Today’s thanksgiving so it’s time to give thanks, mentions, and praise for another year. This year I’m thankful the following:

Family and friends

Although the family is all spread out, I’m thankful to have each of you in my life, and thankful that Skype is there to help keep us together. There’s nothing quite like playing peekaboo over the computer with my nephew, Orson or listening to Nathan’s ukulele or guitar strumming or seeing Dad in England every week.

I’m also glad to have so many excellent friends in my life, who’ve really helped through some very rough patches.

Moving forward

It has been a rough few years, but I’m thankful that this year, particularly this fall, I feel like things have finally started to move forward. I’m thankful that I’ve been accepted into the Master’s of MIS program and look forward to meeting new people. I”m thankful for starting this personal training stuff. I feel better than I have in a long time. (At the moment I’m feeling a little beat. The Thanksgiving Power XT aerobics class was pretty tough.) I’m also thankful that I finally went and talked to a therapist a little and read some surprisingly comforting books on grief at her suggestion. They’ve helped a lot, and I feel much better about where I’m at in the process, etc.

Orchestra

I’m thankful for finally finding an orchestra in the community that I can play in for fun. It feels good not to have my viola just starting at me like I’m letting it down anymore. Now we both get to go out and play. I’m thankful also that the orchestra is not overly competitive or anything either. It’s good to be playing in a group for fun. I’ve missed that these past years. I look forward to whatever we’re playing next. Hope it’s good.

My bicycles

I’m thankful that Dad got so into riding his bikes, because it’s helped me want to ride as well. There’s something so much more fun about riding on two wheels in the open air than riding on four in an enclosed car. Plus, it’s good to see the world from a different angle sometime. Although, I’m also thankful that my car seems to be working again and consistently.

Christmas vacation is nearly here

I’m thankful that today is Thanksgiving, since it means that soon it’ll be Christmas, and I’ll be getting to see most of my family (maybe all, if Matt will come out). I can’t wait to see everybody.

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody.

Tags: cycling, family, godson, training