Holy crap. I’m in a really bad mood, and I don’t know why, although the default at this point is to blame it on the hormone rollercoaster that is my life right now.
I’ve mostly avoided taking it out on other human beings (okay, just the one, but he’s a grown up, he can handle it, and he called me on it) but I keep going to write fierce little posts that are essentially justifications of my mood and opinions and frustrations.
Not pretty. Or coherent. Or even worthwhile.
SO.
FLIP THE SCRIPT… as it were.
The Top 30 Things I Am Thankful For Right Now
- Catherine, who deserves a million good things for being such a good friend to me
- Having a job that allows me to stretch my writing skills
- Being almost done my Christmas shopping
- Having money to eat and live
- Living in a beautiful city where I can be safe on the streets, for the most part
- That I have a family to have plans with this season
- That I’m not dating anyone right now, because he would NOT be enjoying me at this particular point in my personal evolution
- Five minutes of holding baby Aria this morning
- Christmas music, and music in general
- Text messaging
- Havaianas
- The New Yorker magazine
- Unsent emails
- Coffee
- Loving the people who work around me
- That my bag broke AFTER I got home last night with all my purchases stuffed in it
- For the friends coming out with us on Friday
- That I was raised to love hockey
- That our water is okay to drink now
- For laundry, even when I don’t get to do it
- For people who actually care about my opinions, even if they are inflammatory and ill-conceived at times
- That one day, I will feel better than this
- That no one else seems to be in my mood
- Toast
- My mom’s gentle laugh. And the really loud one, too
- The “delete this post” button
- The Internet — the good parts, at least.
- For my friend Eric, who never calls me insane, even when I am
- That my dad sees me through mildly rose-coloured glasses, but knows it, and sticks with it
- That adoption is possible.
What are you thankful for?
