Today is my day off between Thanksgivings – I celebrated my first on Tuesday night with all of the Peace Corps volunteers, and will be going to Berd (a village in our region) to celebrate again tonight. While I certainly missed everyone1 in America quite a bit, it was a great time. Our celebration consisted of 100+ people, including volunteers and Peace Corps staff, and was complete with all the trimmings: turkey, mashed potatoes, green bean cassarole, and pumkin pie. It was delicious!, and I was very happy, as you can tell:
I should note the evening was prefaced with a blessing of the turkey, by a married couple who’s last name is “Gobble”. I’m sure they received enough trouble during childhood to want to make the best of it, so it is now their yearly tradition to initiate the turkey by standing over it and leading the crowd in a “GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE”. The video says it much better, which I’ll try to get posted in Thanksgiving Pt. 2, coming Sunday.
Of course, no Thanksgiving would be complete without watching football, so, as the resillient volunteers we are, watched a rousing copy of Rudy on DVD. A perfect end to a perfect evening. I think my friend Cheryl summed the evening up best (sorry girl, it’s a great pic – send it home to Mom)
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