pea-can pie and other things

Today is my last day at home before I head back to Luther and kick off the Christmas at Luther Week From Hell festivities. Three hour rehearsal tomorrow night............... Yay.
Anyway, Thanksgiving was lovely. We had less people at the house than we normally do, but the food was spectacular, as usual, and the pies... Oh, the pies. I think I must have eaten half my weight in pie on Thursday night.
Saw some old friends, went to my high school football game (undefeated!), took a few late night trips to Kroger for bagel bites and movies, annual Christ our Shepherd chili supper, TCBY, Mike and C's, Tech/UGA football, Brenda and Alex. Good break. :-)

Musings about being home:

I stood in the Minneapolis airport waiting to catch a flight (On the F concourse, thankfully. None of that B-concourse Narnia nonsense.) and texted Dan Fernelius, "Is it weird that I miss Luther already and haven't even gotten on the plane yet?"
For the first time in a long time, it was weird to walk in my house. As soon as I stepped in, it smelled like summer and it absolutely scared the shit out of me. I contemplated running away that night.
But thankfully, I survived the first day of being home for the first time in 3 months, and remembered how awesome it is to be spoiled by showers with excellent water pressure, fridges full of delicious food, and my mother's debit card.
I don't know, you know? It was weird being home, but at least I got this visit first awkward visit out of the way and so when I come home again in December, I'll know what to expect. I am a lot stronger than I think I am - I guess this summer and the first couple months at school toughened me up for onslaught of emotions that awaited me when I got back to Atlanta. It's all good, though. I am alive and well and looking forward to going back to Luther for another couple of weeks. Anyway, lots of things to look forward to for December. There's Christmas at the Dietmeyer's which is always lovely, and Laura's getting married on New Year's Day (I'm the MOH). Then after the wedding? One word, baby: Vienna.

My list of things to be thankful for:

Home and family and friends
Green Bean casserole
Pianos
the Windham Hill Thanksgiving album
Hot Chocolate
Debit cards
candle light
hair cuts
email
birthday cards
you


Me and the short hair.



Happy Thanksgiving, ya'll. :-)