dollops of thanks

do you ever have those moments where you just stop and think about how happy you are that the world's workings have you in certain surreal place? well i hope you do as often as i do. last night was nonstop thankfulness. fitting, huh?
in celebration of thanksgiving, raz and her poppa invited 6 of us over for dinner. but i went over earlier, after school, to help out with the cooking and setting up. 3 hours of the preparation actually seemed like 20 minutes-- i was having a ball with every chore. it reminded me so much of being at home, making pies and helping out my mom in the kitchen. raz had the best meal in mind and it came out perfect. we had the most savory chicken soup, stuffing that raz's dad whipped up that was completely delicious, TWO types of mashed potatoes (GARLIC AND CHEESE and REGULAR WITH LOTS O BUTTA AND SALT)... in all honesty i ate half of each pot before they made it to the table, had to do several taste tests of course. aaand we had turkey sandwiches, or tried to have turkey sandwiches. my mouth is watering right now picturing the table. of course we had copious amounts of whites reds and cavas, and chocolates to top it all off.
but i will never forget sitting down and looking at the feast that had so much love in it, and seeing the smiles in everyone's eyes. we were all so fortunate to be able to celebrate the holiday (my favorite, might i add) with friends over a fantastic meal. i really love nothing more than sitting down for thanksgiving at my aunt susan's but raz's last night... the whole everything about last night... it was pretty special.

hahaha
and to top it all off my friend geo and i tried to go to a really uppity preppy club to celebrate Matt's birthday, but this club had a dress code (which we didn't know prior to making the trip up there) aaand low and behold i did not get in wearing my mom's wool hobo jacket. it was quite a scene. not my scene.
but we ended up going to this bar that i was SURE was a strip club upon walking down the ramp into a red room that smelt like skeezy, but it turned out it was just older guys dancing around hammered. it goes without saying that i had fun.

ALL IN ALL THANKSGIVING 09 IS ONE FOR THE BOOKS. thanks for making it happen.