Thanksgiving Break!

Well the break started out on a hectic and busy start. I left on Friday via the homeride bus to James Madison University. I was going to be getting home around 5:00 that night. I had planned to go to dinner and a movie with my boyfriend immediately after I got home. We were calling it ‘date night’  it had been a long time since we were able to go on a date. To make everything even more exciting, he got his license that week. I know that sounds ridiculous but he is a junior in high school so it is a big deal that I don’t have to drive now. I keep saying we finally get to be a ‘normal couple’ haha so my dad picked me up at James Madison University at around 2:45 and we were on our way home. Immediately as we get on the high way, it is dead stopped traffic. It took us over an hour to go three miles. It was rather frustrating considering I was anxious for date night. Dinner was for sure out; there was not going to be enough time and we were cutting it close to the movie. So we finally get home and Zane immediately comes and picks me up and we are off to the mall. We get there and it is packed and we said on the way there we were kind of nervous that it may be sold out. Well guess what, it was sold out. So we walked around the mall and then went to dinner. So date night turned out to not be what we had originally thought it would be.
Throughout the week I was able to see a lot of my friends and of course hang out with Zane. The one thing was a lot people were not coming home until Wednesday. I guess Virginia Tech decides to give us extra long breaks and all other schools give short breaks. So on Wednesday I was leaving to go to Michigan to spend thanksgiving with my grandparents and other family members. So of course I was missing the majority of my friends which obviously I was bummed about. On Wednesday evening after my dad got off work we left for Michigan. It is a lovely seven hour drive which obviously I love. I drove first which was a mistake. I forgot about the curvy mountains that start out the drive. You are surrounded by concrete barriers and it is constant curves and sharp turns. It is rather scary considering you are driving at around 70 miles per hour. And there was a lot of traffic because it was the day before Thanksgiving. So after being completely stressed out driving for two hours I got to pull over and let my dad take the wheel. It was a nice relief to not have to drive anymore. So I chilled in the back seat of my dad’s truck and mainly slept the whole way. My dog, Piper was with me too. She never used to like traveling in the car but she loves it now. She loves to stick her head out the window and let the wind blow her hair. It is really funny to watch her. So after the initial excitement of being in the car, she settles down and lies around all over the car. She always manages to sleep in the most awkward and uncomfortable looking positions. So she was all over the place in the back seat with me. It was quite entertaining. We finally got to my grandparents house around midnight. The next day was Thanksgiving and I was so excited! I love being with my family and eating large amounts of food. As I get into bed that night my stomach started to feel sick. I tried to go to sleep thinking it would go away but it got really worse and then I started to shake and sweat and feel nauseous. I ran to the bathroom and started throwing up. It was awful. I have not felt that sick in a very long time. It took a while but I eventually started to feel a little better. Well enough to lie down at least. So I finally fell asleep and I was abruptly woken up at 4:30am with the strong sick feeling again. I ran to the bathroom and started throwing up again. It was awful! The first thing that came into my mind was I was not going to be able to eat thanksgiving dinner the next day. I woke up in the early afternoon on Thursday and felt much better but I was still very hesitant to eat. So I started with light foods and worked my way to dinner. And I was okay to eat! It was delicious and so awesome to be with all of my family. It was no where near the usual amount of people we have but it was actually really nice to be with a smaller group. It was really more personal with everyone and we got to spend a lot of one on one time together. We played wii after dinner and just hung out and talked. It was awesome. We considered going shopping for black Friday sales but we then decided we did not really need to and it was not completely worth it. So I got to get a full night’s sleep that night. On Friday I went with my cousin to get her wedding dress and to be the model for bridesmaid’s dresses. Her wedding is in June and I can’t wait to be a bridesmaid again! Saturday we left early to come home so I was able to be with my friends at night. That was awesome. I hung out with all of my friends and it was just sort of a random night. I loved it and break!