Thanksgiving break!

Because Costa Rica is a little far to fly to for Thanksgiving, my amazing roommate invited me to her house for the six day break. We left Wheaton at 8:40 Tuesday morning (yes, we may have skipped our classes) and arrived in Kansas City at 4:30. Megan and I drove with another girl on our hall, Holly, her brother, and two other guys. I'm also really good friends with Holly, so the plan was for me to stay with Megan until Thursday afternoon, and then go to Holly's house for the remainder of break.

However, this morning I woke up with the chills, a tight chest, coughing, sore throat, and a fever. Not the most fun way to spend Thanksgiving Day. However, I am so grateful that I am at a home instead of a dorm while being sick. I'm also extremely grateful for Megan's family. I basically have a small pharmacy on my bedside table, as well as hot tea, and a delicious looking breakfast that I wasn't able to eat.

Yesterday was also a lot of fun. Megan's family has three horses, so we went riding for a few hours yesterday with Maddi, Megan's sister, and two of their guy friends, Zach and Jeremy. That afternoon, I baked my family's traditional corn casserole while Megan learned how to make stuffing. After they came out of the oven looking delicious, Megan and I went to a shopping center and looked around for a bit ( I got some cute gloves and a shirt!), and then went to Blue Chip Cookie, a store that sells ice cream and cookies. It was delicious =) We then went to a party for one of Megan's friends and I got to meet a lot of them. Actually, one fifth of the party attendees were Wheaties that I knew, so it was fun. We finished off the night with a few hours in the hot tub-- it felt so good!