It's the last Thursday in November, and FDR decided it would be this day that we would all sit and have a good think on what we're thankful for. First, obligatory comment that we really need to divorce this holiday from anything to do with native peoples and their relations with European settlers because we have done them a huge disservice in our depictions of it. I'm all in favor of a day designated to giving thanks/being with loved ones/eating like a trucker, but if we could leave the pilgrims and Indians out of it, I think it would be for the better.
Anyways. onto: a Brief List of Things for Which I am Thankful.
1. My family (an obvious first choice). Not just my dad, but my aunt Nora as well, and my Uncle Michael and Aunt Laurie, and all my father's brothers and sisters, my cousins, and the extended family (Aunt Sharon and Uncle Charlie especially).
2. My friends. My roommates, Bryan and Alex. My sweet Lydia. Everyone who has ever or will ever play HvZ.
3. My boyfriend/best friend/beard, John.
4. Both of my jobs. I may complain about my landscaping gig, but it pays the bills, and at the end of the day, my boss is a fair man who is genuinely interested in my professional growth. As for Starbucks, it can be a headache, but I've never really enjoyed a group of people I work with so thoroughly that I look forward to working an 8 hour shift on a holiday.
5.Whatever force in the universe kept yesterday's snowwy mishap from being a real accident. I slid off the road doing 30 mph and managed to not only avoid smashing into the car that was already stuck in the ditch, but I hit a random pile of concrete that kept me from going all the way into the ditch. And I was right near KNC, so Mel came and got me out.
6. Mel and Anissa. For getting me out.
7. Hot beverages of all kinds.
8. Turkey.
9. Cats. I am always thankful for cats. Also seals.c
10. Harry Potter.
11. Every piece of art produced between 500 and 1500 C.E.
12. Brevity.
Now, time for Minecraft!
