Thanksgiving 2008

So I started the day of Thanksgiving, not very thankful at all, but somehow, being that the name of the day is Thanksgiving, I kept finding things to be thankful for.
The day started rather loudly, as it always does- "Somebody woke me up, Ryan's picking on me, Mom Aaron farted on me..." - I'm not kidding, that's how days normally start at my house. Four boys in a cracker box obviously does not equal quiet. You've got to understand though, I'm and introvert, too much noise and people and I kind of loose it. So at nine o'clock, having only been awake for about an hour, I escaped. I took Shadow for a walk. I complained my way around the neighborhood as Shadow attempted to rip my arm off- not on purpose mind you, he just really likes to chase squirrels and he's part lab, so he's big and strong. Then I took Sasha (the other dog, she's much smaller and doesn't like squirrels quite so much) and as I walked around the block again I noticed that all of my neighbors that have dogs have small dogs. Dogs that yip and nip at your heels and sit on you furniture and have lots of hair, hair that gets stuck in your couch and carpet. It got me to thinking- my dog, Shadow, he may be big and he's definatley not a lap dog, but how many of those neighbors, with small dogs, can sit on their dogs?! I know that sounds silly, but when you have a big dog you can hug them, hang on them and sometimes sit on them and they generally tend to not mind, but with a little dog, sure, they can sit on your lap, but you can't sit on theirs. It's seems really stupid now but it made lots of sense to me at the time.
Anyway, by the time I got back to the house my disposition was a bit more cheery. That was only the begining of a day with quite a few ups and downs, I would realize something that I should be thankful for and then someone would upset me and the circle continues. But you know what, I have to be thankful for those downs too. If their were no downs, there would be no significance in the ups. If I had been able to play the piano while my brother was sleeping I'd not have gone on a walk by myself and not only gotten excercise ( which is rare for me these days ) but I'd not have tried to find something to be thankful for and the rest of the day probably would have been rather boring.
And now, I must first say that I am very thankful for the cold, for if there was no cold there would be no cozy, because my my fingers are so cold they are not working correctly anymore, I must go. :)
Oh, the picture above, it looks quite a bit like where I used to live and I thought I'd put that up to remind me to be thankful that I don't live there anymore, for if I did, I'd not be who I am now, and I don't think I like the person that I would be.
Forever Thankful,
Samia