Thanksgiving Break

Thanksgiving Break is both a blessing and a curse. It's absolutely wonderful getting the 3 days off of school, but when it ends, you come back to the worst three weeks of school that ever existed. However, I think the three days off is totally worth it. I don't live in Utah, so I don't have the wonderful opportunity to drive home whenever the occasion arises. Texas is a little too far to drive to, so my parents arranged flights for my brother and I to fly down, and thank goodness we left when we did! If we had left one day later we wouldn't have been able to go home. We left on Monday after classes, but my Grandma and Aunt who were set to come have Thanksgiving with us had their flight on Tuesday -- the day that the worst storm in ten years was to expected to come to Utah. Unfortunately their flight was canceled so they weren't able to join us in our turkey feast. We still had company over though. We had Thanksgiving dinner a day early and had the missionaries over and my brother's friend Cara from school. She is looking into the Mormon church and taking missionary discussions where she goes to college so it was great to have her meet the missionaries in her home area.  The missionaries had great personalities. One of them was on his 18th month in the mission field and the other had just been baptized a year ago and was on his second month in the mission field. They both got along really well and you could tell they have a lot of fun together. My little sister set up a scavenger hunt for me to help me find the gift she made for me. It was a pillow that she had made herself and had sewn "LOVE" onto. She made it so I could use it on the airplane when I sleep. I had a great time going back home from break and enjoyed every minute of it. I am so grateful for my family and that we are healthy and able to spend time with each other. However, now it's time to buckle down and get the monstrous pile of homework done. Bring on the finals!!