I’m Grateful I’m Not A Turkey

Here’s my gratitude list for 2009.

I’m grateful:

• that my nose is not any bigger than it is.
• that I’ve never lived in Minnesota.
• that I don’t have a dog.
• that I’ve been to Texas and got out safely.
• that I saw that cop on Gladstone Avenue before he saw me.
• that I live with three beautiful females.
• that I don’t live with four females…
• that my pet fish doesn’t make noise.
• for my really dry and often misunderstood sense of humor.
• for needing reading glasses a lot because it means I can see.
• that I saw Sister Vincent Marie sniffing markers before anyone knew it was bad for you.
• that I had cute nuns like Sister Vincent Marie.
• for not having to worry about my Mercedes Benz because I don’t own one.
• for having the opportunity to lease a Porsche for six months
• for losing the opportunity…
• for still having a full head of hair even though my mother in law says it’s twice as gray since I got married.
• that I got married.
• that even though I’m freezing my butt off out here at 1am in my home office, that I have a warm house to go to just a few steps away.
• that I don’t have to stand on a median selling oranges.
• that I would if I needed to.
• that my father has a garden.
• that my mother always has food for us when we go to her house.
• that I can play “Ave Maria” on my bamboo flute.
• that I discovered Chris Whitley
• that I can play a mean version of “Psycho Killer” on guitar. (you might even get scared)
• that I like beer. (Benjamin Franklin said beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy
• that I got to spend lots of time in Coronado dorm
• that I got to ride my bike over Gates Pass.
• for ice cream
• for ice cream ( I really like ice cream)
• that I have little kids
• that I developed a terrible case of iritis more than once because it made me value my eyes so much more.
• that I come from humble people (I know it may not seem like it..)
• that my mouth isn’t any bigger than it is.
• for my books, even the ones I haven’t read.
• that there are people that actually care what I have to say.
• for you.

Happy Thanksgiving!