Happy Thanksgiving!

Yesterday I received several phonecalls and a whole bunch of text messages and emails from students wishing me a happy thanksgiving. They were all very concerned for me, being away from my friends and family on the big day. After half a day of this, I started telling them that one of the things I am thankful for is wonderful students. Their response? Well, we think we should take care of our foreign teacher. In class we talked about what they are thankful for, and while it's no surprise, it's nice to be reminded that around the world we are generally thankful for the same big things. And of course I told them all about how thankful I was for the elections 3 weeks ago, and for change. And for being here, now. And we all talked about how great parents are, and teachers. And siblings. And friends. And life.

On Saturday about 25 of us will be sitting down to a big potluck Thanksgiving dinner, Chinese friends and Peace Corps family.

I miss you guys, but I whipped up some pies that approximate the pumpkin pies you probably just ate... so [frankly speaking] I'm a happy camper.