Thanksgiving in Spain

Here I am, 6:30 pm, still in my gnome pajamas and bathrobe. My weekends have truly become weekends. At home I still had tons of things to get done before the next week began. Here, I can just be lazy all day. I need to catch up on my sleep anyway. Lets just say I´m soaking up the culture.

So, Thanksgiving. I got home after class and Emily had whipped up some stuffing, parsnips and was thinking creatively about using some lovely green apples we bought for dessert. Kim, the American Au Pair who works for the mayor, and just got here a couple weeks ago, also joined in. We bought a pre-made chicken, boiled corn, made mashed potatoes, bought an apple thing that was supposed to resemble a pie but didn´t. Don´t worry, I had a supervisor for all my cooking endeavors. I made the potatoes, mashed some squash and started the gravy, Em finished it. We had quite a spread.
I think I must have my camera on a weird setting because my pictures are more blue these days. Anyhow, Catherine and Patrick came home to celebrate with us, which was nice. We had tons of food and good chat time. And when all was said and done, Emily left the house looking like a homeless person, as Catherine said, with her bottle of wine and broiled apple. That´s what she decided to do with the apples, broil them with brown sugar and white wine inside. Sooooooooo yummy. Here´s Em being homeless...

Not much else is new here in Pamp-town. tomorrow will be basketball day extrordinaire. I´m playing in a game at 10, watching anotehr one at 12, the team I practice with, and going to one in Vitoria after that. So fun! I miss watching games and knowing people on teams and being a fan.

I´ll try to blog more soon. It´s a lazy day here and I need to go wake myself up with a dance workout. Speaking of, Emily is on the dance workout wagon. She loves them. I´m telling you folks, try them, you´ll like them. We could all use more dancing in our lives. Happy feet, yay!