home sweet home

i am so lame. i made this completly awesome blog that people actually read and yet i have abandoned it. i got carried away by other priorities, school, friends, the outdoors, and going home.

last week i went home. seeing my family was perfect and everything that i hoped for. i ate a TON and played a lot of guitar hero. it was sweet. although i must admit that i was real disappointed with the weather. honestly, rain in november? come on world. whats happening. so there was no snowboarding for me. and no sledding. hopefully by christmas. it was nice to see shay and a few others but im sure next break will be better when people actually go home. im really looking forward to that. it was my birthday on thursday, thanksgiving day, it was exciting. i got some giftcards to where i needed them, some tasty chocolate, a movie, and a snowboard bag. i was very happy.

thanksgiving was a whole other story in itself. we drove out to cooper landing in the worst weather possible. pouring rain and terrible wind. we barely made it. we got o the cabin and dropped some stuff off and then went down the road to my aunts house where we proceeded to get dinner ready. my cousin katie was there who i love to death and i was so excited to see her. aunt cissy, our new uncle, step uncle? im not quite sure what to call him, so ill just call him nick. he is amazing and i really like him a lot. then his daughter alex, and my dad and brother were all there, ohh and my mom. so it was cozy.

five minutes after we started cooking, katie and i had just started to cut potatoes, the power went out. it was still kind of light outside but it would be getting dark soon. we got out candles and lanterns. then we realized the water was off too. this made the night so eventful. nick got us buckets of water from the creek which we used to cook our food, wash our hands, and flush the toilet. we even boiled it and washed dishes in it. the it got dark and a million candles were lit around the house. dinner was complete. we had a wood stove going and we sat down to eat by candle light. surprisingly the food was the best thanksgiving food that i had ever had. everything was perfect and amazing. ahhh i cant even explain. after dinner and the long process of washing dishes we played the game apples to apples and finally the power came back on at about eleven.

overall being home was a lot of fun. the end of the trip was better than the beginning so i was kind of sad to leave but it is a joy to be back in colorado. when i walked in there were decorations everywhere from my roommate. it was a great surprise. and now she is home and i am happy. the end.

ill write more often i promise.