Sure, sure I'm grateful as well for my family, my health, my friends. But I'm pretty much thankful for those things all year long. This last week however, any warm fuzzy feelings that may have resided in my heart have shriveled up and died. Well, maybe they haven't died. Maybe they've just gone into a coma, induced by all the exasperation I've been experiencing in my last week of driving and shopping. (Don't drive and shop in the days before Thanksgiving. It's bad for your warm fuzzies.)
So, if you all want a gratitude list from me, this is the best I can do at the moment:
1) I'm thankful that I don't have to go to the grocery store again until after Thanksgiving (knock on wood). My ESCR (Extreme Shopping Cart Rage- read all about it here) was in full force. At least there was no ferret sightings this year.
2) I'm thankful that Christmas time is actually here now, so that I don't have to get cranky about the fact that it's been shoved down my throat for the entire month of November. Even my children have bought into the belief that Christmas season should start the day after Halloween. They've been pestering me to start decorating the house, and while I refused to budge from my stance that November is still fall and deserves a fall-like ambiance, the girls took it upon themselves to decorate a few household items.
Behold, our festive paper towel holder and tinsel-tinged lamp shade.
Fa la-dee-da.
3) I'm glad I'm not rich, because if I were, I may have to drive like the entitled d-bags that I've seen on the road these past few weeks. I believe my train of thought would go something like this: "Bahaha. Look at my beautiful sports car! It does not deserve to be parked with such lowly common cars as these! Alas, this grocery store has no valet. Let me park across three parking spaces in this already crowded parking lot, just to ensure that my car is safe from the riffraff that gathers here. I'm sure the peons will understand- they seem to survive when I cut them off in traffic and hold up lanes of traffic while I decide where I'm going.... snicker snicker.)
Am I getting a bit mean? Just let me finish up with one more thing to be grateful for.
4) I am grateful that so many people are becoming more aware of corporate greed and capitalism on holidays. It's wonderful that they are worried about the employees who are losing out on spending Thanksgiving with their families. I am grateful that I've been saying this ever since my waitressing days, when I had to work 4 Thanksgivings in a row and one Christmas morning. It's not just the retail employees that miss holidays with their families. Maybe Americans can start thinking of employees in the food industry as well?
So now that I've worked myself up into full grinch mode, let me try to end on a positive note. There is one thing that I'd like to express gratitude for, and that's you guys- the ones who read this blog and leave me encouraging comments. Thank you for letting me know if I've made you laugh, or if I've made you think, or if you can relate to what I'm saying. I can not tell you how grateful I am for that. This is just a little tiny blog, and it's always going to be a little tiny blog, and I like it that way- as long as you guys are here, too. So thanks for coming here.
One more thing, since my warm fuzzies are waking up. Here's one of my all-time favorite pictures of the kiddos from a few Thanksgivings ago.
Just look at those faces laughing with each other. They make my heart so happy.
I hope your Thanksgiving table is surrounded by all of your favorite faces. Happy Thanksgiving, friends.
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