i spent the rest of november in singapore with friends and family and more good food. right before thanksgiving, i flew back to the US and had a pretty traumatic time getting through customs. but i made it! and spent thanksgiving with shiyan in boston which was fantastic. i spent 2 weeks in december with the crew in baltimore – much debauchery and fun times. katherine and i left for mexico on the 16th (of december) with the zerrs. another 5 days of debauchery. while playing beach volleyball, a few of us sustained minor injuries – a scraped knee, a stubbed toe, some bruised egos. nothing major.
we made it back in time for christmas with more zerrs. continued the tradition of spending christmas eve at the corner bar – classy. christmas morning could’ve been worse. i was starting to wonder if i would wake up every christmas morning with a hangover. perhaps. but i was in good company. we opened presents and that was awesome. i got 2 cookbooks! gourmet magazine’s and julia child’s mastering the art of french cooking. i haven’t made anything from either book yet but i already know which ones i’m going to start with…
new year’s followed pretty quickly and we were moping around the house wondering what to do when we spontaneously decided to drive to baltimore. best surprise ever! sarah strahorn might even have shed a tear or two. more partying. more good times with friends. after a few short days, we drove 12 hours to chicago and spent 2 nights with katherine’s friends there.
and now we’re back in good old st charles, missouri. glad to not be driving the god-forsaken rental car anymore and trying to find some direction in life. hopefully that goes well! i hope everyone else had a great holiday season as well – happy 2010!
oh, and side note. i’ve been trying to craft whenever i get the time to and this year, i managed to make a few homemade gifts (my preference). it’s been slow-going but very satisfying.
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