thanksgiving
from left to right: karen (in yellow), kari (a family friend), me, tammy, irene, janice, colleen, a cousin (i feel totally bad that i can't think of his name right now), on the floor: leo (janice's husband), riley, and thomas 
sorry the photo is dark . . . forgot to edit before i saved.
i wasn't able to fly to kansas this thanksgiving because i flew there in october and being a seminary student, i don't have much money. i am sad that i didn't get to spend thanksgiving with my family. especially, since my brother is in iraq so my parents didn't have any kids at thanksgiving. i also feel bad for my cousin jeannette because she had to deal with all the aunts and uncles all by herself;) nah, my family is good (you don't have to 'deal'). but, i was invited to spend thanksgiving with my friend tammy, whom i met this summer in washington (aforementioned in a previous post). if you don't know tammy, she's an awesome girl . . . a bit crazy but lots of fun! and, you can see that she belongs to the right family!
so, i had to work on wednesday until 5 and then after that i was driving up to staten island. by the way, my co-workers kept telling me that staten island was going to be the place where i would see the stereotypical new yorker . . . made me happy! i kinda got started later than expected but it was all good in the hood. it was kind of disconcerting driving up there because it was all rainy-like and it was dark and i had to read directions and there was a significant amount of traffic and this kansas girl was wondering about the stigma of driving in new york. it turned out quite well. i loved crossing the bridge!! staten island was really easy to drive in; much easier than new jersey.
well, i get there, and they open the door and i get introduced to colleen (the daughter) and then colleen (the mother) says 'no i'm colleen' and they went back and forth and i was confused but then i figured it out. tammy's mother was awesome. she loved the candle i brought (kinda glad cause i was worrying about what i should bring). then, i met lots of people but i think i got their names down pretty fast. it's helpful when everyone has a distinct personality. let me tell you that i LOVE the owens family! they are so wonderful! there are seven kids in the family and they're irish catholic (if you want to think in stereotypes). they were so much fun! on wednesday, we stayed up until 4 a.m. talking. quite interesting conversation . . . nothing my family would ever probably talk about. i did hear an ontological argument based on the beatles. i mostly sat back and took it all in. when i finally did talk, i think i used big words (i.e. consubstantiation and transubstantiation) and i hope they didn't think i was trying to sound all intellectual-like, because i wasn't. it's a little known fact that the more tired i get, the bigger the words i use. so, if i ever use a lot of multi-syllabic words in a sentence, i'm probably really tired.
well, this blog entry isn't really turning out like i was hoping because i'm not being very articulate so i decided to resort to just listing some of the highlights (and cause i'm getting tired and have to pick people up early at the airport in philly)!
-every time someone new came, they would introduce me by saying "this is kyle, tammy's friend. she's from kansas. her brother is in iraq."
-there was hours of dancing and singing . . . loved it!
-i really like the big family atmosphere
-we didn't go to the parade because we thought it was going to rain
-i forgot my pajamas
-i heard the word 'youse' a lot. never thought i would hear that and think it sounded right! loved it!
-one of tammy's sisters has met a lot of famous people
-the kids in the family usually each make a dessert . . . that makes for a great sugar overload! especially after the 'pizza' made with cookie dough, chocolate chips, hershey's nuggets, and marshmallows
-we played trivial pursuit (my favorite game!) and tammy and i totally kicked butt! amazingly, i was the only one prior to the game that knew a twit was a pregnant goldfish. i thought everyone knew that;)
-when it was time for me to go, i didn't really want to leave
-i went back a different way to new jersey and didn't have to pay a toll (that was exciting for me; not really to anyone else!)
-it took me a long time to remember how to post the above picture
-i can't explain how great thanksgiving was even though i couldn't be with my family
sorry the photo is dark . . . forgot to edit before i saved.
i wasn't able to fly to kansas this thanksgiving because i flew there in october and being a seminary student, i don't have much money. i am sad that i didn't get to spend thanksgiving with my family. especially, since my brother is in iraq so my parents didn't have any kids at thanksgiving. i also feel bad for my cousin jeannette because she had to deal with all the aunts and uncles all by herself;) nah, my family is good (you don't have to 'deal'). but, i was invited to spend thanksgiving with my friend tammy, whom i met this summer in washington (aforementioned in a previous post). if you don't know tammy, she's an awesome girl . . . a bit crazy but lots of fun! and, you can see that she belongs to the right family!
so, i had to work on wednesday until 5 and then after that i was driving up to staten island. by the way, my co-workers kept telling me that staten island was going to be the place where i would see the stereotypical new yorker . . . made me happy! i kinda got started later than expected but it was all good in the hood. it was kind of disconcerting driving up there because it was all rainy-like and it was dark and i had to read directions and there was a significant amount of traffic and this kansas girl was wondering about the stigma of driving in new york. it turned out quite well. i loved crossing the bridge!! staten island was really easy to drive in; much easier than new jersey.
well, i get there, and they open the door and i get introduced to colleen (the daughter) and then colleen (the mother) says 'no i'm colleen' and they went back and forth and i was confused but then i figured it out. tammy's mother was awesome. she loved the candle i brought (kinda glad cause i was worrying about what i should bring). then, i met lots of people but i think i got their names down pretty fast. it's helpful when everyone has a distinct personality. let me tell you that i LOVE the owens family! they are so wonderful! there are seven kids in the family and they're irish catholic (if you want to think in stereotypes). they were so much fun! on wednesday, we stayed up until 4 a.m. talking. quite interesting conversation . . . nothing my family would ever probably talk about. i did hear an ontological argument based on the beatles. i mostly sat back and took it all in. when i finally did talk, i think i used big words (i.e. consubstantiation and transubstantiation) and i hope they didn't think i was trying to sound all intellectual-like, because i wasn't. it's a little known fact that the more tired i get, the bigger the words i use. so, if i ever use a lot of multi-syllabic words in a sentence, i'm probably really tired.
well, this blog entry isn't really turning out like i was hoping because i'm not being very articulate so i decided to resort to just listing some of the highlights (and cause i'm getting tired and have to pick people up early at the airport in philly)!
-every time someone new came, they would introduce me by saying "this is kyle, tammy's friend. she's from kansas. her brother is in iraq."
-there was hours of dancing and singing . . . loved it!
-i really like the big family atmosphere
-we didn't go to the parade because we thought it was going to rain
-i forgot my pajamas
-i heard the word 'youse' a lot. never thought i would hear that and think it sounded right! loved it!
-one of tammy's sisters has met a lot of famous people
-the kids in the family usually each make a dessert . . . that makes for a great sugar overload! especially after the 'pizza' made with cookie dough, chocolate chips, hershey's nuggets, and marshmallows
-we played trivial pursuit (my favorite game!) and tammy and i totally kicked butt! amazingly, i was the only one prior to the game that knew a twit was a pregnant goldfish. i thought everyone knew that;)
-when it was time for me to go, i didn't really want to leave
-i went back a different way to new jersey and didn't have to pay a toll (that was exciting for me; not really to anyone else!)
-it took me a long time to remember how to post the above picture
-i can't explain how great thanksgiving was even though i couldn't be with my family
posted by kyledawn @ 10:32 PM
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