I'm a slacker

Blog fans I'm sorry! To both of you.

I'll be home on SATURDAYYYY and you can ask me all the questions in the world then. Well, maybe not ALL of them, and maybe not on Saturday, but soon thereafter.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

2 weeks from today I will...

1. Wake up in my room at my parent's house
2. Eat Cracker Barrel with Brunell, Hannah and Leigh
3. Go to Good Shepherd, listen to songs and sermons in English, and get lots of hugs :)
4. Have lunch with my family
5. put on a sweatshirt (make that two sweatshirts) because I will be freezing my pompis off in the BULL CITY.

I think its safe to say I'm looking forward to it.

NEW FLOOR!

All finished...please notice that in the second picture it was nighttime. The maintenance and sweet cleaning ladies worked all afternoon so my room would be ready for me the next morning. It had already been two weeks since the floor exploded (as we've come to call it..."cuando el piso exploto") so they were all really excited the next day and were stopping by to see how I liked the new tile.

Gobble Gobble

Voila...the turkey looked and (praise Jesus) tasted awesome. Alex and I slaved away all day rubbing and basting that thing.



This is what it looked like at the end of the night (I think they liked it).
This is what we looked like after turkey. Nelly and Alex are utilizing the amazing napkins my sister sent to me...they were too full to even speak, so thanks Emily for giving them words when they had none.
All in all, while it IS hard to beat going to Cracker Barrel and Golden Corral for Thanksgiving, I think my first Thanksgiving meal away from the Carolinas was not a complete loss. The main thing that was missing was my family (shout out to the Millers and the Timmons), but no worries, I'll be there for Christmas to be the butt of your jokes and entertainment for all. Know that I miss you and I'll be thinking about you all day tomorrow!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

My friends and I are having a Thanksgiving party tonight...lots of emphasis on the word party, but nevertheless, it will be a feast. Lots of friends are making things that their family members have made in the past, so the food should be amazing. I, on the other hand, will not be making a family favorite, as I was nominated to make one of the two turkeys for the evening. So today my neighbor, Alex and I set to work on a turkey. It is in the oven as I type this and it actually smells amazing if I do say so myself. We've given it some TLC all day so it better taste perfect!
Here it is pre-oven (there is a can of Guiness in the cavity...a friend said it would help keep the turkey moist)

Post-oven picture to come. Meanwhile, I tried to upload a video on here. It didn't work. Suggestions? I REALLY think you should see it (whoever you are that reads my blog)

5K

Yes, I ran my first race this weekend. A grueling 5k (about 3.1 miles) through a park in Monterrey. On Sunday morning my friends and I drove to Parque Fundidora (an old factory that was turned into a park) at 7:30 am. We are dedicated to fighting juvenile diabetes!
Enjoy...
I ran into one of my kids.

Our sweet medals were little droplets of blood (We like to call them our "Gotitas de Sangre")
My fellow runners...Jen, Rebecca, Kyra, and Yolanda (Please notice that the shirt has a giant gota de sangre on it as well)

Horno 3 (Oven 3) is one of the old factory buildings in the park. It is now a restaurant and museum-ish type place. Notice the mountains in the background...reason number 2 why I love this city. What is reason number 1? Everyone speaks Spanish!

SNELLS!

I made my first trip back to the States last week so I could be at Stephanie and Mills's wedding...and it was MORE than worth it. They are an amazing couple and everyone can attest that they belong together. They are a fantastic couple and everything about the wedding was amazing! And selfishly, I got to spend some serious quality time with these lovely ladies that mean the world to me. (I also got to see some family members and sweet childhood friends).

Congratulations Mills and Stephanie!