Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

This is technically my last "normal" Thanksgiving with the family. Next year, I'll probably be in training somewhere for the army. The years after that I might be married (haha, that's not normal... :) Anyways, I've thought about this for a couple weeks now and decided to try and enjoy 'the last.' Well, this morning I woke up incredibly sick....ugh....not exactly how I saw my Thanksgiving starting. My family ended up having dinner without me and I stayed in bed until a little after 2. I ate Thanksgiving dinner by myself, dressed in my PJ's. But, I felt a lot better in the afternoon, made a key lime pie that was AWESOME, and joined the family for leftovers at supper time. The day ended a lot better than it began...not all was lost. O, and on a good note, surprisingly there were NO fights during Thanksgiving...this this may just be a first...or second.

Well, today was also a "first" in another way. Thanksgiving usually means little more than "that day where we eat a ton and watch movies and football." I don't think I've ever taken the time on Thanksgiving to be thankful and think about how blessed I am. Part of me would really like to email or write those people that I am really thankful for or who have really blessed me lately...but I think it would end up being pretty cheezy. I don't want to look dumb so I probably won't do it. But wow, I have some great friends, teachers, mentors, etc who are really supportive and non-judgemental. Ones that are willing to confront me when I need it and show me love when I least deserve it. I am blessed by the fact that all of my immediate family members are alive today. I guess it makes me think about last year when we weren't sure that was a possibility. I am blessed to have an amazing boyfriend who puts up with me :) I don't think I show him enough that I love him and am greatful for our relationship. I'm glad I get to ride this wild rollercoast -life- with him at my side. Life has also changed so much in the past year, sometimes I hardly recognize myself (which i guess is kinda a good thing). This is definately not how I spent my last Thanksgiving break - enough said on that I think. Anyways, I am really blessed and I think I need to do a better job of letting people know that I appreciate them.

Ok, guess that's all for now. I'm not sure the fam is really ok with me being on the computer on a holiday (the WHOLE day is family time - hands off for everyone else....haha...o well)....

Love you guys,
Jenn