My Post-Thanksgiving Post

Happy vegan thanksgiving!

This might be my favorite holiday because I love food.

This year there were TWO feasts. My PI invited me out with his family because I was the only lab member that was staying in town. So Sean and I went to a Thanksgiving buffet at a golf resort and while it was not the most veg friendly, there were plenty of edible sides and we were stuffed.
It was nice. We met my PI's family and had a good time, it was pretty pleasant and less awkward than I anticipated which is great.

Sean and I came home after that to finish cooking. We had baked two pies, a pumpkin and a pumpkin cheesecake, and made deviled eggs the night before. I had also gotten the seitan roast/turkey log started. We had a lot of time before dinner though so we just hung out, watched tv, got stuff done around the house. I think I even napped, haha. Around 6pm we decided to finish cooking so we made this buttery spaghetti with corn and salt and pepper that my mom usually makes, mashed potatoes, gravy, and finished the log.

We ate and it was amazing. Here's some proof. I was so full. I had to go to bed at like 10pm haha.

pumpkin cheesecake

pumpkin pie

So like I said, thanksgiving defeated me and I had to go to bed early. Well Sean came to bed at 1am and was super excited because he found a PS4 on sale and we had been planning on getting one and he wanted to tell me all about it. Well, he scared my sleep away (me espanto el sueño) and I was up until 6 am, but I made it productive. I got ALL the christmas shopping done. 

And today! Was amazing! 

it was 65 degrees out! Insanity! And it was sunny and beautiful and so I went out for a jog/walk after waking up at noon and having thanksgiving leftovers, haha. And it was great! beautiful! everyone was out because it'll probably be months before it's that beautiful again. Walking, running, biking, with pets! It was great. So I made it from our apartment out to this outlook point past Picnic Point which is the one I knew existed, but I went a little further and found another one that's actually a boat dock, but it was empty and there was a bench and I sat there for a little while and just took it all in. It was quite nice. I wish Sean could have joined but he was working :(  It was amazing. Like, I guess maybe that's why people are outside so often here. It's beautiful! The sun felt great, and there was a nice breeze. Nothing like El Paso or San Antonio, haha.