Turkey Day

Horns honking, people haulking loogies, e-bike alarms, neighbors yelling, the cardboard collector's PA.... We woke up on Thanksgiving only to find the regular hustle and bustle of all our neighbors going to work just like any other Thursday. Class wasn't cancelled so of course we went... yeah right.

Although we missed spending the holiday with family, we have a great surrogate family here that took very food care of us. They had a recording of the 2007 Super Bowl, so we got to watch football while preparing our feast. Turkey, two kinds of stuffing, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cornbread, rolls, six pies, and fried rice. We deffinitely weren't roughing it this holiday. We love this culture (usually) but we are certainly thankful that with a little creativity a taste of home is always accessible.


We were also able to convince everyone to partake in the traditional Ritzman/Schmidt Family Post-Dinner Thanksgiving Backyard Football Game. Many of us had never played which lead to lots of chaos, cheating, and falling down. So pretty much just like home. The only difference was that my brother wasn't there to to distract the defense by mooning them while I went out for the pass. (In his defense he only did this once - but it was in the front yard.)

We played in the park across the street. But we had to watch out for the sculpture of a giant medal hand playing marbles.