Thanksgiving

Yesterday was Thanksgiving, and luckily I attend an American school so I was given the day off. There were 19 people at my house in Colorado, snow outside and a huge fireplace inside. My family and friends gathered around the table and gorged themselves on home-cooking. There was turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, dinner rolls, fresh fruit and vegetables, sweet potatoes casserole, cranberry sauce, fresh gravy, and an assortment of pies and other desserts. Then football games were watched, movies were shown on huge tvs, games were played, and most importantly jokes and embarrassing stories were shared. I'm sure it was a lot of fun, but I don't know because I was halfway across the world in my apartment in Egypt. I have no problems living away from home, in fact I prefer it (no offense or anything:)) but missing family holidays was a lot harder than I thought. I did celebrate Thanksgiving, by going to an American restaurant with some of my friends and ordering the Thanksgiving special. But restaurant food isn't the same as home cooked meals. However, it was still fun. We did share jokes and funny stories and horrifying experiences. We even tried to find American football games on tv, but unfortunately the pubs wanted to cater to the Europeans by continuing the tradition of Karaoke night. So my friends and I continued another tradition and began the Christmas festivities. We watched Elf and began playing Christmas songs, since it is now technically ok to start thinking about Christmas. All in all, it wasn't a horrible experience, but it wasn't my favorite. My friends and I tried to keep positive by thinking at least we'll be home for Christmas....but then I realized I'm going to miss Christmas too.... oh dear:( This is when I hate my stubbornness and my instincts that want me to prove that I can live completely on my own with no problems. I can live on my own, and have proved that by surviving Seattle and Egypt...but I should have known better than to miss out on family holidays. Oh well, I guess that's part of the experience of living abroad:)