**Musical Suggestion: Kyle Park. http://www.kyleparkmusic.com/**
In the grand scheme of life 37 days is but a flash of light in an otherwise colorful lifetime. Maybe just maybe you felt a little off the last 37 days, maybe you felt like something just wasn't right in your lives. Maybe you felt this way because you were wondering when I was going to post again, well 37 days after the "kidney" post here you go...
For anyone who actually reads this I apologize for my absence. Something new I am going to start as well is a musical suggestion line to start all my posts'. I enjoy so many different artists' that I feel you should have the opportunity to check out, so check out this posts' artist. My trimester at UD just finished last week and I'm finally getting the chance to write again. I would like to talk about Thanksgiving tonight, but first here are some things that have happened in the last 37 days.
The family came to Big D last weekend...great to see them.
School finished...3.5 semester gpa
My eye started and stopped twitching...apparently stress from school.
The Lobos are 3-0...J.R. Giddens is awesome!
The Mavs are on a 7 game win streak
I went to the Cowboys win over the Colts...I think I love Tony Romo.
Today is Thanksgiving, so I feel compelled to tell you what I am thankful for. Today was my second holiday alone (Easter was the first) but this is really the first major holiday that I've missed that is normally spent with family. Sure I would have loved to spend the day with the family but they were here last weekend and it was great to see them. So I just had a great day all to myself; I woke up late, I watched football all day (GO COWBOYS!), I went to Boston Market and got me a turkey dinner that was delicious, I took a great nap, and played poker online...the perfect day.
So my day was great but what am I thankful for this Thanksgiving? (I know this is probably the most cliche post I could have made today but bare with me) I've had the day to consider what in my life I am thankful for and there are the usual suspects that I am thankful for every year but some new entries have made the list as well.
Always thankful for:
My incredible family. The support they give me while I'm out here trying something new with my education and my life is amazing. I know I wouldn't be able to do what I am doing without all three of them and for that I am thankful.
My health. Even though I spent a night in the emergency room and have been stuck with a sore throat for the past month, I'm generally pretty healthy. I've never broken a bone or needed any serious medical procedure performed on me so for that I am thankful.
New entries to the thankful for list:
My Dallas friends. Maybe it was the 2 months without any socialization when I first moved out here that made me appreciate good friendships, but I believe it is more the people whom I've been lucky enough to associate with. Knowing that I would be without family this weekend I received several invitations to attend their Thanksgiving. It means a lot to me that these people would welcome me into their homes and open up their families to me on this day. I have thanked all of them repeatedly but I do not believe they understand the value those invitations had to me. Now I didn't take any of them up on their invitations because I really did just want to do nothing today (and it was everything I could have ever hoped it would be) but the fact that they would welcome me if need be was enough for me, and I for that I am thankful. Thank you again; Ben, Dave, Arielle, and Alyssa.
My smarts. As most of you know I was never extremely studious and don't claim to be able to out 'Trivial Pursuit' anyone but everyday I encounter people who have no concept of how to function in our society. I will never be book smart, because I just don't care enough about school, I feel most of it is just task management anyway. But I do feel as if I am lucky enough to know how to be a productive member of our society. I can succeed in any situation, whether I am forced to lead, follow, be part of a group, or even when there are no guidelines set and everyone is just thrown into the fire. From what I see around me everyday I know that I will be very successful in life and this quality I have is attributed to several factors; my parents, my sports involvement, and SAE. Without them I would not be the person I am or the success I am about to be, and for that I am thankful.
