Happy Spanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving Eve everyone! I hope everyone is enjoying being with their families right now. I'm just sitting in my apartment all alone, thinking about better times....ok maybe being slightly dramatic here. My first big holiday without my family is actually not going so bad. This past Sunday a lady I work with invited all of us interns over to her house and cooked us a HUGE Thanksgiving meal. It was so nice to just be in an actual home, not a craptastic apartment. The food was amazing too, I was definitely stuffed by the time I left! Tomorrow I am working in the morning :( So, no Macy's Day Parade watching for this girl, nor the dog show for that matter. I do have plans to skype with my family during the afternoon, which I'm pretty excited about. Tomorrow night my friends and I are making Thanksgiving. We have several friends from Australia who have never celebrated the holiday before (obviously Australia doesn't celebrate the whole pilgrims meet the Indians shin dig). I feel like I should make it really special for them, like buy them all a Baby's First Thanksgiving ornament or something. The thought of cooking a whole turkey really intimidated me. I was planning on making one until I heard a rumor that there is a bag full of guts inside the bird that has to be pulled out. Ehhhh no thanks. So I settled for a turkey loin. Not sure what it is or how it will turn out! I've got a package of deli meet, just in case!

This year I am very thankful for all of my new friends who honestly feel more like family than friends. I'm also very thankful for the amazing memories I have of past thanksgivings...

-waking up to the combined smell of pinesol and turkey
-doing a half ass job of cleaning the living room, while mostly just watching the parade on tv
-Grandma Strang walking into our house and greeting me with her enthusiastic "Well hi love!"
-Grandma Schutz's cherry pie and ice cream cake
-using the blue plastic cups to make homemade rolls with my mom and sister at midnight
-Lindsey Fletcher and I Salsa dancing in the dining room at Grandma Strang's house
-Uncle Paul shelling all of my shrimp cocktail for me
-and last, but not least it wouldn't be a Thanksgiving without dad squeezing into his Mizzou intramural basketball uniform for the annual Kenny Schutz vs Bob Schutz Thanksgiving Football Game

In other news, the parks have been crazy this week! Apparently everyone and their dog thinks it would be a fantastic time to drag their arse to Walt Disney World, and every guest seems to be equally shocked to discover that, yes, Thanksgiving week is a busy time at the parks! I yi yi

Today I had a job interview in Ft. Lauderdale for a flight attendant position with an airline. I think it actually went well! In the next two weeks I will hear back from them either way, so keep your fingers crossed.

I love you all!!!!


May your stuffing be tasty
May your turkey plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
Have nary a lump.
May your yams be delicious
And your pies take the prize,
And may your Thanksgiving dinner
Stay off your thighs!
~Author Unknown