thanksgiving weekend

To get away from work for 4 days is really a great thing.... Although times of holidays are when I miss my family the most. Its kind of hard if you think about it, to pack up everything and leave the place where you grew up, the friends you knew, the family that loves you. I did it almost 3 years ago. Was it hard? Yea it was, but it was my journey, my chance to make my own way. Is it everything I hoped it could be? Not yet, but its on the road, trucking along slowly but surely.

This was probably one of the harder holidays for me, because it was just me. But I was pretty happy to get a ton of texts from friends wishing me a happy holiday. I just chilled at home the whole day and ended up making myself turkey curry. I know it sounds weird...but it was pretty good. Strangely, if you don't bake turkey it tastes the same as chicken.

Thanksgiving night was when I really got to see my new family. I was really happy that modern was open and I was able to keep my thursday tradition. Almost all of CAB crew showed up and it was a really good time. It was one of the few nights I really felt on top of my breaking. Me and Alam battled Brie and Vince, and I was killing it.

Over the weekend I also met a new practice partner from AU, so now I have a place to practice a little closer to home. Also sat night was jc's bday throwdown and that was a lot of fun. Although I'm still not rockin it at that new place yet.

I guess being alone for so long makes you think about a lot of things. Like where is life taking me, how am I doing on this journey, and a lot of other things. I guess its not such a bad thing to have a long weekend alone to regain your perspectives on a lot of things.

In any case my mind got a nice break from everything and I feel pretty refreshed. Hopefully now I'll be a little less lazy about blogging. I also have a renewed vigor for practice.

Being's Thanksgiving is a time for thanks, here is goes. I'm glad to have my family, even if they are halfway around the country, I'm glad they support me even if they wish I was a lot closer to home. I'm thankful for all the new friends I've made here in DC, I'm thankful they've taken me in and accepted me, made me part of their lives. I'm thankful that even though I'm shy they always let me hang around. I'm thankful to be alive, God gave me a second chance 14 years ago, and I'm thankful that I've been able to make the best of it. I'm thankful to be a bboy and be part of the hip hop community. I'm thankful to be a part of culture shock DC, its another one of my families in DC, and finally I'm thankful to be a part of CAB crew, thanks for letting me be down with you guys!

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