The Obligatory Thankful Thanksgiving Post
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tabular_rasaAs it is Thanksgiving, I figured I'd make one of those sappy posts about what I am most thankful for. As I was explaining to Lisa, I may complain a lot, BUT I know how to be thankful for things when I truly am thankful for them. Usually it works best in the moment, being thankful for something, or immediately after, but I'll try here.
I am thankful:
1) I made an easy transition to college.
2) the workload is not as hard (in other words, conquerable) as I thought it would be or could be.
3) that I found activities I enjoy (ie Improv).
4) that nothing terribly has cataclysmically befallen me due to the excess influx of the number four in my life.
5) that I have made a great group of friends in college.
6) that I have successfully kept my best friends from out of college.
7) that I haven't been deathly ill in the time that I have been at college (*knock on wood*).
8) that I made it home safe on Tuesday night.
9) that I came home on Tuesday night.
10) that I saw so many of my old teachers during my brief jaunt over to my old high school on Wednesday afternoon.
11) that Mr. Hatfield reminds me of Severus Snape and it makes me laugh.
12) that I got free doughnuts from Mrs. Fuller on the way out.
13) that all my teachers seemed happy to see me.
14) that the people I met on the way seemed happy to see me and actually recognized me.
15) that Tory left me a nice picture by my bed (even though she hasn't finished her Setting Sun one, yet, lol . . . ).
16) that I could sleep in my own bed.
17) that I could sleep in my own room.
18) that it snowed.
19) that I could use my car.
20) that my parents are so nice to me now that I'm home.
21) that my mom called me pretty the other day, even though I had just woken up and was tousle-haired, pajama-clad, and glasses-beridden (even though she just then proceeded to call me fat just now, even though I think I look quite nice . . . ).
22) that everyone is alive and well and home in my family.
23) that I am seeing Alice and her family and Robert this afternoon.
24) that I saw Liz last night.
25) that she came even though I hadn't been able to call to reach her to tell her to come.
25) that Nichole has a boyfriend and seems to be doing well.
26) that Kristina still keeps in touch with me so I know what she and Nichole are doing, lol . . .
27) that Tiffany keeps in touch with me and hasn't turned into an absolute depression-ridden sadness-melancholy thing (even though she's coming close-- but she hasn't gotten there yet).
28) that I talked to Jamie last night.
29) that I am probably seeing Jessica and Jamie tomorrow.
30) that I am probably seeing Kristina and Nichole on Saturday.
31) that I had a ride and still have a ride for coming here and going back to St. Louis for the Thanksgiving weekend.
32) that I am home on the 20th for Christmas-- and not the 22nd!
33) that I have not gained 15 pounds since I have been at college; I have gained about the minimum five, if even at that much . . .
34) that I have dark hair. I like dark hair.
35) that Lisa, Henry, and Keith (and Patricia, you were awesome, too ^_^) were willing and able to fulfill my pathetic fantasy of dressing up as the four Death Eaters for the midnight showing of the fourth Harry Potter movie ^_^
36) that Josie drove us to the midnight showing.
37) that we actually got tickets to go there.
38) that it didn't suck as bad as I thought it would ^_^
39) that I am talking to Jessica online more now than I ever did when we were back home in high school.
40) that I am more social than I used to be.
41) that sex and alcohol doesn't scare me as much as it used to (what one fears one cannot control nor conquer).
42) that I am surviving Japanese with a decently passing grade even though I hate it.
43) that I am not studying Heurmenuetrics with Prof. Mertha in Crossing Borders right now (lol, Patricia . . . ).
44) that I am not mopping the floor like my mom right now (yeah, that's a selfish and mean one, but I am thankful, lol . . . ).
45) that there is good food.
46) that there is Minestrone soup.
47) that Dad didn't make as much fun of the VH1 show Tory and I were watching this morning on the holidays as he usually does.
48) that Neil gave me a watch he found on the playground and went all through the trouble to turn in-- and get back, when nobody claimed it.
49) that there is lots of good food in this house besides Thanksgiving food.
50) that I may actually be able to win NaNo, even if that merely requires copy and pasting this list into it over and over again :-P
51) my house smells just the way my house always used to.
52) my room looks and feels just the way it always used to.
53) I have popcorn cakes again.
54) the Founding Fathers were products of the Enlightenment and not zealous theocrats with a wish for a Puritanical society of Manifest Destiny.
55) people are so adorable.
56) all evidence points to at least a good half of human side, in my experience.
57) I can be obsessed with Harry Potter and no one has killed me.
58) I am comfortable with who I am, for the most part.
59) that is America is getting better and is not as prejudiced as it was near its founding-- at the original Turkey Day (pretending to be all liking buddy-buddy or not . . . )-- or even fifty years ago, for that matter . . .
60) that ice floats and therefore all the primeval fish of the primordial soup at the beginning of the period of the evolution into ourselves did not die and prevent our happening to be here.
61) that I lived through my appendix surgery.
62) that I lived through my tonsil surgery.
63) that I lived through birth.
64) that everyone I know and talked to and conferred with have gotten home safely.
65) that I have been able to contact just about everyone I know.
66) that love seems relatively stronger than hate.
67) that I can allegoricize everything I encounter.
68) that I walk a lot and am therefore rather healthier than I was.
69) that I am good at giving advice.
70) that I like giving advice.
71) that I can make people feel better by providing them with perspective.
72) that I have perspective.
73) that I believe in God, whether He's there or not, and it seems to have taken a very positive effect on my life, for psychological convincing of myself or actuality.
74) that I am open to understanding.
75) that there's so much to understand.
Yeah, that's a lot, but it's not even it. Wasn't that fun? I had fun with that . . . lol . . .
I am thankful:
1) I made an easy transition to college.
2) the workload is not as hard (in other words, conquerable) as I thought it would be or could be.
3) that I found activities I enjoy (ie Improv).
4) that nothing terribly has cataclysmically befallen me due to the excess influx of the number four in my life.
5) that I have made a great group of friends in college.
6) that I have successfully kept my best friends from out of college.
7) that I haven't been deathly ill in the time that I have been at college (*knock on wood*).
8) that I made it home safe on Tuesday night.
9) that I came home on Tuesday night.
10) that I saw so many of my old teachers during my brief jaunt over to my old high school on Wednesday afternoon.
11) that Mr. Hatfield reminds me of Severus Snape and it makes me laugh.
12) that I got free doughnuts from Mrs. Fuller on the way out.
13) that all my teachers seemed happy to see me.
14) that the people I met on the way seemed happy to see me and actually recognized me.
15) that Tory left me a nice picture by my bed (even though she hasn't finished her Setting Sun one, yet, lol . . . ).
16) that I could sleep in my own bed.
17) that I could sleep in my own room.
18) that it snowed.
19) that I could use my car.
20) that my parents are so nice to me now that I'm home.
21) that my mom called me pretty the other day, even though I had just woken up and was tousle-haired, pajama-clad, and glasses-beridden (even though she just then proceeded to call me fat just now, even though I think I look quite nice . . . ).
22) that everyone is alive and well and home in my family.
23) that I am seeing Alice and her family and Robert this afternoon.
24) that I saw Liz last night.
25) that she came even though I hadn't been able to call to reach her to tell her to come.
25) that Nichole has a boyfriend and seems to be doing well.
26) that Kristina still keeps in touch with me so I know what she and Nichole are doing, lol . . .
27) that Tiffany keeps in touch with me and hasn't turned into an absolute depression-ridden sadness-melancholy thing (even though she's coming close-- but she hasn't gotten there yet).
28) that I talked to Jamie last night.
29) that I am probably seeing Jessica and Jamie tomorrow.
30) that I am probably seeing Kristina and Nichole on Saturday.
31) that I had a ride and still have a ride for coming here and going back to St. Louis for the Thanksgiving weekend.
32) that I am home on the 20th for Christmas-- and not the 22nd!
33) that I have not gained 15 pounds since I have been at college; I have gained about the minimum five, if even at that much . . .
34) that I have dark hair. I like dark hair.
35) that Lisa, Henry, and Keith (and Patricia, you were awesome, too ^_^) were willing and able to fulfill my pathetic fantasy of dressing up as the four Death Eaters for the midnight showing of the fourth Harry Potter movie ^_^
36) that Josie drove us to the midnight showing.
37) that we actually got tickets to go there.
38) that it didn't suck as bad as I thought it would ^_^
39) that I am talking to Jessica online more now than I ever did when we were back home in high school.
40) that I am more social than I used to be.
41) that sex and alcohol doesn't scare me as much as it used to (what one fears one cannot control nor conquer).
42) that I am surviving Japanese with a decently passing grade even though I hate it.
43) that I am not studying Heurmenuetrics with Prof. Mertha in Crossing Borders right now (lol, Patricia . . . ).
44) that I am not mopping the floor like my mom right now (yeah, that's a selfish and mean one, but I am thankful, lol . . . ).
45) that there is good food.
46) that there is Minestrone soup.
47) that Dad didn't make as much fun of the VH1 show Tory and I were watching this morning on the holidays as he usually does.
48) that Neil gave me a watch he found on the playground and went all through the trouble to turn in-- and get back, when nobody claimed it.
49) that there is lots of good food in this house besides Thanksgiving food.
50) that I may actually be able to win NaNo, even if that merely requires copy and pasting this list into it over and over again :-P
51) my house smells just the way my house always used to.
52) my room looks and feels just the way it always used to.
53) I have popcorn cakes again.
54) the Founding Fathers were products of the Enlightenment and not zealous theocrats with a wish for a Puritanical society of Manifest Destiny.
55) people are so adorable.
56) all evidence points to at least a good half of human side, in my experience.
57) I can be obsessed with Harry Potter and no one has killed me.
58) I am comfortable with who I am, for the most part.
59) that is America is getting better and is not as prejudiced as it was near its founding-- at the original Turkey Day (pretending to be all liking buddy-buddy or not . . . )-- or even fifty years ago, for that matter . . .
60) that ice floats and therefore all the primeval fish of the primordial soup at the beginning of the period of the evolution into ourselves did not die and prevent our happening to be here.
61) that I lived through my appendix surgery.
62) that I lived through my tonsil surgery.
63) that I lived through birth.
64) that everyone I know and talked to and conferred with have gotten home safely.
65) that I have been able to contact just about everyone I know.
66) that love seems relatively stronger than hate.
67) that I can allegoricize everything I encounter.
68) that I walk a lot and am therefore rather healthier than I was.
69) that I am good at giving advice.
70) that I like giving advice.
71) that I can make people feel better by providing them with perspective.
72) that I have perspective.
73) that I believe in God, whether He's there or not, and it seems to have taken a very positive effect on my life, for psychological convincing of myself or actuality.
74) that I am open to understanding.
75) that there's so much to understand.
Yeah, that's a lot, but it's not even it. Wasn't that fun? I had fun with that . . . lol . . .
