Thanksgiving and other randomness

This is going to be just a general blog about my life over the past month, but more specifically about my thanksgiving. I am pretty sure that most of you know, but I am working at Crystal Mountain, and it has been going great. I love ski patrolling, the work is fun, the people are great, and the skiing has not been awesome, but at least its skiing. I am living in the patrol dorm with 10 other patrollers. The living space is actually really big so it does not seem too crowded, except for in the morning when we are all trying to cook in the kitchen. But you get used to it. I am sharing a room with one other guy, Josh Smith, who I worked with this past summer on Rainier, and we get along pretty well. The work days are pretty long so we do not do a whole lot after hours. For the most part, I get off of work, make dinner, and go to bed around 8 or 9 every night; fairly exciting nightlife. The mountain is open everyday until the snow melts, so we all have to work on holidays. So we decided to have one big thanksgiving dinner. The dinner was fantastic, and I have off on Thursdays and Fridays so I was able to help with the setup and cooking. We had about 25 people in our house which is a bit much in the living room, but we made it work. There was so much food! We had a turkey, 2 hams, sweet potatoes, 2 different kinds of green bean casserole, 2 kinds of mashed potatoes, candied pecans, and many other things that I am sure I am forgetting right now. For dessert we had 10 pies including pumpkin, pecan, apple, blueberry, and peanut butter. Although it was definitely not home for the holidays, it was a really good thanksgiving. It was nice to be able to spend it with some new friends.