A Bunch of Burts

Ahh. Christmas Break. I just love those words. No homework, no need to worry if you did a math problem right. Yes, I wish it were Christmas Break everyday! Unfortunately it was not to be. I have to go to school so I can learn new things and be able to get a job when I grow up. It always comes down to that, doesn’t it? To be able to finish paying off college tuition, you have to get a job. To pay rent, get a job. To buy groceries, get a job…………the list just goes on and on.
Well, I got a little bit off track there. I really am here to tell you about our awesome trip to the northeast. It was great, 12 hour car trip there, and 12 hour car trip back. Fortunately, that was not all we did.J We actually spent a week at our friends the Sullivan’s (otherwise known as the ‘Sullys’) house. Many times I forgot that we had to come home to go back to (sniffle sniffle, blowing nose) school. You may ask what we did for a whole week at someone else’s house. Well, we basically did everything possible. Chelsea, the oldest Sully child who is my age, and I went on a bike ride almost everyday while romping around in the woods and building forts. Don’t worry, we did calm and relaxed things as well like listening to Odyssey, eating, and checking e-mail.

Me and Chelsea roasting marshmallows (a treat from the US!)

We had a Christmas party for all the NTM people that were working in the northeast. We all met at a restaurant in town. It was delicious! Until I made a fatal mistake. There was a plate of fried chicken on the table. The girls at my table were full so we took all the left over food to the adults. I saw that piece of chicken on that plate and I wanted it. So I debated with myself. Should I eat it, should I not? Finally, Mr. Eat It won and I quickly grabbed a piece of chicken and popped it into my mouth. I chomped down and realized my mistake. I felt like I was going to gag, so I calmly did not ask the adults any more questions and quickly handed them my plate. Then in the privacy of our own table, grabbed a handful of napkins and spit out what was in my mouth. I looked and saw what I guessed it was. A piece of deep fried squid. The tentacles were even still on it! I lost my appetite after that.

this is our Christmas lunch at church in LaoBada. Can you guess which food we brought? I will give you a hint, they have frosting and sprinkles.

Since we had about 2 weeks of break, we also visited our friends the Culletts and Lynches who live in a different town. We stayed there for 3 days. My friend Abby Cullett and I stayed over at Kristen Lynch’s (they are both older that me) house while my parents and siblings stayed at the Cullet’s house. They have 6 children and they all do school on the computer except the two youngest. That means a lot of computers. So whenever we weren’t doing anything all together, you could here shooting noises and such coming from upstairs. That is because my dad had been introduced to a game that they have. It is called Call of Duty. I’m telling you, it must be addictive because even Sam, who is only 3 years old, plays it, by himself! Our stay there was wonderful. We were there for New Years and boy, did we make some noise! In fact, we were the only ones doing it at all! Their neighbors were probably thinking, it’s those crazy foreigners again! What are they doing now???

Playing New Year’s games at the Culletts.

Well, I can definitely say that I had tons of fun over break and just want to say thank you to everybody who made that possible. That would include my parents and siblings, Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan, Chelsea, Amberly, Drew, Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Cullet, Rachel, Abby, Sarah, Lydia, Zach, Sam, Mr. and Mrs. Lynch, Kristen, and Christopher. THANK YOU!!!!!
I hope that you have enjoyed hearing from the marvelous guest blogger Leah Burt! Hopefully you will be hearing from me again soon!

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