Turkey and job applications and uni...OH MY!

If my masters degree gets me nothing else, I hope that someday it gets me an assistant to do all my dirty work…like applying for jobs. I swear I don’t need to apply to anymore, because applying for them has BECOME MY JOB!!! Seriously though, our lecturers keep suggesting that we apply for jobs, while giving me another group assignment, after my boss asks me to work more shifts and my friends ask me to go out. How does one do it all?!

Not sure we had enough food...

Well, the average person may crack under pressure, but I turn to a Canadian tradition to take my mind off stress and share my thanks with others. Yes, you guessed it. I cooked a Thanksgiving feast! Two days of prep and cooking a turkey in 29-degree heat, I totally understand why they don’t cook turkey in Australia.  The evening was filled with turkey, potatoes, sweet potato casserole, stuffing, steam carrots and beans and followed by brownies, apple crisp and ice cream. Oh, I also cheated and bought jarred cranberries. In my defence, they rarely grow cranberries in Australia because of the hot climate, so I couldn’t find any to make my own either.

Happy Canadian/Australia Thanksgiving

I fed my roommates, a few of their friends and my friend Graham – a fellow maritimer (PEI to be specific). It was nice to not be the only Canadian around the table. Made it feel a little more like home. And of course we did shooters with our desert. Kahlua and espresso vodka (thanks again Dad!) to be exact. “Is this a normal Canadian tradition?”…define normal.

Cooking dinner for everyone was so worth it. I wasn’t as homesick and it was thoroughly entertaining watching everyone experience their first turkey coma. Convenient that I have had leftovers for the last week and turkey soup to last the next few weeks so I don’t have to cook while I’m finishing my assignments and preparing for exams. Which I should probably get back to…..

Chat soon everyone!