Yesterday it snowed for the first time. It didn’t stick or anything, but it was coming down quickly in HUGE wet clumps. I was happy that I had my umbrella as I walked home in the mess. The strangest thing though was that it was thundering boisterously loud claps during the snow. I don’t recall ever hearing thunder before while it snowed. The whole thing was quite surreal.
I have been missing home quite a bit lately. I think that its because my birthday and Thanksgiving are coming up. Just knowing that the whole family is together visiting Martha in the DC area makes me feel a bit lonely. And knowing that Dan is off of school this week makes me wish that I had nothing to do too, so that we could do nothing together. Doing nothing with my sisters or Dan right now sounds really, really nice.
Well, we’re not exactly doing nothing. We’re watching TV, eating and sleeping! Ha! Ha! Ha! Really: Yesterday we went to a soup kitchen in Baltimore and worked from 9 am to 12:30 pm. We then went up to Hampden District where Hairspray was about, and ate at the Hon Cafe. We walked around a bit, and then went to Fell Point, which is on the Harbor where Baltimore began. Today Mona and Dory took a day to work at the library, and Martha, Jiongyi, and your dad went to DC.
We’re missing you terribly, as is Yesenia, who just got out of the hospital and is bummed because none of us will be there for Thanksgiving. You could give her a call, it would make her day. And tomorrow you may be out of hugging distance, but certainly not out of our thoughts and prayers.
Miss you love you
One of my friends from Samoa experienced his first snow when he lived in Korea a few years back!