i am thankful for ...

Happy Turkey Day all!  Since I spend the majority of my time writing what I do not appreciate at all (men not offering their seats on the subway, tailgating in dresses, weddings on holiday weekends ... sorry), let's take a moment to reflect on all the joys in my life that remind me I'm extremely blessed.  

I'm thankful for:

• my brothers.  They are hands down my favorite people on earth.
• my parents ... despite their crazies, they'll always love me unconditionally.
• my family, their health, my puppy, my blankie.
• my grandmother (bless her soul) who with dementia has become the life of the party. Apparently she's moved from asking my mom if I have a boyfriend ... to asking if I'm pregnant.
• my friends. My rocks that have seen me through some tough times, but also the nuts that made the best of times what they were. My life is lived with my friends.
• their emails and text messages like the ones this morning - "In case you were wondering, I was at a strip club last night." or "Happy Thanksgiving! I went out last night, met a boy, have been throwing up all day and definitely lost 5 lbs from it. Take that scale! xoxo."
• those serving our country so I can be home eating Thanksgiving dinner with my family.
• the fact that Beauty and the Beast is on right now and my T-day wine buzz has died down enough for me to thoroughly enjoy it.
• Penn State tailgates that start at 7:30 a.m. with a mimosa and end with Papa John's pizza and a hangover ... at 6 p.m.  
• the ban on Four Loko, which I tried at last weekend's PSU tailgate.  Been there, done that, no reason that should be legal. 
• more happy couples getting married! My friend Matt recently popped the question to his g/f.  He held up his end of the deal by texting me our secret code that would signal it had happened.  I sucked by missing the text while I was napping off the Four Loko (and mid-morning blackout, see above).  
• the gym being up the block and Thanksgiving being a total excuse to skip the workout and eat your daily caloric intake ... in one bite.
• feeling so full you're going to die; leggings.
• it being completely acceptable to start playing holiday music now, even if "All I Want For Christmas" secretly comes onto your iPod's "gym" playlist year round.
• Facebook (see also: Things I'm Not Thankful For)
• Gossip Girl, hip hop classes, Modern Family, Pinkberry, Jon Hamm, bread people.
• Love Actually, Christmas trees, visitors and another year to look forward to ...
• my readers and the internet; for letting me rant, rave and share nonsense, for sending compliments and providing content (intentionally or unknowingly) ... and keeping me going.

I am thankful.  

-HMOH