Happy Thanksgiving from Dhaka

Admittedly a belated wish, but I hope everyone who reads this had a nice Thanksgiving. Luckily we got a day off from work (one of the perks of an American School!), which I spent being as American as I could.

I played flag football during the mid day in the inaugural AIS/D Turkey Day Classic. It was a beautiful, sunny day (as they all are this time of year) to be out on the field, and everyone seemed to have a good time. We beat some people from the US Embassy and some other ex-patriots 8-0 in a thrilling defensive struggle. I played quarterback to the tune of 4 completions and 2 interceptions which wasn't that great, but one was a touchdown and that's all it took. I also made one more interception on defense than I threw on offense, so I think it balanced out. About the only bad thing about the game was that one of the larger embassy guys accidentally flattened me with a head to head tackle on the second play of the game. Got my bell rung a bit but I was fine later except for a bump on the side of my head. From what I heard his eye swelled up pretty bad, once again proving I have an extremely hard head.

For dinner we went to my friends' house for dinner. Stephanie and Adam had about 20 people over, from school and elsewhere, and it was quite the feast. Everyone brought something (thankfully Sara picked up the slack for me and Jimmy) and we even got some left overs at the end! (I just had left over turkey for lunch... mmmm). It was a really warm and nice evening, and I ate my fill. After about an hour of dinner I had to excuse myself to go lie down on a sofa as I was so full it was no longer comfortable to be resting in a sitting position. I had not really eaten much that day and after the football I was starved for calories. I think when I ate so much my body just shut down as it attempted to cope with the massive influx of turkey. I fell asleep momentarily but recovered (thankfully) in time for dessert and drinks.

The only thing that could have made it better is the presence of my friends and family, but I was thinking about you all and hope you had a memorable (in a good way) Thanksgiving as well!