Flay Sally enjoys Thanksgiving in Monterey (as told by Elias)

Flat Sally arrived in Monterey on Tuesday. She was pretty worn out from the overnight FedEx trip, so she took it easy and went to bed early that night. She was so excited about her Mickey Mouse ears, though, that she didn't take them off when she went to bed, and in fact, she told me she wanted to wear them her whole time here. She's still in California, after all.

Yesterday (Wednesday), she made a new friend, Nicole, and the three of us watched a movie together. She also hit it off with our friend the (stuffed) seal. The two of them hung out on my lap after the movie.




















Today, we celebrated Thanksgiving! I was invited for dinner by a friend of mine who lives with a family in the area. There were people there from all over the world, and Sally was really happy to meet everyone.
















She was excited about the food, but didn't think she could have a whole plate herself, so we shared. The meal was delicious.

Afterwards, we played Guesstures,
which Sally enjoyed. Our team won.















Here is Sally with our hostess Lillie, and here is a picture of some of the guests (far left, looking asleep: Gerardo from Mexico; girl with glasses: Gabriela from Guatemala; holding Sally: Elena from Russia; bottom right: Tigist, Ethiopian who grew up in Russia; girl in gray: Olga from Russia; girl in purple: Ling Ling from China; (standing behind Ling Ling: some weird guy who was there).

















When we got home, Sally took a nap; a good thing, because tomorrow's going to be a busy day: we're spending the day in San Jose and San Francisco. We're hoping to go to the beach on Saturday if the weather is nice. And on Sunday we're going to Santa Cruz. It's going to be a busy weekend!

It's Thanksgiving break, so she hasn't experienced much of student life yet, but I'll take her to school with me on Monday and Tuesday.