Back to BG

We had a great and very busy Thanksgiving back in ABQ. I think I saw most of my readers over the weekend, but I'll post some highlights here anyway.

• Airport security wasn't a big deal. Despite all the hoopla (which we had been following), we avoided both the new scanners and the pat downs by choosing the line for the metal detectors. This worked in both Detroit and ABQ. We waited for 15 minutes in Detroit and about 5 in ABQ to get through the lines. On the way back to BG, both of our flights arrived early. Perhaps the worst part of the trip was having to drive for an hour to get home after the day of flights. (We'll have to get used to that).
• We woke up to a dusting of snow on Thanksgiving morning. I was surprised that our first snow of the year was in ABQ not BG, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Nothing beats the look of snow on the desert plants. 
• The food was great. We had breakfast at Weck's more than once--their green chile is unbeatable. (We successfully brought home some frozen one-serving size containers that Mark's parents had been collecting for us). We also had Dion's. At my family's Thanksgiving meal, I was delighted to eat Dad's smoked turkey, Grandma's dried corn, and Mom's pies. Yum.

Of course, the most important part of the weekend was the quality time with family. It's so good to be back and see everyone, and I'm looking forward to heading home again for Christmas soon.

Now that we're home in BG, we're trying to plow through the last two weeks of the semester. (We've decided, as we do every year, that Thanksgiving falls at a terrible time in the semester for students and teachers). Mark has evening commitments every night this week, and I'm starting to grade the last major assignments of the semester (essay portfolios will come in at the end of the week...). But we know that we will, as we always have, get through.