Turkey Day!

This last week was the best week ever. It was thanksgiving break and I got an extra day since class was cancelled on Friday, which made it even better since I got to go home a day earlier. I had been looking forward to going home for a while now since I haven’t been home since school started, and therefore I haven’t seen any of my friends, who I missed a lot. So my friend Ian and I left on Friday to go home and it turned into an adventurous ride back home. We started off really well with no traffic and then it came like a bullet train. There were three accidents within ten miles of each other and traffic was backed up on eighty one. We decided to take a detour in order to avoid the traffic, and ended up taking thirty one which turned out to be a great decision as we ended up getting to his house in five hours and it usually takes about four and a half. This was still an amazing trip since we had no idea where we were going and were basically guess which roads to take.

This was only the beginning of what would turn out to be an amazing week of fun. I got home at about nine that night and ended up staying up talking to my parent till about two in the morning since they wanted to know any and everything I could tell them about my life here at Virginia Tech since I have never been away from home for this long. I spent the next day with my cousin, we went to the movies and then got dinner and then we did our favorite thing, which is to play badminton because both of us are really good at it and have somewhat of a rivalry, which makes things really interesting when we play each other. I ended up getting the best of him this time around beating him all three times that we played.

Then came Sunday and I had to wake up early to go to church but I didn’t mind since I hadn’t been to church in a while and I should be going. Then we had a family breakfast and then went out shopping for the rest of the day. I ended up buying my parents and my sister their Christmas presents which was a good feeling since I love Christmas.

On Monday I visited my friend Michelle at her school and ended up driving down to Baltimore to visit her. We had a lot of fun catching up and eating food for the next six hours. I returned home and then helped my dad with the yard work, which felt good to since he has to do all the work around the house now that I am not there.

Then came Tuesday which was awesome, since most of my friends came home and I got to see about four of them that day, as I visited my high school with them and said hi to a lot of my teachers and friends who are still in high school. Then we went out and got lunch at chipotle which I missed dearly since I love their food and I was craving a burrito for the longest time.

On Wednesday, I spent the whole day with my friends, all 15 of them. We went to downtown silver spring which is ten minutes away from where I live and had an awesome time playing pool and watching a movie. Then we got food and talked for about four hours, and by the time we realized what time it was we were all rushing to get home.

Then came turkey day and my day started with some family coming over from New Jersey and then me sprinting out of the house to play football with my friends, since we have that tradition for every thanksgiving. I went back home starving and really dirty since it was raining all day. After I cleaned up and ate food I spent the rest of the day with my relatives since by then there were about sixteen people in my house.

On Friday we drove up to the Hagerstown outlet, which was a lot of fun, since we got to buy a lot of stuff and got done Christmas shopping. Then later that night we drove down to new jersey and back in six hours just coz it would be a fun ride. So we ended up driving till six in the morning, switching off among us every hour.

We got about two hours of sleep and then had to wake up to eat breakfast. Then I went out to play Frisbee and then went to my friends’ house to play some board games and cards. After everything was done, it was time to say goodbye, which was probably the worst part of the weekend and the hardest one too, since the week went by so fast and we couldn’t really get a chance to hang out as much as we usually do. We were all pretty sad but the only good thing was that we would see each other in about 3 weeks, and therefore had something to look forward too.

On Sunday I went to church and then had breakfast and left after saying goodbye to my cousin and my parents. The drive down was better than I thought it would be, as it only took us 4 hours to get back. I was expecting major delays. I got back to tech at about five thirty and that’s when it hit me. I had loads of work to do and not a lot of time to do it. It was time to head back to reality and get out of vacation mode and get working. The only good thing that I could think of was that I would be able to go back to vacation mode once all this was over and I could enjoy myself, and hang out with my friends.