On Black Friday, three other Americans and I cooked ourselves Thanksgiving dinner. We made a trip to the grocery store for all the necessary ingredients and prepared a feast together. We had a too-big (i.e. just right) turkey, plenty of potatoes, creamed corn, sweet potatoes, green beans, gravy, a pecan pie, and a buttermilk pie. I made the two pies myself, and we all worked on the rest of the meal. We had two bottles of wine, some cider, and two cases of Stella. We had leftovers of everything but the wine. Zach, Christina, Ashley, and I were all very pleased with how everything came together and our mothers should be proud.
I am thankful for my adorable niece and I hope she enjoyed her first Thanksgiving. I am thankful for friends and family that will always listen. I am thankful for being able to spend such an important day with friends who make it feel like home even though we're far from it. I am thankful for knowing where home is better than most other members of my generation. I am thankful for this opportunity to much better appreciate my home. Indeed, I am thankful.
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I'm thankful for you, Nate. And Elayna's thankful for her cool uncle -- even though she doesn't know it yet!
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