Happy Thanksgiving!

Yesterday was Thanksgiving, in America, here it's just another day. This morning I woke up and realized it was Black Friday, we don't have that here either. I don't know which is worse- missing Thanksgiving dinner or Black Friday sales! So yesterday I went to the open market again. Got more Christmas presents- ohhh, you're all going to be so surprised!! I finished watching "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." For some reason it didn't seem so stupid the last time I so it 17 years ago. I heard the same guy who's did Lord of the Rings is going to make "The Chronicles of Narnia" which would be awesome. Had three different dinners yesterday, despite the lack of holiday. First we went to our program's office for turkey sandwiches, pringles and pumpkin pie. The turkey sandwiches were a little strange, and I've never had pumpking pie that tasted like orange before, but it was a nice thought. And I got to see some people I haven't seen in a while. A lot of kid's families came this week. This one girls mom came over and made a huge dinner for her and her friends. Marie (the one that's not my roommate) is in London with her parents. Sarah's sister is here visiting and she also goes to Eastern. Jay's little brother is here this week. And Kevin's three friends from New York are here. So lots of exciting new additions to our study abroad posse. From there Sally and I ran home and whipped up (literally) some instant potatoes, fake gravy and salad. We went down to 24 Walton Well Rd where there was at least 30 kids. There was so much food. I was amazed! Who would have thought that a bunch of college kids could pull together an entire Thanksgiving dinner. I mean it's one thing to be able to cook, but it's entirely different here. We don't have any measuring cups or spoons, no mixing bowls, and maybe a handful of old, dented pans between all of us. Conversion is another thing, Sally gave up on her banana bread because she couldn't figure out how to convert. I think she got stuck on the eggs :) So yeah, huge dinner there. There were some British girls who had their first Thanksgiving. We explained the history and someone said it's basically just when you get together with your family and eat all day, the one girl is like "That's so American." Once that dinner ended I went down to 5 WW Rd. for the final event. I didn't eat at that one though. It was a fun night, and the first time most of us had all hung out since way back in the beginning when we didn't have work. Of course, some kids spent all of last night working on papers, sad but true. I started my final paper this morning!! I am a paper writing machine, next semeter should be a cinch. HA!