Anyway, I cannot tell you how wonderful it was to be home for a week for Thanksgiving! Yes, I got a week off because most of my classes were cancelled the day before Thanksgiving and I've never missed my other classes, so I thought 'what the heck?' It was well worth it!
We had so much family come to our house this year for Thanksgiving...about 27 people in total (give or take a few). I absolutely loved it!
Being away from home this semester has made me so much more thankful for the little things (and big ones, too!). I will try to compact my Thanksgiving break and all that I am thankful for below:
Amazing food! I actually think I lost some weight during Thanksgiving break because the food on campus is so crappy that it is hard to find something completely healthy. We had quite the array of food for everyone! I am also thankful for the luxury of going to the store to buy all this stuff. I'm the type of person who gets cabin fever quite easily that could be fixed by a simple drive up the road. Driving around town to pick up groceries for my parents was a privilege, let me tell you!
Laughter. I really do love to laugh. I like to think of this Jane Austen quote from Pride and Prejudice, spoken by Elizabeth Bennet: "I dearly love a laugh." Simple, but I think it represents me well. A lot of people think I fake my laughter because I do it so often, but I promise it's real! But, I haven't been able to laugh fully in awhile, and my week with my crazy, quirky family really did make me laugh quite a few times! For example, my favorite dad, proud of his turkey, posed oh-so-humbly for this photo!
FAMILY ♥ In case I haven't said it enough...I was so glad to see all of my family! A small story: I used to be embarrassed to say "I love you" to my family on the phone or in public or even at home. The words just never came easily to me (I've never been the emotional type). Now I can't go a day without saying it to someone in my family and I don't care if anyone hears me...in fact, I revel in it! I've never received so much support especially with my experiences in college and this blog, than I have from my family. Honestly, even if you're mad, say "I love you" to someone because you never know when it will be your last (sorry to be morbid).
Also, I was so psyched to take this recreation photo! It's spot-on! From left to right: cousin Cody (top), cousin Josh (bottom), cousin Lacy, me (on Lacy's lap--I don't fit quite like I used to), my mom (top), and my sister, Merritt (bottom). I love this so much!
There are so many more things I am thankful for but I don't think they'd fit, to be honest! However, whoever is taking the time to read this, I want to thank you, as well! So, thank you...you have no idea how much your one little page view means to me. Just imagine me checking the page views every day and my face being very excited.
Alexis
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