Winter Already?!

Where has the time gone?

I've been busy singing, and spitting--poetry, that is, as part of Oye--the Latino spoken workd group at Yale (I am in videos 3 and 6 in the previous link).

For more Slavs videos, go here.

Also reading, writing, reading, writing, and reading. Almost done--one more week!

Went home for Thanksgiving--what a fun and crazy week! It went like this: I wrote a paper, caught a cold, took the GRE, conducted many interviews for my senior project, hosted Thanksgiving dinner at my house, found a kitten, and got the stomach flu--in that order!

Some highlights were:

El Nino (the blur on the left) and his new companion Tinta

The kitten I found the day after Thanksgiving, Paulie:

(a bit blurry, but you get the idea--she's really cute)

And the Thanksgiving meal itself:

This is only the very beginning of it--we had turkey, plus all the trimmings, including, but not limited to:

-Garlic mashed potatoes

-blue corn stuffing

-sweet potato puree

-curried parsnips

-Macaroni and cheese (Graham's grandma's recipe--minus one stick of butter)

-two salads

-squash chutney

-fresh bread

-crock-pot gravy

-homemade cranberry sauce

-pumpkin pies (one dairy-free, made with coconut milk)

-wheat-free apple strudel

-fresh whipped cream

-etc.

Needless to say, we were stuffed--and very happy.