Birthday, Thanksgiving, and JULIA

Hello everyone...I know it's been a while since I posted. I've been busy and our internet has been down, but I think things are finally settling down a bit.
As some of you might know, this girl had a birthday on the 18th. It was a great birthday. We went out to Indian food and then went to a couple bars. So I am officially 22, which is not exciting at all, but the day itself was fun. :)
Probably the biggest thing going on right now is that Julia is here. Julia is one of my best friends, and she came to see me for two weeks before going back to Canada. We've been having a really great time seeing Krakow and playing with my friends. :) On Thursday my friend Iza and I cooked Thanksgiving dinner for 16 people. That was SO much fun. It was a ton of work, but we really did it with no help really. No recipes or anything. It was the best Thanksgiving ever. We had an amazing time cooking and eating, and our German friends made decorations, including two huge paper mache turkeys, which were fabulous. :) All the Europeans were intrigued by this American holiday that generally eludes them most of the time, so they were really excited to see what Americans do.
Julia will be here for about another week, and then I will be getting down to serious business, such as writing a lot of papers. :) Also going to see the Moscow City Ballet perform Swan Lake on the 5th, which has me so excited I could die. I even have a pretty red dress to wear, and there are 12 of us going that night.
In general, things are good. That's about all for this post; I will try to be better with this.