The Story of Those who say "WEEEE": Thanksgiving away from Home

Current Song: Where are you going, Dave Matthews band
What I did Today: Classes, Work even played some ping pong
Energy: Pretty tired from the most amazing break ever!

For the past few weeks, I have done a lot of firsts, including first cyclocross race, first thanksgiving away from family, first time eating hush-puppies and oysters, first time taking my car to the ocean, and many others among everything else, it was an amazing break from everything.

For the cyclocross race, it was interesting. The first day, I had no warm-up. I walk up to register, no problem which I expected since I was racing out of category, but then no debit cards, so a quick run into town to get cash then paid up, no pins, by the time I have pins, no warm-up. So I raced, and admit it mentally and physically I had a horrible race and turned it into a good time, learning the ropes of cyclocross. So next day get all set to go, warm-up and everything and then BUSTED! I guess a pro mountain biker has to race beginner cyclocross even though registration allows it. Oh well. I admit I was pissed but it sizzled off by the end of the race. So that was my first cyclocross race, sorry for the scant report, but it was a little disappointing.

The fun part! Our school began break the day before thanksgiving and got back today, so yes it was a legitimate 5 days outside of school which was so amazing! A few weeks back I made the decision to travel with several friends down to stay with my amazing friend Addison Dent in Charleston SC. One of the first port cities, this place was so beautiful. Not to mention it was the first thanksgiving I spent comfortably relaxing in the 80 degree weather. Quite a culture shock. Not to mention this is only the second thanksgiving I spent away from home, once before was in San Francisco and I was so sick it wasn't fun at all, and the first time away from family. I admit, it was hard, real hard but the Dent's made us feel so close to family that everything was fine. We defined relaxation on the trip, never doing anything until about 3 in the afternoon. What a vacation. To the entire Dent Family, thanks for everything.

Thanksgiving included an amazing dinner, eating oysters, at the end of the night, we were given two free trays, staying at the famed "Broughton House"which is a 5-6 bedroom/bath house that includes a living room big enough for a concert and riverfront property with an amazing dock. Not to mention the amazing friends, and new friends. It seemed like this was a transition family, see according to Kody, there are three types of thanksgivings. First is normal, spent with your family and third is spent with the family of your own where you are the parent. Well this was our friend phase, where we are stuck in between the boundary of the family we grew up with and the family we will create. Such a cool idea and it made me realize what a cool place we are in life. On top of that I just spent 5 days down in Charleston, SC for free, it seems so spontaneous that makes me feel so great. It was a blast and one more thing, Atlantic Ocean water is so much warmer!

Oh don't worry I got plenty of pictures!