Entry 5 - Early Christmas
This is the first time I can 110% guarantee I’ll be having a white Christmas. It will certainly be one to remember. I have to be honest, as fun as it sounds I’m offley concerned about my usual feasting habits. Its bad enough that Halloween has not escalated to a Hallmark monstrosity and is still modestly reserved for children under the age of 8. Then Thanksgiving was forgotten about as I was stuck at Cass field station being the only American. Oh well, I was never a fan of the football games anyway. However, missing Christmas is unacceptable. The tree, the food, the snow, the not having to go to work or school, its my favorite holiday.
Just as I thought there was no hope for a traditional Christmas, my grandma came through again and went up another notch or 10 on the My Grandma is So Awesome scale. This past Sunday, my family came from all over Canterbury and we had a huge Christmas feast. It was absolutely wonderful! I loved catching up with my family, some of whom I hadn’t seen yet. It was a beautiful sunny day and the food was amazing. There was chicken and stuffing, peas and carrots, stuffed tomatoes and cucumbers, fresh french bread, stir fry veggies in rice and salad. For dessert there was a special family recipe trifle, fruit salad and Ice cream. Note, all of this food may have tasted extra scrumptious because my uncle took me on a huge bike ride up Evans pass and around Godley Head. I didn’t bring my camera to take a picture but lets just say it was a big push uphill for longer than I care to remember. After we whizzed down faster than I would have liked. It was all ‘training’ as my uncle called it. Ha. Well my calves are killing me today.
My Family
Anyway, it was a lovely day, and I was fully recovered and ready for this week. Our literature reviews are due on Friday so its double time. Not to mention only 7 days till take off!