Sunday, July 19, 2009

Thankful

I try to balance my posts between the sublime and ridiculous, the maudlin and the humorous. With that in mind, I decided to make a list of things that I'm thankful for. I've done enough bitchin' lately. The pity-party is over for awhile. Or tomorrow, since it will be a Monday.

  • I'm thankful that I still have my health despite what I do to my body on a daily basis.
  • I'm thankful that my dad is still healthy enough to play tennis with me most Saturday mornings.
  • I'm thankful that I now have the opportunity to beat his ass soundly like he used to do to me everytime.
  • I'm thankful for air conditioning at home, in the truck, and at work this time of year.
  • I'm thankful that I'll never have to scrape snow and ice off of my truck ever again. The trade-off between living up North or down South is in my favor. As long as the A.C. holds out.
  • I'm thankful to have the restaurant blog community to provide all the drama I ever need, although I miss being in the thick of it during a well-run, busy dinner rush.
  • I'm thankful that I'll never have to apologize to a table of d*ckwads for something that deserved no apology.
  • I'm thankful for relaxed, languid Sundays to read the paper with a strong pot of coffee, a pack of smokes, the British Open on the TV (Go Tom!), and not having to shower if I don't feel like it.
  • I'm thankful for the Sunday edition of www.postsecret.com to give me something to read after the newspaper. Which makes me feel better about my own life. Mostly.

Gotta go now. I've got some serious lounging to do.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello there: I like your "Thankful" list. It's great that you can play tennis with your father (and beat him lol), I still get to enjoy my own father - more by following him around and taking the latest tour of his rebuilding projects and gardening - which is actually kind of exhausting like a game of tennis since the man has far more energy at "almost 75" than I ever had or ever will.

L.

. said...

Hey there is that Mike on WEBY at 3:00 p.m. the Mike from the PNJ editorial page? I heard him on my way back from Pensacola to Alabama for the weekend.

. said...

Hey got your comment on my blog which I hope to get back to posting after I get internet again. Let's plan after this week, next week or anytime afterward. By then I hope to be settled into an apartment with internet since my parent's do not have it and I'm staying with them for a few days until the apartment is ready. Have a great week!!