Happy Thanksgiving!

The appropriate subtitle for today's post: I love it when Katie propositions Rachele.

Thanksgiving...it is a solely American holiday and us Americans certainly celebrated it here! On Wednesday night, there was a feast in Hall in honor of the Sarah Lawrence Programme students. We had turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, apple and raisin pie and ice cream. We also got wine and coffee--only the Sarah Lawrence people that is. The Wadhamites weren't special enough!!!! As we were waiting in line before dinner, Emma and I were talking to some of our British friends about Thanksgiving and Rob thought it was actually on Tuesday. He was horrified (and I think a bit embarrassed) when we informed him that it was actually on Thursday. It was actually pretty funny.

On Thursday, my flat and the flat next door prepared a feast for ourselves. We made 2 roast chickens, a VAT of mashed potatoes, herb bread, 2 kinds of soup, 2 apple pies, 2 kinds of stuffing (one was pork and pre-stuffed into the chickens, the other bread in the oven), cookies, gravy, cranberry sauce, and creamed spinach. AND we did it without burning anything, setting anything on fire, ruining any thing, no major kitchen catastrophes--other than the mess--and a whole lot of laughter and fun. There were 10 of us eating and it was lovely. We brought our kitchen table out our patio door, through the courtyard and into the other flat via their patio where it still sits because we are too lazy to reverse the journey. SO MUCH FUN!

We really had a wonderful time and it has just occurred to me that I am almost finished with this term. I have two essays due Tuesday and Wednesday next week and then I will be done! I cannot believe how fast this term has gone. I will be home on the 8th of December...its approaching really, really rapidly!

Also, because it is now after Thanksgiving, I get to do two things.
Number 1: I get to listen to Christmas music ALL THE TIME.
Number 2: I can drink peppermint mochas at Starbucks! I had one today while I read Milton's Paradise Lost and it was lovely.

PS. Sara, I didn't have to go to three different Starbucks this year...my first attempt succeeded!