Grad school Easter

When I was in college, I was close to home. There was no question as to where I would spend any holiday. When I was in grad school, however, I was farther away. While, yes, obviously, I went home for Christmas, Easter was a different story. Just a weekend wasn't really long enough to make the trek worth it. And so I was prepared to spend the holiday alone. I bought some ground lamb, having no idea what I was going to do with it, but figuring whatever it was would be easier than making something with a real hunk of lamb (considering that I hadn't [and still haven't, actually] ever done lamb).
But then, one by one, I heard of girls from my Bible study who weren't going home for Easter. Suddenly I was hosting Easter dinner for six. I loved it. But I didn't have enough lamb. So I saved the lamb for a different day, we pooled things together, and we ended up with shepherd's pie. We figured shepherd's pie -> sheep -> lamb -> close enough. It wasn't the best shepherd's pie I've ever had; I think that whole 'too many cooks' thing, in addition to our constantly changing the recipe to go along with people's food preferences, took its toll. But don't get me wrong, it was still good, and we had fun making it.
The whole day is one of my favorite grad school memories. I'd never gotten to spend a holiday with friends before. I love my family, but this was nice, too. I liked it.
I also really liked when Chelleybutton came over and we made stuffed peppers with the Easter lamb. Those were yummy.