It seems that every year for holidays my family finds ourselves in another state or country, usually on a beach. Although I am not saying that I do not enjoy these vacations, I do miss out on family get togethers. For example, last year my family went to the Bahamas for thanksgiving and Marco Island in Florida for Christmas. Although I thoroughly enjoyed these vacations and would not trade them for anything, it did stink not seeing my family and friends. This is why when I was told that we would be spending Thanksgiving at home this year I became excited. This meant that I would be able to see all my family and friends that I normally wouldn't be able to see. This particular Thanksgiving was a good one to have at home as well because I have not been home for longer than a weekend since last christmas. Working in the Fort Worth area during the summer I did not have the time to make it home. When I arrived in Massachusetts I was greeted with a new truck that my dad had bought and “forgotten” to tell me about. After getting over this initial shock it was time to drive home. As we left Boston’s Logan airport I began to recognize the route home. It has been a very long time since I had to take the “Mass Pike” to get home. After about an hour I arrived home. It was about mid day and my family was preparing the house for the Thanksgiving meal that was going to happen the next day. I spent the first day joking with my siblings and filling in my family with what I had been doing for the past 9 months.
The next day Thanksgiving arrived. As my mom was busy in the kitchen she called all of her children in to help prepare the house. She gave us each a task to execute once the guests arrived. I was given the hummus platter, my sister the cheese platter, and my brother was assigned chips and dip. As the first guest arrived we sprang into action. Setting out the platters in their appropriate areas we looked like a professional catering service. Once the platters were set up it was time to mingle. “How’s school?”, “Anything new?”, “Are you dating anyone?” were some of the common questions that I had to answer about 20 times. With the repetitive questions aside it was fun seeing some of the family members that I haven’t seen in a while. Once 2 o'clock came it was time to eat. Endless turkey, mac & cheese, stuffing, gravy, and mashed potatoes. As I filled my plate, I remember thinking that this was, without a doubt, going to be the best meal Ive had in months. I made a conscious decision to enjoy every bite. As the meal ended we had some small talk for a little while and then went to ride our snowmobiles. This is, by far, my favorite thing to do in the winter. For those who don't know, a snowmobile is essentially an ATV but for snow. Every year I always try to come home for at least one weekend where my town gets snow so I can ride them. After we were done riding the snowmobiles it was time for TCU football. I had been looking forward to watching the game all day and a victory would put a cap on a perfect Thanksgiving at home. As the game started I had high hopes on us doing well. Throughout the game our offense struggled, however, our defense was able to pick up the slack. As the game progressed our offense began to play better and eventually was able to outscore UT by 38. With the perfect ending to a good Thanksgiving I was even happier that this year we decided to go home instead of going to a destination vacation. This was especially important because we are planning on going away for Christmas break.
The final thing I did for this Thanksgiving break was go and visit my friends in Boston. The majority of my friends chose to stay in the New England region for school and live in either Boston or the surrounding area. It was interesting going into Boston and seeing how it would be living in a big city for college. The apartment that my friend rents was very small and was much less appealing than my two story house that I currently rent. It was, however, nice to catch up with all of my friends from high school. I haven't seen most of them for close to a year and we had a lot to catch up on. Overall this was a very successful Thanksgiving break and I had a lot of fun seeing my family and friends. I am, however, excited to go to California for Christmas break.
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