November 18th:
Thanksgiving break is shaping up to be absolutely fantastic
and it’s only been a day and half. It started Friday at 4:00 with a roomie
dinner at Panda Express (yes!!!) followed by an evening with Tori. After
talking for hours and cleaning spoiled milk off the patio *cough* Leaf *cough*
I curled up for the most amazing 2-hour nap while Tori read her book. Soon
enough it was 10:00 and time to go to Bobby’s for a Hitchcock movie. We all
cozied up with all but 3 blankets I dragged from the apartment and watched Rear
Window. It ended about 12:20 but none of us were ready to go home. Come on,
it’s break. We decided on The Birds for round 2. I think we finally got to bed
around 3:30.
Despite our late-night adventures, I woke up at 8:15 to get
ready for some Christmas tree hunting at 9:00. Our happy gang of 7 (Me, Leaf,
John, Bobby, Sarah, Abi, and Emily) stopped at Tri-State for our tree permits
then headed for the hills. Driving the 30 or so minutes to the National Forest
reminded me of how much I miss long drives. It takes me all but 5 minutes to go
to most places around Moscow. I miss long highways and singing obnoxiously to
the music.
We hiked for I don’t know how long, half on a path and half
shortcuts through the switchbacks. Despite the many complaints emerging from
our group, I actually enjoy that type of hiking. Going uphill is much easier if
you are busy fighting through bushes and low hanging tree branches. There is
not much to tell about our tree hunting adventure. It was good fun, but it’s
hard to explain exactly why. Nothing particularly exciting happened. It’s just
one of those things that was extremely fun to experience but not fun to talk
about. It’s just fond memories to think back on with the people you were with.
After we brought our 4 trees home, we put together our miscellaneous
ingredients to cook a huge breakfast. We spent the afternoon watching a
combination of people play Super Mario and then watch some Parks and Rec.
Flash forward to today (the 26th). Honestly, I know we did something else that evening, but my mind is completely blanking.
The following week was full of nonstop going and going, I’ve completely crashed
and burned sick on the couch. I could write a many many blog posts about Thanksgiving
break adventures, but I’ll just jot down the highlights.
1. Another giant breakfast. 2. Another Hitchcock movie, this
time Rope. 3. Stargazing, where I saw the most amazing shooting star in the history
of shooting stars. 4. Lots and lots of Parks and Rec. 5. Ruth and Isaac’s
engagement party. 6. A good ole’ road trip to Seattle. 7. A run in with Border Patrol at the Canadian border… 8. Swimming in the Pacific (not me) and
trespassing (me). 9. An amazingly fantastic Thanksgiving dinner with 25 other
people. 10. Another good ole’ road trip with a detour through Portland and one
of its bowling alleys/arcades, arriving home at 4:30am. 11. Another round of
Christmas tree hunting, but with snow this time! Tons of snow. And many face
plants into the snow. 12. Lots of Christmas decorating and paper snowflakes.
13. One last big breakfast, with just a little more Parks and Rec.
All in all,
spot on.
