Thanksgiving

This past Thursday night (one week before Thanksgiving) my friends and I were discussing when we were going to have our Thanksgiving Dinner and we realized that we were busy for the next two weeks! That only left the coming Saturday. So, on Friday Cassidy and Hannah went to Carrefour (Walmart of the Middle East), Courtney and Carrie went to the vegetable market, and Sara and I went to Metro. We got everything we needed, including a 20 lb turkey! That night we preped the turkey by sticking herbs under its skin. The next morning we got up early and put the turkey in the oven. Then came the real work...we made sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, green beans, two types of stuffing, apple crisp, pecan pie, sweet tea, gravy, and we had pomegranates (instead of cranberry's...that is a new tradition) ice cream, and sparkling cider. All in all it was a lot of work, but super fun and very gratifying. At about 4:30 we sat down for dinner with my parents and all the american girls. We ate a very hardy meal and had desert as well. After that we skyped with a couple peoples parents then did our Thank-Yous. This is where we go around the table and say what we are thankful for. In the past I have never really taken this seriously, just saying what ever comes to mind, but this time I really thought about it. Each one of us really have things to be thankful for, and we all started crying at one point. It was touching to know how much we all care about each other!When we started to calm down we decided to do a Secret Santa, and we had to draw many times as we kept drawing our own names! It was a great and joyful night!

This week is the last week of school before a ten day vacation for the Eid. We have had one exam everyday for the past two weeks. Today we took ours and skedaddled. The whole 12th grade all (20 of us) went to Fuddruckers for an early Lunch. We had a nice time and bonded with our friends. After that we went with some friends to a Starbucks and hung out for awhile...making friends!

This weekend for the vacation we are going to So5na again, I am looking forward to no school!!!!

Check out Thanksgiving pictures at: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=139481&id=564185968&l=feb9643586