It's raining chicken?!?!

So today has been the biggest waste of a day. It has been pouring ALL day, I mean it hasn't stopped raining once. And worse, the wind is blowing like crazy, so an umbrella is useless. I tried to go somewhere this morning, and was soaked through after a block, so I turned around and came back home. This is not normal at all for Costa Rica! Normally, it rains and pours for a few hours, usually mid afternoon and then is beautiful for the rest of the day! So I have been at home all day, going some work, watching Costa Rican shark fin poachers get busted (and getting excited because I knew where they were at while they were getting busted) and chillin. Well my neighbor, Leslie, is an amazing cook and her boyfriend is currently here visiting from home. They were in the same boat as me, nowhere to go without getting soaked, so they decided to make a full on Thanksgiving feast today with all their time. Now Leslie is an AMAZING cook (anything I cook here I attribute to her coaching me) and this meal was amazing. Sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, green beans, homemade stuffing, cranberries, chicken (turkey is ridiculously expensive) rolls, and even homemade pumpkin pie!!! It was so yummy and it really helped me feel more like I was at home for Thanksgiving! The only thing we were missing was rainbow jello and turkey trail mix cups! But don't worry. I am having a turkey thanksgiving lunch with my kiddos on Tuesday (the moms are paying for the turkey the students "have" to have) and I will be making an improvised version of the cups for my kids!!
So this year already has a leg up on last year because I got pumpkin pie!!! Yeeee haw!!