two months

It has been two months since my last post. I apologize! Things have slowed down a bit but are getting ready to change soon. I only have five working days left on my current assignment, then I'm headed back home on the 8th. I can't believe my time in Bellevue is almost over, yet at the same time it seems like I've been here for a while. Hopefully I can get some pictures posted once I get home for good, or at least home for a while. I'll be working a some per diem at Kadlec over the next month and plan to start my next assignment the second week of January. During the in-between I'm just going to take it easy, possibly start a few craft project for my soon-to-be niece or nephew and do a few house projects my mom not so discretely mentions now and again.

I was able to come home for Thanksgiving this year. The pass was clear and I managed to bring a car load of stuff home. It's amazing how things accumulate! I think every time I came home over the summer, or when my parents came to visit, I added things to my apartment: a bike, a down comforter, my sewing machine, a suitcase full of movies. Mind you I only have a two-door Scion hatchback to fit it in. I'm fairly certain I should be able to fit the rest of my "stuff" on the next and final Seattle area to home trip.

Thanksgiving was a bit different though. Every year since I was one we have had Thanksgiving with the Hawks. Both their extended family and our extended family live the in the mid-west. Now that all the kids are older it's harder to get together and this year we weren't able to make it happen. To top it off, my sister was in Alaska. So it was just my parents and I, and a 12 pound turkey. The leftovers were great though...and fewer people to share them with! Hopefully next year we can get together again.

Happy belated Thanksgiving to everyone!