Thankful for Thanksgiving in Spain

This past week, I taught a lesson on Thanksgiving for my English classes. I told them about all the food we eat on Thanksgiving. I also told them the history of the holiday and how we celebrate now by having a huge dinner with our extended family/relatives. I filled them in on watching football and parades on t.v. We also talked about things that we are thankful for....there's so much to be thankful for...family, my boyfriend, friends, living in Spain, life, laughter, love, fresh air, joy, music, freedom, health, and so much more...

On Thanksgiving day, it wasn't exactly a holiday for me because I still had to work, but I got to skype with my family, which was soooo great! It made me very homesick! They were at my uncle's house in Houston, so I got see my aunt, uncle, cousin and my grandma! I also got to skype with Victor, which was soooo goooood! I can't wait to go home for Christmas and see my family, Victor, and friends.

On Friday, we celebrated Thanksgiving with friends (Americans, Brits, and Spaniards). We made a traditional Thanksgiving dinner! Kendall and Karen worked really hard to make this happen....ordered a turkey from the meat market and made yummy desserts (pumpkin pie, brownies) brussels sprouts, and dinner rolls. Carolyn made some great stuffing, Christina made mashed potatoes, and I made green bean casserole! We had about 16 people come for dinner. Some other language assistants from Santander came over to join us. There was a guy named Joe from Forth Worth/Dallas area! I had a lot of fun talking with him...we spoke a little in a Texas accent and had people cracking up. My favorites were talking about how 'everything's bigger in Texas' and how we make 'rotel dip' (we said roh-tell with a thick accent haha) with velveeta cheese and sausage (sometimes deer meat). After dinner, we went to the park and attempted to show the Brits and Spaniards how to play American football! I made a touchdown! Johnny and Ben, Irish and British respectively, were being super hilarious and therefore cracking me up...making 'pelvic thrusts' as a victory dance and as a way to distract the other team hahaha!
We were then attempting to play a tag game (bears, bees, fish) and I got knocked in the face by another guy on accident. He was trying to tag (or more like tackle) the Texas dude, who was standing next to me and ran straight in to me too. His head hit the side of my face and made me bite my lip. My lip was bleeding and my jaw still hurts! It is a good thing it was cold outside because sweet Alex (a northern Brit) handed me a beer bottle that was cold enough to take the place of ice for the swelling.

Despite my injuries and not being with my family :( , I had a great and memorable time celebrating Thanksgiving in Spain :)