Happy Thanksgiving

i hope this finds you all well, feasting your way through a cornucopia of delicious preparations, finding the hollowness in your legs to allow for 2nd and 3rd helpings, all the while nourishing your souls with the excellent company of friends and family, endless stories and discussions, and of course laughter...ah yes...laughter.

it has been just over a year now since i set out to travel and thus the 2nd thanksgiving in a row that i am not in the states for. i am used to missing some holidays given my job, but this is the time of year i miss home the most. last year i was on a beach in s.india eating thai food with my good friends, meg and tim. i this year for the holidays, i treated myself to a vacation in a vacation, a 2 day trek from xela to san padre set on a volcanic lake, lago de atitlan, via a lovely wild flower lined trail with stellar views of nearby volcanoes and mountains, and eventually the lake. i enjoyed more typical fare in the here in san pedro with new friends.

but now i get ´´corny´´. in sharing my many thanks of the last year, you all enter into my mind. while i certainly cannot complain, it is not the same as spending the day with those i am close to at home. the food just taste better. i am quite thankful for the opportunities and travel tales and experiences i have had in the past year, and the good health to make it possible, but more than that i am thankful to have such an awesome group of individuals ¿that is you? in my life...a home to return to. you continue to inspire and encourage adventure, laughter, and lifeª i am bringing on an entire wheel of cheese, i realize, but sometimes i just cannot help myself. hahaha! okay, i cannot figure out where in the hell the punctations are located on this keyboard, so i will just use crazy ones. anyway, i miss you guys, and cannot wait, seriously, for a massive (or many of them) reunion, exclamation points.

much love, katie