"Fakesgiving" and homesickness

The food

family

This past Sunday, my Santiago family (my American friends) and I had what we called "Fakesgiving." We came up with this idea because right now in Chile it is fall, and it felt right to celebrate Thanksgiving while the season was right. Each of us brought a dish- I brought corn and rolls. We didn't have turkey because it would be too difficult to prepare, but we did have some rotisserie chicken along with mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, corn, pumpkin bread, wine, etc. Delicious! We even mixed a little Chilean culture in there by having terremotos. Terremotos, literally "earthquake" is a drink made up of white wine, pineapple ice cream and fernet. Good day!

Otherwise, there's not too much else new going on. The weather is getting colder (but obviously nothing I can't handle). The days are getting shorter (the sun goes down around 6/6:15- bummer!). We are a little bit more than halfway done with the school semester. Time is just flying by. I've been a little homesick lately, but I'm sure it'll get better. Apparently around the 3 month mark homesickness hits. The newness of living abroad is subsiding and being settled into a routine could be a reason. Missing graduation and all the senior things that come along with it didn't help. I wish I could have been there. I'm missing my friends, missing my family, missing the OB. Oh well. It should pass. Gotta live every day like it's my last!