It is so weird to think that Thanksgiving is this week. I will be working. This is the first time that I will not be attending a Thanksgiving with my family in Oregon. It is even weirder because there is no feel of Thanksgiving here at all. I don't think that my family here even knows what Thanksgiving is actually. Although next weekend I will be in Spain, I hope that this week does not drag on and leave me feeling really homesick. However, I do hope that everyone back home has a great Thansgiving and eats lots of delicious food for me!
Last week was pretty uneventful. I went to a play last Monday with Heidi and Amanda. It was a play that is put on by the club that organizes the play readings we go to every week. It was called "Heroes" and the only characters are 3 old war veterans now in an old person's home and a stone statue of a dog. It was a 'gentle comedy' and I really enjoyed it. The acting was ok but I know of some family members who would have done a much more convincing job. As well as finally getting my books that I ordered in the mail, I recently received my first package from home! Thank you Grandma for sending me those slippers...I really do love wearing them!
Cody has recently purchased his ticket to come to Zurich! I am very very excited about that. He comes in the afternoon of Christmas day so unfortunately we will not really get to spend a real Christmas together. However, the Swiss do not usually celebrate Christmas like we do anyways. They actually celebrate on Christmas Eve. Heidi and I came up with the idea of possibly making our own Christmas dinner at her place since she has her own apartment. If her housemate is not going to be around. I think this would be really fun to make our own turkey and yummy American Christmas dishes.
It snowed again this weekend. I woke up Saturday morning to snow all over the ground. It was cool because throughout the day there were these crazy snow blizzards for a little while that would come on without warning and then they would suddenly stop. Unfortunately, with snow comes freezing temperatures. I hate freezing temperatures. Especially when we are walking around Zurich at night. Burr! This weekend, Heidi, Amanda, and I went out. We went to the same piano bar that Heidi and I went to one of my first weekends here. It was not as packed as it was last time but we met some new people and had a good time listening to the pianist.
Thursday of last week, I took Jaime and Sanja down to the lake since it was a relatively nice day (Nick was at therapy). But of course, right when we got down there the wind started blowing and it got very cold! But the kids had fun throwing rocks into the lake and finding sticks to 'go fishing' with. Sanja had a long stick she was using and when she had to go to the bathroom she let Jaime hold onto it for her. Of course, Jaime dropped the stick into the lake and was not able to retrieve it. (Though he tried, and I was sure he was going to fall in, I would not put it past him.) And of course, Sanja was upset when she came back. To calm things down, I told Jaime that he should find another stick for Sanja to use since he dropped hers. He took off to search the woods. A few minutes later, Sanja and I were standing on the dock and we hear Jaime calling to us. I look over and burst out laughing; Jaime was walking up the dock with this huge fallen tree branch he had found. It was so large he was having trouble carrying it, yet somehow managed to make his way over to us. And, oh! was Sanja excited! He had found her a 'stick' that was ten times better than the dinky one he dropped. I don't know who was more excited, Sanja for her new prize or Jaime for his accomplishment in carrying half a tree all the way over to us. I have a picture below of the branch but it does not look as impressive as it was in real life because it is kind of hard to see.
Also, I have another picture of Sanja on the dock by the lake. You can see her outfit consists of a jean skirt over a pair of pants and a jacket that is too large for her. She thought that it was pretty and assured me that 'this is ok'. She even asked me if it was pretty. I figured it would not hurt her to wear it and could maybe keep her warmer? She is such a little model poser:
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