Thanksgiving with a new family. Thankful for what I get to experience.

I didn't think that missing Thanksgiving with my family would hit me very hard because I know it's just a day with good food and a house full of family members. No big deal, right? I can't decide what is worse. Celebrating Thanksgiving without my family or the feeling that my entire family and all my friends are celebrating without me. It wasn't till I woke up with a "It's Thanksgiving!" attitude and put a dress on that I realized it was a "get all dressed up with no place to go" situation. But thankfully, I did have a place to go. Us Americans stick together and eat together! So we skipped school (because hellooo its a holiday) and spent all morning cooking like normal Americans. My Thanksgiving turned out very warm and loving like all Thanksgivings are. I bundled up a few ingredients for cooking and went to a friends house. An American girl from class was given permission to bring friends over to her host families house for Thanksgiving lunch. Most host families don't want their au pair to bring guest over, but her host family is American. They understand the importance of Thanksgiving. It's just as important as Christmas. It's almost a religious holiday since we take it so seriously. The food is always the best, and I always said that Thanksgiving was my favorite holiday.

We spent hours in the kitchen cooking, listening to music, and talking. We made turkey( just escalopes of turkey. we would have to hunt for our own turkey if we wanted a whole one), green bean casserole, stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, and candied yams. I ate my plate full of food so fast and got seconds! Everyone agreed that the stuffing and the candied yams were the two best. They were all homemade and pretty dang good.