Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Instead of trying to please each other with purchases, the spirit of this holiday is to simply enjoy what we have and to eat! what could be better?!? Eat and enjoy was what I did the past 10 days! It was a great/crazy/relaxing/exhausting week with both Kristin and Andrew here to celebrate the holiday!
Kristin arrived on Friday evening after scoring big with the airlines. Saturday found us bundled up with Carrie to go watch the annual Harvard/Yale football game. It was incredible. the game itself was rather boring (Harvard won!) but it was the first time i was with Harvard crowds. Living so close to Harvard i know i interact with students and faculty regularly, but this was Harvard pride at its finest. We did however get the tickets from Yale and were sitting with Yale alumni all around us! The most interesting part of the game was the two bands half-time shows. They weren't very good bands but they each put on performances about killing the other team and how good the world was because the other school was no longer part of it! A little different from how we do it in the midwest! It took us the rest of the day to warm up and recover from the experience
After church on Sunday we cooked and cooked before heading over to Allston to have thanksgiving with the gang. Even though 11 people were eating, we had so much food! (the leftovers were fabulous the rest of the week!) Thanksgiving #1
On Monday, we woke up super early and caught a bus out of Boston at 6:30am bound for NYC! When we arrived we were greeted by Valpo friend, Tyler. Thus began our adventure. Having all been to NYC before, there were no pressing tourist attractions to see, so we enjoyed the day exploring, eating, and laughing! We eventually made our way to the evening performance of Avenue Q!! After the show we left Tyler, found our way to Penn Station and arrived back in Boston at 4am. Although it was only 24 hours in the city, it was awesome to have the day there!
Tuesday morning found us rushing around to get Kristin on the commuter rail to meet Drew at Gordon to spend the day with him. They both came home to the apartment that evening. It was so good to be reunited!! It didn't feel quite like thanksgiving without mom and dad, but Skype allowed us some good moments together!
Wednesday we relaxed, slept in, and eventually made our way to church for a thanksgiving meal with the people i cook with. It was a good night of fellowship, food, and fun games! Thanksgiving meal #2
Thursday was the actual Thanksgiving day and so we headed to the park to play flag football with church friends and then made our way to family friends right here in Cambridge! what a blessing it was to have friends of mom and dad's so close with whom to share old memories and create new memories with. Thanksgiving #3!!
Friday we nursed our turkey lethargy while resisting consumerism. kristin and i did make it to the gym for an urban rebounding class which was a cardio workout on mini trampolines! (i thought it would be an easy workout with a lot of fun and bouncing. in reality, it really is a hard workout!!)
As Saturday was our last day together we put the final pieces on Kristin's amazing astronomy video project, cut drew's hair, watched a couple movies and cooked. it was a relaxing day!
This morning Kristin had an early flight and Drew eventually caught the commuter rail back to Gordon.
Now i'm home alone awaiting the return of the roommates while anxiously thinking about tomorrow and my first day at Youville! Also, I'm hoping for some snow instead of all the rain we are getting... but i am thankful that it has been dry this long!
Tomorrow starts a new chapter- Amberly Killmer RN! can't wait to see what the job is actually like and how long it takes for the commute to get old as well as what color scrubs i get to wear, and when i can start using my earned days off! I still have a lot to learn, but for tonight I'm going to enjoy sitting on the couch, drinking hot tea, and reading!
