We moved into our new apartment on November 1st. Soon after that came Thanksgiving. Our first major holiday away from home. Sam had so many tests since the semester was nearing the end, and since they only give two days off of school it wasn't enough to make a cross-country trip back to Arizona to spend it with family. I was dreading having to make everything myself, and was already missing my moms homemade rolls. Thankfully we weren't the only students in the same predicament. After asking around, Chris and Dave had found there were a few other student couples in Quincy that were also from the west coast that were going to be stuck here as well. Dave and Christine decided to host a potluck Thanksgiving Dinner at their place. They invited two other couples, Kim and Chris, and Josh and Lindy. Kim and Chris were from Utah, Chris was going to school to be an architect. Josh was from New Jersey and Lindy was from Utah, Josh was in Med school at BU, and Lindy was majoring in accounting at UMASS.
With so many of us contributing to dinner we realized that we wouldn't have to cook all day long and decided to plan a group trip down to Plymouth during the day. It was unbelievable that on Thanksgiving Day I was taking a tour of a replica of the Mayflower, and looking at "The" Plymouth Rock (which is much smaller than I had imagined by the way). I couldn't wait to call my family and tell them, and hopefully hear jealousy in their voices. I was relieved when this thought came to mind, because it meant that maybe I wouldn't get homesick when I called and start to cry when I realized I was the only one not there.
Somehow, between the eight of us, we managed to put together a full table of food, all delicious--which was a pleasant surprise to all of us. At the beginning of the day everyone wished they could have been at home, but I think by the end we were content with our day, and happy that we had avoided ten-hour, round-trip flights, all for just a one hour dinner with family. Not only that, but we had started a new tradition. All of us clicked. It is so hard to find couples that both you and your husband get along with. But our whole group was perfect, everyone got along, and had such a fun time together, Hopefully, this was the start of a new Thanksgiving tradition.
Unfortunately, studying called and the festivities were broken up so they guys could get home to study.
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