Thanksgiving

So this week is Thanksgiving.... As I was driving in my car from school to school this morning I thought about all the things I need to do with myself.... buy new clothes, pack for Mexico, clean the house, etc. The clean the house wanders into... finish the living room paint, paint this room and that room, work on organizing the basement, organize my quilt room. Then I think "I don't want to go onto debt to do all the things I want right now." So then I think about where we can save money so that we can finish the paint, buy a new couch etc.

All I did was BITCH about how I am not happy with this or that. Then I checked my e-mail at lunch. The student I swim with weekly is very ill... and he probably can't swim anymore. His mom believes he won't return to school this year, and has only made one full day so far. Here I am complaining about my life all morning in my head and a line in her e-mail said

"I know that the life is not fair, but sometimes it's too hard to accept"

I have been through some majorly tough stuff lately. And I have surgery coming up in a couple weeks and I'm scared, I have thought many times in the past two months "life's not fair." And when I think this I try to think of all the things I have to be thankful for. And I realize I have nothing to complain about... maybe a little...but not much. I don't have Cancer, I don't have a lifetime illness that will only get worse with time, I have a good life that I should cherish.

I turned 30 today and I got to spend the weekend with family on Saturday and friends on Sunday. I may not be as healthy as I was my senior year of high school... but I am alive and have a lot of people to love and a lot to be thankful for.

So in between turkey and football (unless your in Mexico then it's between the enchilada's and Tequila) take time to appreciate all that you have and love. Forget all the drama and live life...because it is too short and you only have one chance to make it a good one!