Thanksgiving

What a week!! I never thought taking a break from school would feel so fantastic! Finally this past week for Thanksgiving my college gave its students a much needed break.
I didn't get to go home for Thanksgiving, but I was able to spend the time with my sisters in Salt Lake as well as eating Thanksgiving dinner at my aunt's house.
Now don't get me wrong, I love my family dearly, but aunts and uncles are never the same as your own parents. Though the food was delicious, and the time there was enjoyable I really missed my parents and brother. I think a big part of that had to do with having my roommate there. She's from Hawaii, and it's too expensive to fly home for a couple days, so she became an honorary member of my family. I love her dearly, and I think of her as another one of my sisters, but you could tell that being in a strange house full of strange people, that she really missed her family most of all. That's another reason why I missed my parents. Though the aunts and uncles were nice to my roommate, none of them really sat down and had a conversation with her. They of course asked the typical questions any Hawaiian would've received, but knowing my parents, they would have really went out of their way to make her feel comfortable.
Though I know none of that really bothered my roommate, it bothered me for her, it's hard being away from your family during a holiday. And I wish that my whole family could have been there to make you feel more comfortable without her family being there.
Besides that, the break was awesome! I got to read read read!! I just sat down on the couch and read books till 5 AM one morning and it was fantastic. I love reading, and to have that comfort and that time to relax before these last couple weeds of school was perfect. I ended up reading 3 books this weekend, all about 300 pages or so and I could not have asked for a better way to wrap up the weekend.
Now there are only two Sundays left till I'm in my home ward, I only hope that I will survive through finals!!!!