But Since I Left Me Cannon At Home, I'll Simply Have to Say, Thank You Very, Very, Very Much

Happy Thanksgiving!
And I really am feeling grateful.

Have I told you how much I love visiting my Aunt Loreen in Gunnison? Cause I do. I really, really do.

When I was in grade three, I went with Loreen to her grade five class and we told them I was a new accelerated student. She gave me the answers to difficult multiplication problems and obscure geography questions in order to pull off the hoax. Then, again in grade six we pretended I was a new student. So I guess it's become a little bit of a tradition for us now.
On Wednesday morning, I went with Loreen to her fifth grade classroom, this time pretending to be a junior at Utah State studying Child Psychology, conducting a study within her classroom. I sat in the room with a list of all the students' names, observing their behaviour and taking notes. I tried to give one kid a complex by watching him and writing conspicuously as he walked to the kleenex box, blew his nose, and walked back to his seat. At one point, I even took half of the kids out in the hall to interview them individually - I tried to pick the ones that seemed most fearful of my presence. Right before lunch, we let them all in on the ruse and they feigned some anger, but really were pleased and excited to be a part of the practical joke. It was good fun. Loreen and I definitely get a kick out of it.

The next morning, we took an extensive walk around the farm. I'd never seen so much of their land before; I didn't even realize they had so much. And they have tons of old junk piles and even hundred-year-old houses on their property! It made for the greatest adventure I've had since my first week in Rexburg.

The week also included horse-back riding, two Thanksgiving dinners, second place in a pool tournament, a trip up to the cabin (complete with multiple elk sightings), several rounds of Farkle, and even some Black Friday shopping! Oh my heavens, it was some good times.

Nearer the beginning of the semester, when I thought I'd be coming home during Thanksgiving break, I was thinking that I wouldn't be doing any celebrating of Thanksgiving, Canadian or American, this year. Lucky me, though, I've ended up getting to eat 3 different Thanksgiving dinners.

And now it's less than three weeks before I get to come home!
Be excited.
I am.