{"id":2687,"date":"2015-11-27T07:21:25","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T07:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/?p=2687"},"modified":"2015-11-29T08:10:16","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T08:10:16","slug":"2687","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/2015\/11\/27\/2687\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving with Strangers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Thanksgiving and I\u2019m still on campus. While most of the school is with family, I\u2019m just sitting in my room, typing away. But you know what? I don\u2019t regret not going home.<\/span><\/p>\n

I had Thanksgiving for the first time without my family in my entire life. My perspectives leader, Gwen, from orientation posted an open invitation in the \u201cFree & For Sale\u201d group on Facebook, inviting anyone on campus over to hangout and eat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course I jumped on it, I didn\u2019t want to spend the night in my room, watching my friend\u2019s fish (I renamed her Ms. Fish McFish). By the time I got to Gwen\u2019s house, there was Gwen, some of her friends from Lewis & Clark and a few other people. They had been cooking all day, so I contributed what I could by helping set the table. After that, I helped where I could and did my best not to seem like a freeloader.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mashed potatoes, gravy, dinner roll, turkey, green bean casserole, brussels sprouts and stuffing<\/p><\/div>\n

To cut a long story short, I had an incredible dinner with a bunch of strangers that I got to know a little. I just had a ton of fun and really enjoyed myself. Also we played Settlers of Catan for all of 10 minutes before we got distracted by pie and pretty much abandoned the game.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This just goes to show how awesome the people we go to school with are. Even though we\u2019re all a bunch of strangers, we\u2019re still able to come together over a nice meal.<\/span><\/p>\n

I think that next year, I might just stick around during Thanksgiving and do this. I\u2019m sure anyone staying would appreciate it. I know I did.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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