Feeling Fine in Philly: Gobble Gobble

Happy Thanksgiving!

When does one officially become an adult? No, it's not when you graduate college, get a job with a benefits package or even get married and move across the country. You truly become a real live, functioning adult when you are able to successfully prepare a thanksgiving turkey with all the mandatory side dishes for yourself AND guests. What does this mean for Gregg and I? We did it! We can now join the world of adulthood. We cooked thanksgiving dinner yesterday (including turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, fruit salad and apple pie all from scratch) for ourselves and two of my friends from school. Today we put up our 4 1/2 ft christmas tree. I hung my 57 ornaments and Gregg hung his 2. It's very cute and pretty in the corner of our living room.

Last weekend we took a day trip to New York City. My school had organized a trip to a gallery in NYC and with some luck I managed to get Gregg a seat on the bus. I knew he would be jealous knowing I was spending the day wandering through the galleries of Chelsea and he wasn't. The bus dropped us off at a gallery showing the work of NY artist, Vince Desiderio, who gave a lengthy talk not just about his show but an involved lesson in art history that Gregg had no trouble following. After the talk we got lunch with a few friends from my program before checking out the other galleries in the area. By that I mean we picked a street and 2 hours later arrived at the end of it. There are soooo many galleries in New York!

We can't wait to head back to the midwest for Christmas, only 3 more weeks!