Happy Thanksgiving!

Dear Family and Friends,

I would like to start out this letter with a massive THANK YOU. Although I have said it before and I will say it again, the support you have given me has always been incredible. I know I could not be more blessed with the family I was given, and the friends I have earned. Even over here from across the pond, I can still feel the positive encouragement from you all. From taking the time to post a small comment on this blog, or on my pictures, sending me emails and letters, or finding a moment to skype with me, I am grateful for you all. 

Even though I am unable to sit around the dining room table today for the Thanksgiving feast, I am still thinking about you all and making my annual list of everything I am thankful for. Family, friends, the chance to return to London, the ability to continue getting my education, being lucky enough to have a home here in England, and having something to bring me back to New York, everything on my list makes me ecstatic. 

Nothing can stop me from smiling today. 

I wish you all the happiest Thanksgiving and the reminder that it is not the turkey that makes this day great, it is knowing you have a reason to be thankful. That is enough, and I have enough. 

H A P P Y  T H A N K S G I V I N G !!!

I love you all very much, and for those counting I will be seeing you in less than a month!

xx, Kristin

Care Package

Good News everyone - My inhaler is here!

Just wanted to send out a little public THANK YOU to my parents for sending me a care package that includes chocolate, my inhaler, a compass and some pumpkins. It was really fun to open that bag up.

It seems that my parents really understand me, (note the listed items) - weird.

Other than care packages, I have been having a very lazy weekend. I realized yesterday as I looked at my to-do list, shopping list, and reading list, that it had been a very long time since I did absolutely nothing. Probably before this whole "I want to go to graduate school" thing started.

So yesterday, I took a guilt free break and did nothing.

Now I feel slightly guilty though, because I have no food.

xx, Kristin