Give a Little Thanks

Babes. I'm back. I know you were worried, "Where did she go? Is she okay??" but it's cool. Relax. This girl's been a busy bee. Too busy. But I love everything that I'm doing so there's no way to get un-busy. It's my life. Always been that way. Can't complain though, cause life is...awesome.

Imma jump on the "Things I'm thankful for" train. But instead of posting each day on Facebook, I'm just gonna make one big post here. I feel like anyone that has a blog and doesn't post about what they're thankful for during Thanksgiving time is a dummy. Personal opinion. But I'm right.

The thing about it is, you guys, is I am thankful for so many things. Immediate thanks to this computer, the delicious Christmas candle making my room smell SO good, and the wine I'm drinking that I didn't have to pay for. I mean, when the list starts like that, obviously there's no where to go but up. And those are just the first three things that are closest to me right now that I named. I didn't even get started on these slippers, Snuggles, or the Ben and Jerry's Red Velvet ice cream sitting in my freezer. I could go on. And on and on and on. But I won't. Because all of those things are just...things. And while they make me happy, they are not the source of my happiness. They cannot sustain my constant happiness. But you know who can? People. People can do that. Good people that I surround myself with. And I have a lot of them.

Starting with my family. You guys. My family. I always get a little sadness in my heart when people talk about not getting along with their family because I love my family more than I will ever love anything. They really are the most important people in my life. Always have been. Always will be. I text my mom pretty much every day and tell her pretty much everything. Momma Clax is the best. No. The best. Of all the Mommas. Broseph's on the Facebook and we text fairly often to keep up on each other's lives. He's like my always best friend. I've known him for over 20 years and loved the heck outta him since the day he came home from the hospital and I put a piece of popcorn in his mouth because I wanted to share. And my Pops. Man. I can talk to that man on the phone once a month and be fully revitalized. He is so wonderful. And then bless the world of Facebook for keeping me in touch with extended family members. Not as much as I'd like, but enough so we can still be involved a bit in each other's lives. A dream of mine is to have enough money to fly every family member in for a giant reunion. How amazing would that be?? My family is my life. We don't agree on everything and we haven't always gotten along, but that doesn't matter, because we're family, so we push passed that disagreeing nonsense and we love each other. Hard. Tears me up that I won't be able to spend Thanksgiving with any of them, but at least I get to spend Christmas with a bunch of them.

The only reason I am okay with spending Thanksgiving away from the Fam is because I get to spend it with some Chicago gems. Which brings me into the "Thankful for Friendship" paragraph. Cause I am. Thankful. There was a time in my life when most people in my life did nothing but annoy me. Then I reached a point when I realized I should only be spending time with the people I want to spend time with. Unfortunately, this lead to quite a bit of time avoiding everyone and loneliness. But I think now I've found a balance of avoiding the losers and thriving on people that are wonderful. All of you, around the entire world, you give me so much. Without even knowing. You make me better just by being you. I feel like I should quote that. Put it in some curly font on top of a picture of sunset and Pinterest it.

Have you guys heard of this Pinterest thing? Talk about a way to occupy your time. I'm late to the party but so glad I arrived.

Thinking of specific things I'm thankful for is hard. I finally know what it's like to be an Academy Award winner. There are so many people to thank, I don't know where to begin. And I think they're starting to play the music. Which, fun Erin fact, makes me incredibly uncomfortable. I get anxiety watching award shows because of it. And also a lot of tears. But that's a story for another day.

So. All that being said, I hope you all have the best Thanksgiving this year. That should be your goal. Make every Thanksgiving better than the last. Make every day better than last. (Another Pinterest pin.)

Side note, I can't promise this post follows a logical progression. Remember than wine I thanked at the beginning? I blame that. Also I switched over laundry in between each paragraph. I'm a multi-tasker. But maybe I shouldn't be...

It's time for bed.