Alletta's down and out!

Well not really. But I have had a lousy cold for the last three days and last night it reached its miserable zenith with a rather painful sinus headache. So far Ryan seems to be fine, but we'll see yet if it catches up with him. Due to sickness I have been off my running schedule which is no good at all! I am hoping to get better very soon so that I can get back into my schedule. I know that being off the training schedule for even a couple weeks can really set one back. Oh well.

Ryan and I had a very good thanksgiving. Friday night we attended a dinner with a bunch of Americans (+1 Scot and 1 Irish) at a friends house here in town. It was a very nice dinner and turned out to be pretty funny when we realized that almost everyone had lived in Eugene at one time, though they hadn't necessarily known each other then!! As usual, its a small world. A number of the attendees play on a softball team together in the summer and Ryan and I are considering joining up this next year. As is often the case with city league's the softball teams are not horribly competitive. The point is far more social than athletic. Anyhow, it sounds like a whole lot of fun. Then, last night we attended a second thanksgiving dinner, with a couple canadians, an irish, 2 brits, and 3 poles (persons from Poland, that is). For most of them it was their first thanksgiving experience, and so we had a lot of fun trying to explain the American myth of thanksgiving to them all. The potluck wasn't terribly well organized and so the funny thing was that we ended up with like 6 different desserts, following a dinner that was already incredibly rich. It was a bit masochistic to say the least, and in true American thanksgiving style we all dutifully ate ourselves into borderline illness. All in all a very good time, with plans already in the works for Christmas/Channakuh with our friends here in town. The holidays are actually a really fun time to be in Scotland, as there are many different kinds of parties and events going on all the time, with New Years as the biggest of all, fireworks included. It will be really fun to spend at least our first Christmas here and see everything that Scottish culture has to offer. Maybe we will even go to a Cedleigh (thats pronounced Kay-lee).
Ok then, we will be following up with pictures as soon as possible.
Hope you all had a very good turkey day!
Love, Alletta (and Ryan)