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VacationS and Christmas

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These last 3 weeks have been a whirlwind of activities. I went to Hawaii first with Dave and we had an amazing time. We were on the island of Kauai and we stayed in a resort the entire time. This allowed us to just drive around in our rental car to different areas of the island. On the first day, we went to Costco and got food (cause we are cheap like that). Then we just explored the area around our hotel. On the second day, we ended up exploring the East Shore. We went on a hike, hung out at the beach, and retired early for an early start the next day. In the subsequent week, we explored the island by boat (catamaran into the ocean), my river kayak, and by foot (lots of hiking). It was amazing and Dave as always made the trip super fun. I didn’t really want to leave Hawaii but I had a two hour layover in SLC before meeting up with Varsha. We spent one week all over Morocco starting out in Fes, then Chefchauouen, Merazouga, and finally Marrakech. I had lot

Prepare for Departure

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Ah! The last week has been a whirlwind! Thanksgiving was wonderful. Dave and I spend it with my family and my dad cooked a feast. We had 2 of my parent’s friends over and their relatives. After everyone stuffed themselves on chinese food, we had fruit tarts and chocholate cake. Then, Dave, Lilly, my mom, and I played Sequence while Felicia drew. In our family, Sequence has become a board game staple. We tried other (non luck based) games but my mom is brilliant and she always won so we decided we would rather use sheer luck then our brains. Anyways, after three rounds of sequence, we did decide to try Clue. This is a game we haven’t touched in years because of said mom winnings but in the holiday spirit, we gave it a go. I won the first round by sheer luck (literally my first guess). Then, to our surprise, Lilly beat mom….guess we will be playing Clue again after all! On Friday while most people went black Friday shopping (why is it black?), Dave and I woke up early to