下午和老板咪聽完，心裡很是輕鬆愉快。期待已久為期一週的感恩節假期終於開始，雖然研究進度還是要趕，不過不用上課還是令人開心。但．是，回到家發現馬桶居然塞住！晚上還有朋友要來家裡吃巧克力火鍋呢，怎在我心情正好想要放鬆難得辦趴踢的時候發生這事情！請朋友幫我買馬桶刷，但還是通不了。算了，等我一周後從密西根回來再說。
巧克力火鍋是第一次做，不過非常成功，巧克力沾醬做法簡單但出乎意外的美味！大家帶了各式水果棉花糖餅乾沾著吃，十一個人鍋底根本吃不完！
星期六
假期第一天，早上起床打包好後往密西根出發。一路上車流量不多，非常順暢。不過進入了印第安納州後開始下雪。雪越下越大讓我漸漸開始擔心。而車子油量只剩一格，一直猶豫要不要撐到目的地，還是先停下來加油。後來想說如果途中發生意外，多些油總是比較好，於是下了交流道加油。重新上路時，天色更黑雪下得更大，而與我同向的車子好少，地上幾乎被薄薄的雪覆蓋，看不清車道標示線，也不能跟著其他車子的輪胎軌跡行駛。而上交流道時車子也打滑了一下，讓我更是擔心！手緊緊抓著方向盤，一刻都不敢放鬆。不過才開了約十分鐘，就呈現無風無雪的狀態！早知如此應該撐久一點再加油，我就不用那麼緊張了。一抵達目的地，就覺得手指頭好累。趕緊去吃中菜好好放鬆一下。
晚上和馬克在家裡看了期待已久的電影「小可愛與拳擊手」，搭配著冰酒，度過了輕鬆愉快的夜晚。
星期日
受到昨晚電影的啓發，馬克先生計劃著我們也來進行拳擊繪畫。早上在家裡吃了自製的蜂蜜燕麥吐司和草莓，然後出發購買剩餘所需的材料。買齊材料回到家已經兩點。餓壞的我狠狠地吃了一大份昨晚沒吃完包回來的木須炒肉—原本應該可以供三個人吃的，硬是被我吃去了三分之二，結果晚上超飽吃不下晚餐。
下午在馬克的監督之下完成統計作業，他則是忙碌地為藝術創作做準備。辛苦了好久花費許多時間心力，場地總算是準備完成。至於創作的過程則是相當簡短迅速啊！我倆都不是藝術家，對於顏料性質等也沒什麼研究，這次的成果也是差強人意，不過兩人還是坐在地上欣賞了好久。
Finally my thanksgiving break started, after my meeting with my advisor in the afternoon. Even though I have to work on my research a lot, I am still happy of having no classes for one week. My toilet, however, was clogged! Right before my chocolate fondue party that night! My friend brought me the plunger, but it still didn't work. Whatever. I will deal with it once I get back from Michigan one week later.
It was my first time making chocolate fondue. It was really easy to make, but super delicious! Everyone loved it. We had all sorts of fruits, cookies and marshmallows. It was a fun night and we still had sauce left.
Saturday
The first day of my week long break. The drive to Michigan was easy and smooth. Very light traffic. However, it started snowing since I got into Indiana. The snow was getting heavier and heavier. I didn't have much gas left - should be enought for me to get into Kalamazoo, but risky. Eventually I decided to stop and get gas in case something happened. The snow was heavier after I filled my tank. There weren't many cars driving the same direction as me, and the road was covered with snow. I could barely see the lanes. My car skidded a little bit when I was getting on highway. That made me really nervous. I hold the steering wheel tightly and drove slowly. Just after 10 minutes, there was no snow at all. I wished I could have known it so that I wouldn't be so nervous. We had Chinese food for dinner as soon as I got in. And I finally could relaxed.
We watched Cutie and the Boxer at home and had some ice wine. Another lovely evening.
Sunday
Inspired by the movie last night, Mark decided to do boxing painting. After having homemade honey oatmeal bread and strawberries for breakfast, we went out shopping for the materials needed for tonight's art project. It was two o'clock by the time we got home. I was so hungry that I ate double portion of what I usually have. Then I was too full to have dinner.
Under Mark's supervision I finished my stat assignment in the afternoon. He was busy preparing for the project and getting the venue ready. Preparation for boxing painting took lots of time and efforts, but the painting process just took few minutes. Once it was done, we sat on the floor admiring our project for a while. We both are not artists, and know nothing about paints, so the result was barely satisfying. But we still had a fun time and enjoyed the process.
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