A Merry Drifter Thanksgiving

Cranberry sauce is my specialty (my mother's recipe, which has also gone through a few tweaks over the years!) - and green bean casserole. i make mean mashed pototoes, too, yummy yams - never stuffing or turkey, though! This year, i miss cooking with Chris in the kitchen - or, home with my aunt diane (this year, with cousin julie and kids - what fun!) or home with my mum in DC (her favorite holiday too!) - or with Chris' family in Mass. (i miss being Auntie V!) - i guess i just enjoyed getting swept up in the holiday swing, no matter where i landed!

So my first holiday on this side of the world - i miss it, and have been a little drifty, not knowing what to do with myself today (other than normal thursday things).

However, Thanksgiving did not go uncelebrated, as my Kiwi friend and her American fiance ("... he MAKES PIE!") stepped up with their roommate to toss up a truly delicious spread for about 15 other drifters. It was amazing that their little oven turned out that whole spread! Carina's at KMUTT with me, but Isaac goes to Chulalongkorn, which is right in the middle of bangkok. More of his classmates showed up, an assorted mix of world citizens including americans, swedes, brit, canadians, norwegians, lao, and thais...  an interesting bunch!  i thought it was genuinely cute seeing the lao and the thai taste stuffing and pumpkin pie for the first time :)

So, a hearty thanks to the hosts of a Drifter Thanksgiving! it takes a special kind of energy to do that -making a holiday for strangers - for which this year, i'm both lucky and grateful to have found. Now, time for a little (much anticipated!) holiday skyping...