A summary of Thanksgiving weekend

A little tradition from high school bible study is "high-light/low-light". This "opening" to the evening often times turned into 10 girls breaking down each day of the week and placing their activities in either category (high or low) after which some Bible studying would hopefully fit in. Everything was crucial to divulge during your time to share. With that said, I still like the tradition. It is a great way to sparknotes a persons experiences (sad but true).



The high lights of my last week:

• My dear friend, Rebecca Michealsen showing up at work. I had not seen her since she left to go back to school in Boston. She came to say "hi" the morning after she got in and as if this wasn't enough of a highlight she popped her left hand up in my face with one of these suckers: (I think I freaked her FIANCE out. He wasn't ready for my dramatic girly reaction. He should probably get used to it.)
  

• Driving to the Bay Area to see my family. My Aunt, Uncle, and cousins are truly the best. My cousin Marisa is still about 12 years old in my mind so when she drove me around with her permit, I was a little confused. And her brother Matt is more mature than I am (only in 8th grade) and I think that is reason for concern (mostly on my part).
  
  
• I stayed up till one in the morning with my mom watching Glee. It felt good to fall asleep next to my mom and know that when I am too scared to stay at my apartment, I can still run to my mom. A fun fact about me: I slept in her bed until I was 13 because, yes, I am scared of the dark. big deal.





• Learning new slang from my Younglife girls. If I ever tell you I am going to "dip out", I am not chewing tobacco, I am in fact just leaving wherever I am at. Likewise if I am "mobbing" somewhere, that should mean I am coming there but I guess it's not cool to "mob" alone so I will most likely be with my crew.


• Driving down state street with my girls playing loud music and yelling at strangers. This was a favorite activity during high school and having them back for thanksgiving break warms my heart. There really is no shame in this. Well maybe a little, but when May, Bugay, and I are together, we couldn't care less.
  

The Low-light:

• Black Friday: I don't really feel like going on a rant about this bizarre tradition that has formed but I went to see a movie, stupidly at a theater in a mall, and I was blown away. There was should-to-shoulder shoppers and it smelled like funnel cake. To top it all off, not one person was in line to take a picture with Santa. Of the millions of people, NOT ONE. It was irony at it's finest. Christmas shopping without the Christmas spirit. Look what we've done...