Two weeks have passed since my last post - and in that time I learned that the cliche is true about holidays - sometimes it feels like you need a second holiday to recover from the first. Our Thanksgiving was special and memorable, but was also so busy and eventful that I just now feel back on track, a week later. It's hard to get back to normal life after so much fun.
We stayed in Louisville for Thanksgiving - a decision first formed after making the 8 hour drive back in September. It's a lot of travel for just a couple of days. Our choice was cemented when we received the exciting news that our friends from South Korea (our former next-door neighbors) would be visiting the States over the holiday.
And so I planned and prepped for my first time hosting Thanksgiving dinner. After returning from the three grocery stores I visited to find all of the ingredients on my list, I tried to take an artsy photo of the produce. Maybe it was silly, but I'm glad that I did because in the end, I barely took any other pictures of the big meal.
Our Thanksgiving dinner: planked salmon, roasted pork loin, sweet potato wedges, a foofy salad, rolls nobody ate, garlicky veggie chicken pasta that I forgot to take out of the fridge and pumpkin loaf.
Unbelievable. That these are the only pictures that I took. So out of character for me and my friend who always have a moment of silence before meals to take photos.I blame it on the fact that we had not seen each other in eight months and were simply too ecstatic and distracted to bother.
We enjoyed our meal - and ended up eating the pumpkin loaf and sweet potatoes for breakfast for the rest of the holiday.
After dinner, we and our friends (who were not so tired thanks to jet lag) did something that was a first for all four of us. Black Friday shopping on Thursday night. I feel a bit ashamed to admit it, and to inadvertently support companies making employees work on holidays, but it was a neat experience.
I have never seen Target as packed as it was at 6:30pm on Thanksgiving. Two items stuck out of almost everybody's bright red buggies - flat screen TVs and giant teddy bears. Another surprise - for the first time I ran into one of my students outside of school - a third grade sweetheart shopping with her mother!
Over the next several days that comprised our holiday weekend, the four of us kept busy. I was excited to show our friends around the place we call home now, and especially to introduce my girlfriend to some of my favorite brands like Target and Kate Spade. We made coffee with our beloved nespresso machine and enjoyed relaxing mornings together. We visited Frankfort with its charming small town vibe and toured Buffalo Trace Distillery.
The Distillery was just as lovely and enjoyable on trip number four. And I truly think our tour guide this time was the best one yet.
November just disappeared, time snatching our holiday right out from under us like icy winds whipping brittle dry leaves. Since our friends left, Isaac and I can't help commenting on how our apartment feels empty, or on how nice it was to be living side by side with "our neighbors" again, if just for a little while.
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