Weeeeelllll, I just wrote a report, but guess what, I have more to tell you  guys!!!! I would just like to first say that Thanksgiving was extremely  difficult. He, he, you talk about homesick. I for one was extremely homesick  on Wednesday night and on Thanksgiving morning. It was a combination of the  lack of sun, bitterly cold weather, and being away for the holidays. I was  actually kind of anticipating this sudden wave of tears and a bit of  depression, so I and my best friend over here, Laura (a Rotary exchange  student from California), planned a Thanksgiving dinner for 12 of our  closest American (and one Canadian) exhange students friends. Laura’s host  parents were nice enough to let us have it at their house, and they let  everyone spend the night afterwards.

The dinner turned out absolutely  amazing. Everyone brought something, but Laura and I cooked the main meal.  We had everything, turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, green beans,  even a pumpkin pie. Everyone stepped out of their jeans for a change and  dressed up a bit, and we all had a wonderful Thanksgiving meal. It really  felt like Thanksgiving, and it was so great for all of us to have such a  good Thanksgiving even without our families there.

After the huuuuge meal  and lots of dessert, we all settled down in front of the TV and watched  American Pie and some other movies. It was kind of nice to have an  “American” weekend, and we made our little exchange family even closer. I  have to say that the exchange students in Belgium are very lucky to have so  many friends to choose from in such a small country. There’s no way I’m ever  going to meet all 250 or more exchange students, but the friends that I have  made are absolutely amazing. Ok, that’s it from me, I hope everyone had an  ok Thanksgiving, I hope no one had too hard of a time dealing with being  away from home for the first family holiday. At least we’re all in it  together!!!!!