HAPPY THANKSGIVING

well its that time of year again when friends, family, and others get together to stuff themselves with various delicious tasting sidedishes, a juicy turkey, and pumpkin pie. what more could anyone want. i hope all of you that happen to visit my blog today have a great thanksgiving and take some time to think about the things that you are thankful for. i know i did. boy, am i sounding all oprah like or what today. maybe i can have my own feel-good talk station when i return. you all would watch wouldn't you?

we were talking about the holidays today at school. i was remarking that its not necessarily the holiday itself that i miss but the gathering of friends and family. plus there's also that feeling one gets when they walk around their city and all the lights are out, store windows have christmas displays, and people just seem to be in a good mood. thats the feeling i miss. the anticipation of christmas coming. sammy teacher asked us if we had plans tonight. we told her we were thinking of going out to dinner but didn't have any set plans. thats when she said she wanted to treat us to a western dinner, so that we might feel a little at home. how sweet is that. of course our choices were bennigans and t.g.i fridays. she called both of them to see if they had any thanksgiving specials. they didn't. we decided on fridays since there was one in old ansan city and it was close to the subway station for sammy. yes, can you believe i actually had thanksgiving dinner at fridays. it kind of felt like that scene in "a christmas story" when ralphies family ended up going to the chinese resturant for christmas dinner. although there was no turkey to be found on the menu i settled for a nice juicy thanksgiving burger and two beers. it was the best burger i've had in a long time. while we were there enjoying the food and the company i felt like i wasn't missing anything at all. as i sit here and reflect on the evening i can't help to think how thankful i am to have a good friend here with me and for the people like sammy that i've met who are helping to make my time here all the more enjoyable. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!