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" A little late, but my Thanksgiving break was absolutely wonderful! I missed my family and friends soooo much, it was almost unbearable. I loved that the first person who greeted me when I walked out of the airport... was my dog! She was waiting in the car, and at first wasn&amp;#039;t sure if it was me, but once she got my scent, she wouldn&amp;#039;t leave me alone. She was so fluffy I could die! Haha, yes, that is a quote from my favorite movie, Despicable Me :) But honestly, it was so nice to be home in my own bed for once (QUEEN sized! \u2014 you can bet I rolled around in it for a good five minutes... with my dog). Also, my mom had a huge home cooked meal waiting for me! Man, I stuffed my face so much, it was quite amazing. But to get home was quite the adventure... For the first time ever, I had the hardest time hailing a taxi. It literally took me 20 minutes! I was already running late, so that just set me back. Then the traffic, and the taxi driver took the long way, so I was literally freaking out! I ran out of the taxi with my luggage and ran straight to the kiosk for bag drop, since I was already checked in online (thank you JetBlue!), but then I saw the line for security and my heart dropped. By that time, it was 3:00 P.M. and my flight was due to take off at 3:20! I had five minutes to get to my gate before it closed... I was almost in tears. After a long gruesome ten minutes, I ran all the way to the gate, not even stopping to put my shoes on or jacket. I just grabbed everything from the security belt and ran (the wrong way at first! \u2014 it was embarrassing), only to find out the airport&amp;#039;s clock was twenty minutes behind, and they had barely just started boarding the plane. Everyone at the gate stared at me like I was a mad woman. I had to sit down and take a breath because I was having a mild panic attack. So, lesson learned kids: DO NOT BE LATE TO AIRPORT! Plan waaaaay ahead of time. I thought I did, and I was still late, only to find out I wasn&amp;#039;t as late as I thought I had been. All in all, the trip was amazing. I was in 80 degree weather again (yay Florida), I went hottubbing, went to a bonfire, ate tons of food, saw my grandma, and saw all my friends (multiple times!). I even got lots of cute stuff from Black Friday. Honestly, going home was exactly what I needed to pump up the energy. I need to study for my finals and push through strong for the rest of the semester. Also... my cousin gave birth to a baby boy over Thanksgiving break! His name is Spencer and he is ADORABLE! :) I&amp;#039;ll be sure to post pictures of him later. Hakuna Matata, Esther "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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