasn't a bad Thanksgiving.


I am thankful for our families: that they didn't cry because it was our first holiday away from home, for supporting us in our adventures, and that they were able to talk to us on Thanksgiving.

I am thankful that we were actually able to cook decent food now so that we don't starve.

I am thankful that we have internet. If we didn't have skype/facebook and online shopping, I don't know what we would do!

I am thankful that this year, we have full time employment and that we're going to be able to save some money this year, on top of taking some sweet vacations and having the free time to write, read, and create.

Word.