Double Stuf?

And so, my Thanksgiving break is over, and what a Thanksgiving it was.

Chrysann, my room mate, and her family kindly took me in for the holiday and i truely had a wonderful time. So day by day this is what i got up to in the past few days.

Wednesday - We left Keene quite late. It was eerie being one of the only people left on the entire camous, it completely freaked me out actually and was wicked excited to get out of there! Anyway so KK (Chrys' girlfriend) drove us to Amherst, the place of which they live. When we got there we dropped off our stuff at Chrys' house. I got a quick tour of their very cute home, and we were off out. We then went to KKs house, which was also a beautiful home, i met her mum, Elizabeth, who invited us all round for dinner for the Saturday. We then went out for Lunch at a random place. I had a stunning panini, hmmm. I soon came to realise that i really do stand out round here as a random guy said to me 'Excuse me... but you don't come round here do you?' and so began the whole story of why i'm here and how long i'm here for.... the first of the ten million times i had to say it this break!!

We then went for a walk around Milford. It was a quick walk as it was quite a small place, but i enjoyed it all the same. We stopped by a random place on the side of the road where there was a random cow...

Afterwards i went back, got my computer sorted for the wireless, and met the parents! Ron and Arlene are absolutely wonderful people, thye made me feel right at home. They made us dinner, and then i 'helped' Chrys make cookies ('helped' being, i got rid of the remaining dough!)

Thanks Giving This day was exactly how i imagined it would be. When i thought of 'Thanksgiving' i thought of three things - turkey, macys parade and 'the game'. And well, darn it, i experienced it all. It started with the parade which went on till noon, then the game kicked off at 12.30, then after the game the family started to arrive. The family/friends being, Caitlyn, Chrys elder sister and her boyfriend Eric, and Erics mum and stepdad, and family friends, Subash and Meera (father/daughter). We enjoyed a wonderful dinner of Turkey (cooked by Chrysann) and veg. It was WONDERFUL! My favourite part of the day, or at least the most amusing part was watching Grey's Anatomy on mute. Now this is something me and Emma (my sister) have been doing for a long time, but i like to mute tv shows and make up my own stories, and well i wanted to do the same again. So when everyone sodded off somewhere i watched the show and came up with my own oreo based story. Eric and Caitlyn and Meera soon joined in, and Greys Anatomy turned into one huge Double Stuf oreo fiasco!

Friday This day started off rather well, because as i was making my breakfast, Caitlyn and Eric arrived, and they said 'we've got you a present' i assumed they were talking to someone else, but no they were talking to me and they presented me with this....

Yup. FOUR boxes of Oreos. They didn't know which types of Oreos i liekd, so they got my one of all they could find!

After much amusement of recieving four boxes of oreos, we all put up the Christmas decorations. I particulary loved this, as it was an activity i love to partake in at home, so i'm glad that i didn't miss out!

After that, me, Chrys and KK went to see the Trans Siberian Orchestra at Manchester, and they were really, really good. They are kinda a rock orchestra, and play predomintly Crimbo tunes, it was good fun!

Saturday We went shopping, then we had dinner at KKs house. KKs mum, Elizabeth made us a wonderful dinner, and i got to EAT squash, and i liked it a lot. We then went on to play a game of Scattergories, where being British became a good excuse for making up stuff and getting away with it!

Sunday It was a very lazy day. We went to see 'Happy Feet' which wasn't that good. Then we picked up our stuff, i said my goodbyes to Ron, Arlene, Caitlyn and Eric, then we left and we went to KKs for a bite to eat, i said goodbye and thanks to her mum and we were on the road back to Keene.

I know this is a wicked long post. But i feel like i've kept it short, theres so much to say about how wonderful this break was and i don't have enough space... or time to write about it all. Many many thanks to Chrysann, Ron and Arlene for their amazing hospitality, and also many thanks thanks to KK and Elizabeth for the two meals.

I'll never forget it.