Honestly, now.

I completely forgot the holiday until Qing reminded me.  (For some reason, my mind is behind a day.  I thought it was Wednesday for about four hours this morning.)  This holiday will be uneventful.   I’m at work right now.  I’ll go home.  I’ll walk the dog.  I’ll go to sleep.  No turkey for me today.  (I’m celebrating the holiday on Saturday with a bunch of foreigners, but today I’m a good little DYB employee.)

However, that doesn’t mean I’m not thankful.  I’m lucky.  It took me years to figure it out, but I am.  Extremely fortunate.  If you have ANY savings and no debt, then you are in the top ten percent of the world’s weathliest people.  Kinda puts things in perspective when I’m feeling rather broke.  I do, after all, have enough money to buy food.  But this isn’t what I really wanted to talk about.

Earlier this week, I was in the shower when my doorbell rang.  And rang.  And rang.  And rang.  Now, for those who haven’t heard my doorbell, well, the word “jarring” comes to mind.  I thought it was my friend Mary, so  I hopped out of the shower, threw on a towel, and answered the door dripping wet.

It wasn’t Mary.

It was a VERY surprised delivery man.  I scooped up Badugi to prevent his escape and signed for the package (yes, I said it, and you can stop snikering.  You know you are.).  It was from Qing.  Yeah!  First, I was excited because now I have Xmas presents in the corner of my room. (Well, one present.  I opened two of them already.  In my defence, I knew what they were.)  Second, my pair of boots arrived!  And just in time for the first snow.  And third, COFFEE.  Good, rich, take-the-roof-off-your-mouth coffee.  And enough to set me for winter.  Yeah!

So yeah, I’m pretty thankful.  For a lot.  I won’t have my close friends to celebrate with at Christmas, but I do have them now.  And that’s all I can really ask.

I’m glad I have a family that cares enough to wake me up at 3am just to wish me well.  I’m grateful for all of them.  Mom, who makes me great food and offers to have a “She changed her mind” party for me.  Dad, who is always looking out for everyone, except maybe himself (avoid mean cows please!).  Lisa, who manages to stay calm unless I take her hiking.  Rick, who got me to actually like bluegrass.  Joan, who I look to for a model on how to be brave.  I swear she fearless, or maybe she just hides it well.  Okan, who is so much fun to watch when he plays with his kids, those boys are lucky.  Becky, who forgives me for occasionally going nutty and has always (even when we’ve been fighting) been there for me.  Christopher, for his antics and for being surprisingly sweet.  Alexander, for being snuggly.      

I’m thankful for Qing, who I’m convinced in an ax murder because he’s so darn nice.  He put up with me during my last few hours in the states and he still thinks I’m alright. 

And then there are my Korea friends:

Mary: Who is a sister.  A short, Asian sister. 

Chris: Who is leaving and I will miss horribly. I admire his conviction.

Carina: She loves to cook as much as I do.  I envy her motivation, for I have none.

Rachel: The veggitarian of the group.  I enjoy our morning walks alot.

And the friends back home that, despite my horrid correspondence skills, still like me.  I miss you guys. 

Shoot.  I have to cut this short.  Class is about to start.  Anyways, I hope everyone has a great day!