Thanksgiving ...

How I spent my Thanksgiving:

I was having a pretty sad day when ...

Around 5 pm, my little host sisters burst in my room to inform me that their mom was milking the cow and they needed to come in and draw.  After that, Tako got my umbrella (she told me it was raining in my room), crawled in my sleeping bag with me, and opened it to protect us while we worked on my computer. 

Later, downstairs, Tako proceeded to take my socks off my feet and put them on hers.  Keti put my slippers on.  Because they were so big on her, she pretended she was a rabbit.  Then Keti crawled in my lap, laid down on top of me, and told me my belly was big (THAAAANKS!).  Tako then made an entire family of snakes out of the Play-Dough my mom and grandma sent her and lined them all up on my knee.  I ate mandarins, drank tea, and watched some kind of very poorly animated Barbie Nutcracker movie dubbed over in Georgian.

I missed home yesterday, but, God knows, I didn't miss it alone.  Thank you to my incredible (zany) host family.  This house is a zoo and I am proud not to be a visitor but an exhibit with the rest of you.  And thank you to my partner teacher who is quickly becoming one of the best friends I've ever had.  It's not lost on me how lucky I am to have the incredible Georgians around me that I do.

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody.  It's been a crazy 7 months here, and for that, I'm truly thankful.  Even more, I have an amazing (real) family, friends back home, boyfriend(!!!), and an incredible group of PCVs here with me in Georgia.  I am so lucky.

Love you all,
Ala, Allie, Al, Sis, Weesin, and Allison.