I realize writing a post on Thanksgiving morning is a) lame and b) not the best blogging decision as no one will actually read it, but I still want to take a second to wish you all a happy HAPPY Thanksgiving.
Turkey Day is my favorite day because it’s entirely about food and spending time with people you love. My family Thanksgivings are always epic. We have a minimum of 17 people each year and always have one or two guests we pull off the streets. For example, one year my mom, who’s big into Middle Eastern culture, invited some Jordanian friends who had never celebrated Thanksgiving before. One year she invited her Puerto Rican hairdresser. Every year an English family my parents are close with show up and now they’re part of our family tradition. This year my Kiwi boyfriend and best friend from college will be here, along with my great-aunt and her son (who I haven’t seen since I was thirteen). Now, in addition to my family of six, it’s usually madness. But in a beautifully awesome way.
Last night we made four pies and around five dozen maple cookies. This is in addition to my aunt’s famous chocolate cake, some homemade whipped cream and whatever treats our guests bring. Like I said, beautifully awesome.
As is tradition in many Thanksgiving households, we usually go around the table and say what we’re thankful for. The past few years we’ve been slack in doing this, so I’m going to use my little blog pedestal to remind myself all the great things that have happened this year. Things that couldn’t be more Thanksgiving appropriate:
I’m thankful for my family. They drive me completely insane and we’re too loud for our own good, but I adore them to bits and will miss them desperately when I move across the world next week.
I’m thankful for the ability to move across the world. Next Thursday will be the fourth time I’ve moved and the third country I’ve lived in this year alone. I’m incredibly lucky to be able to travel and experience so many things.
I’m thankful for my dog. She has a stuffed toy frog that she puts in her mouth and just runs in circles around the house, hoping one of us will chase her. We rarely do and it’s one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.
I’m thankful for my Kiwi. It was a massive decision to move across the world for him, but in the last six months we’ve lived together we’ve experienced some pretty fabulous stuff. I couldn’t be luckier.
I’m thankful for my job. I can’t even imagine working a 9 to 5, in some office, doing what a boss tells me to do. I can make my own hours, choose my own clients and experiment with some pretty awesome projects. I am thankful every day for the ability to work for myself.
I’m thankful for my blog. The opportunities this site has presented have been so unexpected and serendipitous and beyond fun. I’m even more thankful for my readers, the relationships I’ve developed and the conversations that go on here.
Enough sap. Like I said, there will probably be two people total who will read this post today, but you should contribute anyway. Celebrate the holiday! What are you thankful for?
