November: More Frightening Than October

October makes me think of Halloween (the movie franchise), Halloween (the holiday), Hocus Pocus, ghost stories, kids running around committing mischief, and the like. I love it. This year, however, November has been all like: "Move over, October, there's a new scariest month in town!" As November roars on, Danielle and I are mere days from our dreaded final exams and other assorted law school terrors. I wake up at night shouting obscenities no longer because I was dreaming about kids stomping on my pumpkins, but because I was dreaming that it was time for my Contracts final!!! As if that isn't enough, it is Thanksgiving weekend, which is the new scariest holiday for me after having seen Thankskilling last year. It chills me.

We have been doing our best to prepare for the impending Apocalypse, though, by studying, keeping up with our readings, and purging ourselves of social lives (not that difficult in the first place). Something else I would also like to address is that we have not had Tastykakes in like...weeks. Maybe months. BUT yesterday was Thanksgiving, so we certainly had our fill of tasty-other-foods. Yesterday morning we went to beautiful Fort Washington, PA, north of Philly to enjoy some delicious desserts with the family and friends of one of our law school colleagues. There were awesome pies, cakes, chocolate-dipped pretzels, and all that jazz. Danielle and I contributed some caramel/chocolate bars, the best Minnesota dessert we could make!

After Fort Washington we headed down and over to New Jersey, where we had a full Thanksgiving meal at another student's home. He, his wife, and their families prepared an awesome afternoon of conversation and traditional Thanksgiving fare. We were so blessed to have the hospitality of so many kind people this Thanksgiving! After the meal we headed back to our place for some video chatting with our families, and then we tried something a little...non-traditional: Wawa hot turkey sandwiches. Stuffing, turkey, gravy, cranberry sauce, and cheese all in a delicious hoagie. It topped off the day's food pretty nicely, except for one more "cherry" to fill our bellies: MOVIE POPCORN!!!!

You guessed it (or maybe you didn't): we went to The Muppets last night, where we were given what Kermit calls the Third Greatest Gift: LAUGHTER!!! Go see The Muppets, it's magical. So that was our first married Thanksgiving, aptly celebrated much closer to the site of the original Thanksgiving than we are used to. We hope everyone's holiday was filled with turkey and joy, just like ours!  

Lots of love,
Rory and Sweet D