Monday – 21st November
Today was my only day of school before the Thanksgiving Break. I did fairly well for the aerodynamics test, so I think I still have a decent chance of getting a good grade for the class. Karissa was going to fly off in the morning, so she said her goodbyes to everybody in the Avion and Eagles FM that day. If you didn’t have any classes on Tuesday, you essentially got a 6 day break, plenty of time to fly to family and spend time with them.
Tuesday – 22nd November
So in my head I had no classes, but I had to go to school just for work. Snoozing too much in the morning led to me being crappy for the rest of the day. I slept early that night too, and it was just one of those wrong days. I didn’t even do much at work because it was so busy.
Wednesday – 23rd November
Day one of Thanksgiving Break. Travis never called back, so there were no plans to meet him in Tampa. Instead, I sent in the longboard to get it fixed. The old patch had delaminated and was taking in water. I left it to sun for a week to dry it out before letting the Salty Dog take care of it. After dropping it off, I went to go surf, but the offshore winds to strong. I was at Daytona Beach, Main Street Pier, and Frank Rendon Park, and it was all crappy waves throughout. The strong winds coming offshore just beat the incoming waves down before they had a chance to break
I spent almost five hours out of which at least three was on the water, much to the disbelief of everybody. After I was done, I hung out at the Salty Dog for a while and chatted with Bill and talked about angsty surfer kids who don’t know what’s good for them. Once at home, I played Skyrim until the evening where Navin and I went to do our shopping to avoid the Black Friday madness. I bought my boots from Timberland for $100 so I would have adequate footwear for the winter trip. We had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory which really isn’t all that pricey considering how huge the portions wear. The cheesecakes were not cheap, but you need at least three separate sittings to finish it; if you finished it at one go, something is really wrong with you.
Thursday – 24th November
I chose not to surf today and instead spent the majority of the day on Skyrim. I did manage to marinate the pork, catch up on accounts, and tidy up stuff in general.
Friday – 25th November
I went Ponce Inlet in the morning and it was too messy, kind of like a washing machine. I saw no point in sticking around too long, so I left and on my way back, I found the Asian Market at Ridgewood. I met this lady who used to stay in Serangoon, but has been in America for a long time. I didn’t really stick around to talk that much since I had no idea if she was that interested. It was apparent she didn’t really know much about the happenings in ERAU, which means she’s not that involved to begin with.
After washing up, I went to Publix and Sam’s Club to do all the marketing for the week. I caved and bought some smoked salmon and had myself some Lox for lunch. It actually made my day that much better since I’ve been a little bored of eating lately. It wasn’t that cheap at $9 for the 3/4 pound, but it should last a good 4 lunches at least, which still makes it cheaper than school food. It still never fails to astound me as to how much better I could be eating if you bought the food yourself. People can get a simple ham and cheese sandwich, and I can be eating a Lox and cream cheese bagel for the same price
The afternoon was spent playing Skyrim and helping Reggie make wontons. We finally succeeded in our Char Siew and won ton noodles for dinner. I did some reading at night before sleeping early again. I think Thanksgiving Break for me was just catching up on a lot of sleep and surfing.
Saturday – 26th November
I finished up the house’s marketing by going to the Farmer’s market in the morning. I think we have not been there in a while because our vegetable lady said she knew we were coming that weekend because she had not seen us in a while. Austin, the orange juice guy was working and we talked about surfing and wetsuits. He let me try the new crop of navel oranges which were really good. It’s normally $2 for 4, but I somehow walked away with a bag of 8 oranges for the same price. I love the Farmer’s market.
It was a pretty quick affair and I made my way down to Ponce Inlet yet again and was exhausted the first set where I did catch a few nice waves. I almost called it a day then, but went back in once more. I was recharged and somehow the impact zone was a little less brutal that second paddle out. It was well worth it because I caught a few good sets and managed to ride the lip of the wave for quite a bit before dropping in and going with the pipe. We made the Prima Chicken rice for dinner which is turning out to be surprisingly easy now that we have a proper rice cooker.
Sunday – 27th November
I went to St. Paul’s for mass in the morning, the 1st Sunday of Advent and the new liturgical year. I didn’t quite realize it was the first Sunday, but something just motivated me to go to an actual church that Sunday. I spent the afternoon in school studying and even though I didn’t really buckle down to study during the whole break, I did get my work done, so I didn’t really have any homework to rush, it was just studying for finals.
