This evening we had a movie night at our house. This weekend we have a youth weekend away which is themed around Divergent and how a community works together. However, in order to plan a weekend about Divergent, you need to see the movie, which I had not. Within about 24 hours my plans for the night went from watching the movie by myself to watching it with my roommate and two other friends.
It was a nice spontaneous event. Everything was kind of a mess. I came home from work late, and we were planning to eat the leftover soup. Since I was late, I decided to try and speed up the soup, and I ended up burning it. We had other food to offer, but it was all fine. We still had a great night despite the mishaps.
Today I am thankful for movie nights, and friends who forgive me when I burn their dinner.
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| These are the symbols of the five factions of Divergent, which will be the teams for this weekend. Photo credit:Leading Thought |
Today is my great-aunt Elsie's 96th birthday. My aunt is one of the sweetest women I have met. We've spent quite a lot of Thanksgiving with her. For most people it might be an incredibly boring weekend. There's no internet, we watch Lawrence Welk, and spend 3 hours a night playing Rummikub. She tells us stories about her mother cooking strange Czech foods and other stories about family members I have never met. I love my aunt, and I can't think of another person I would want to be named after.
Today I am thankful for my great-aunt Elsie, and the many years we've been able to share.
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| My great-aunt Elsie and I at my brothers wedding. |
Today is Thanksgiving. Honestly, my first Thanksgiving without my family wasn't as horrible as I thought it would be, but I fully attribute this to the fact that Thanksgiving doesn't exist here. It's a normal work day, so this meant I was (thankfully) to busy to really think about all the things I was missing out this year, such as family meals, outings, and sibling shenanigans. Since it was Thanksgiving, we incorporated some Thanksgiving traditions into work today, such as having pie at a meeting.
My favorite Thanksgiving tradition we did was say what we were thankful for at our Bible study today. The youth were not only open to sharing what they were thankful for, but they decided everyone must say their blessings in an American accent. The accents were surprisingly goo ranging from Texas to New York, and the whole concept was absolutely hilarious. When it was my turn, they insisted that I say my blessings in an English accent, which went horribly. Today was just an example at how blessed I am to work with these youth.
Today I am thankful for the people, especially the youth, at my placement, and for all the Thanksgivings I have been able to spend with my family.
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| My brother, Alec, took this photo last year at Thanksgiving when we were playing around with a magnifying glass. We were in stitches over the photos we took. |
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