Happy Friends and Footy PJS!
First of all, Thanksgiving was incredible. On Wednesday night, my friends Molly and Erin from Up with people picked me up and we drove to Plymouth NH, where our friend Beth lives. We arrived at two in the morning to a wonderful house that Beth had rented for the weekend, called the Blue Moon. The house was, you guessed it, very blue, with a distinct moon motif. We spend Thanksgiving at Beth's family's house. Her mom made a great meal, and we all enjoyed talking, eating and relaxing. As everyone was finishing their turkey, there was a knock on the front door and Beth nearly jumped over Molly shouting "Swede!!!" Our friend Sophie had arrived with her father and grandfather. They are on a trip through the US right now, and New Hampshire was their first stop. They joined us at the table and we told them about the tradition of Thanksgiving. Sophie's father speaks fairly good English, but her grandfather knows none. Despite this, he managed to have the table laughing uproariously as he joked with Sophie and she translated. As we passed around the food and told them what was what, Beth's grandmother turned to Beth and asked, "Do they eat bread?" It became the joke of the weekend and we were constantly teasing Sophie about eating bread.
On my birthday, I lounged around the house in dinasaur footy pjs that Beth gave to all of us. Later we all drove to see the lake where the movie Walden Pond was shot. I've never seen the movie, but I've heard (from Beth, who is a tad biased I suppose) that it's a fabulous film.
When we returned home, a wonderful aroma warmed our frozen faces. Our Swedish grandpa, as we started calling Sophie's grandfather, was nearly done cooking a Swedish meal. Beth's family came over and we dug into really great roast, potatoes, bread and salad. It was a great birthday dinner.
After we ate, Beth told everyone to go outside. We all stood in the front yard for a few minutes before I saw something descending from the front porch--a purple, guitar shaped Pinata. I was handed a long stick and started whacking the pinata. I realized that it was the first time I'd ever had a pinata at my birthday party, and what a perfect first pinata it was!
Once back inside, Beth's mom brought in a cake covered in drawings in purple icing. I blew out the candles with my friends gathered round me and felt so grateful for the amazing people in my life.
The rest of the night we played Apples to Apples and goofed off. Sophie and her family were going to leave at four AM the next morning, so Erin and I stayed up all night talking with her. It was so nice to spend time with people I'm normally so distanced from but am so close to emotionally.
On Saturday, after three hours of sleep, we headed locked up the Blue Moon and headed down to Pennsylvania to visit our friend Jessica. It was an eight hour drive through rain and crazy traffic, but we finally arrived at 9 PM to a cheery house full of Jessi's family and friends all eating and drinking wine. We enjoyed a night of more Apples to Apples, pumpkin pie and laughter. We fell asleep around 2 AM and woke up the next morning at 8. Erin and Molly had to leave early to go back to Indiana. Beth and I stayed for breakfast with Jessi's family, which was delicious bacon and french toast.
Beth and I hit the road and drove four hours back to Bard. We listened to music and talked, thoroughly catching up. I arrived back at Bard late Sunday afternoon feeling grateful for delicious pie, silly birthday gifts and most of all, my friends.
This week I've been feeling stressed about upcoming finals and papers that are due. I'm so ready to come home! I can't wait, but I keep reminding myself to be here and experience Bard as fully as possible, which is hard when I have so much work to do and break looms so close.
I'm in the process of signing up for classes, and am definitely taking two acting courses next semester, possibly three, and a course where I get to learn how to use the studio here on campus. We'll learn how to use Pro Tools and learn how to mic people and instruments properly. I'm so excited!
Can't wait to see everyone! I come home Sunday, December 21st, early afternoon.
See you all soon!
Love,
Marina
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