Thanksgiving Break

Last Friday, right after my first class which was like 11:00 am, I packed up my stuff to go home for a week of thanksgiving. I was very excited to go back home even though it takes about four hours of driving. At around 3:00 pm I got on back of my friend’s car and got ready to leave. We made sure that we got couple bottles of drinks and some snacks just in case we get hungry inside of the car. Then we got off the campus and got on the highway. It all seemed good for first two hours; everything went smoothly in terms of the traffic. Then, of course, there was traffic, a huge one. We literally took like two hours to drive couple miles which might have been just thirty minutes without all that traffic. My friends and I were pissed while we were in the car. “God damn, the road has so freakin’ few lanes. Why all those Radford, JMU, and other college kids are leaving today”. We just were pissed. Then from the iPod that was connected to the car came out some crazy songs. We just started to follow the beat and soon forgot about the traffic and sang aloud inside the car.

After going through the traffic, we decided to stop by McDonalds and grab some McChickens and McDoubles. Those were yummy. Then we got back in the car and drove for another two hours ‘til we got to our home. It took about extra two hours of driving because of that gay traffic. When I opened up the door of my home, my mom rushed to me and hugged me. She seemed to miss me a lot. On the other hand, my dad doesn’t express his emotions much but I could tell that he was happy that I was home for the break. The dinner was great. My mom made so many dishes of Korean traditional foods, which I missed a lot, and I ate it like there was no tomorrow. After the dinner it was about 10 pm and I was darn tired. I got on my old comfy bed and slept.

Next day, I got with my friends from the morning. I gathered with my old high school friends because many of them go to different college then me and I missed them. Oh yeah, this was Saturday. We went to theatre and watched 2012. It was not as fun as I expected because there was not really a storyline. It was just a bunch of land cracking and oceans gulfing up the land. Then we ate dinner and I got home and went to sleep. On Sunday, I went to my old church. I was glad to see church members and church friends. We had thanksgiving service so it was awfully long but food afterward was great so that made my day. After eating, my church youth group went to play basketball and after the dinner, I got back home and went to sleep.

According to my planned “schedule”, I was suppose to start studying for the final exam on the Monday of the break since I have like three final exams when I come back to VT. Plus, I was planned to go to Niagara Falls in the Canada from Thursday to Saturday of that week. So I had to start working. Apparently, I could not study for the finals because of all the seductions around me. I mean I still wanted to hang with my old friends more before I go back to VT. So on Monday, I wasted my whole day by hanging out with my friends. But I also wanted to spend my time with my family so I came back home before the dinner and went out to eat with my family.

I really had to start study for the finals on Tuesday since I could not start it on the day before. I stayed home all day on Tuesday but I think I only studied about one hour. I don’t remember what I did specifically but it was not worth remembering of. On Wednesday, I was super excited for the Niagara Falls and I packed up my clothes and other things that were necessary for the travel. Then I thought about what I was risking. I was going to Niagara Falls with my cousins and I had to miss the Thanksgiving Day with my family. That was the downside of this travel but I still wanted to go. Then there was a disaster. I checked my passport and the expiration date on the passport was passed. I was doomed. I called my cousin and said I couldn’t go. My cousin said it was fine but I could tell by his voice that he was kinda pissed because he paid for all the tickets, hotels, and everything.

I suddenly had whole time left of my break. According to my planned “schedule” Thursday, Friday, and Saturday was supposed to be filled up with Niagara Falls trip but it was suddenly free. But now that I think about it, I think my not going to the Niagara Falls was more fortunate. My family did not see me for months and having a Thanksgiving dinner with my family was a great choice. Of course, after the thanksgiving, there is Black Friday in which all the stores sell their production by half prices. I didn’t have any electronics to buy but I wanted to buy some clothes. So my friends and I went to the Tyson’s mall at 1:00am on Friday and managed to buy some clothes and shoes and really cheap price.

On Saturday, I finally started to study for the finals seriously. I don’t know why but I cannot concentrate on any of my school materials unless the deadline is within few days (or few hours like this blog). For dinner I went to Chipotle and it was good. I like Chipotle in my town the best because they know the golden ratio of meat, rice, corn, etc. Other Chipotle stores don’t seem to know the ratio. I packed up to leave for VT in Saturday night and went to sleep. On Sunday noon, I said goodbye to my parents and left my home. On the way to VT it took like seven hours because of this car crash that involved more than 10 cars. Now here I am, back to the college trying to catch up things I had to do over the break for the Final week. God, I'm so tired...