The End Of 2017 And The Beginning Of 2018

So, another year has come and gone, and we're still here, living abroad. Our friends and family are thousands of miles away, and sadly, the distance has forced a silent rift to grow even wider. But, we've made two Argentine friends, who have shown us surprising acts of kindness, like no one else here has. So naturally, they were on hand to celebrate four of my favorite holidays.

Whether we're preparing for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Or New Year, we always try to buy a few extra decorations. 

Alright, so I fudged up the mouth. Sue me! 

During Halloween, our friends Franco and Melisa came over for a ghoulish good time. This was the second Halloween we celebrated with them. Last year's Halloween was a bit fudged up because we had gotten robbed, but this year, we were in a more festive mood. 

For Thanksgiving, we hit a snag. Don't get me wrong, Zach and I did celebrate, but our friends were going through a breakup. We knew it would have been difficult for them to be in the same house together, and it would have been tough to choose who to invite. In fact, we couldn't, so we decided to just celebrate it on our own.

It was just the two of us, but we made the best of it. I helped Zach with the cooking, but I also had to work because my boss is Argentine, and they don't celebrate Thanksgiving here. So, I couldn't get the day off.  

Thanks to the power of digital streaming, we were able to watch The Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, albeit in the afternoon, instead of the morning, when it actually airs live back home. We also watched A Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving, which neither one of us had seen since we were kids. 

For Christmas, we decided we wanted to celebrate with our friends. In order to make this work, we celebrated Christmas Eve with one friend, and Christmas day with the other. 

On New Year's Eve, we celebrated on our own. Again, thanks to digital streaming, we were able to watch the ball drop in Time Square. At this time of the year, New York is two hours behind because of daylight savings time. So, we waited until 2 a.m., when the ball dropped to officially celebrate New Year 2018.

Then we celebrated with our friend, Franco on January 1st, and had a great time. The menu was a bit simpler because by this point, we were practically broke, and I wasn't scheduled to get paid until the middle of the week. But all in all, I'd say we did good. 

On January 5th, our friend, Melisa came over for a belated New Year's celebration. So, we ended 2017, and started 2018 on a good note, but on January 6th, something terrifying happened... 

To Be Continued...