Well' It's that time of year again where we are forced (forced, is that the right word?) to give thanks for all of the wonderful things in our lives. As much as my memory will allow I will try to give an account, month by month, of things I should be thankful for (I will try to keep the sarcasm to a dull roar.)
January -- Thanks for, once again, bringing my family into the new year safe and in good health and having lived a great year which we will call 2008.
February -- Thanks for whoever created this month and giving me the opportunity to look up its spelling every year. Thanks also for giving me the chance to forget Valentines day again. Thanks to Albertsons for always having the flowers and cards available when I do forget.
March -- Thanks to my company for not giving me a raise this year. It would only make me spoiled and cause me to go out and buy things I really didn't need. Oh yes, and thanks for letting me keep my job so I could appreciate not getting the raise (no really.)
April -- Thank you China for the wonderful trip and allowing me to learn Chinese rather than you accomodating mine. One of my fondest memories will always be walking into McDonalds in Beijing and saying "Qing gei wo yi-ge Hanbaobao" (please give me one hamburger). Thanks for understanding my bad Chinese accent.
May -- Thank you so much for giving me swine flu symptoms so that I could enjoy the fear along with the rest of the nation; but I am especially thankful that it was only just the flu.
June -- Thanks for giving me all of the wonderful memories but not "the memory" to remind me of what there was to be thankful about in June. I'm sure there was something though, and I will probably think of it long after this is published but ... Thanks anyway.
July -- I thank the city of New York for being so awesome even though it chose to rain on us a couple of times. I enjoyed walking down the streets of Brooklyn where my mother grew up as a child and taking the "A train" up to Harlem to see the old Apollo theatre (actually I took the C train to Harlem but I would have taken the A Train if I had thought about it.)
August -- I thank my body for constantly reminding me of the things I can't do with my health and for "telling on me" to my Doctor so she could make a list. I would also like to thank my cholesterol for cooperating at least a little and for it's support in the future.
September -- I thank the city of Seattle for giving us the one hot day that I hadn't anticipated (or I would have brought a hat). We understand that you must rain, it's in your nature. In a private family matter I am thankful for the relatively good news and thankful in advance for a good outcome in the future (this is to those who know what I am talking about.)
October -- I thank the month of October for always letting me know how old I'm getting and how lucky I am to be able to say that.
November -- Besides Thanksgiving, the Month of November brought us loads of stuff to be thankful for and by all rights I should start a separate list just for this month (but I won't). Thanks for all of the sunny days you could manage while we were in Italy even though we were sick by the time we got to Vienna. We were back on our feet though by the time we hit Munich though so all is forgiven. Thanks for getting us back home safely inspite of some misunderstandings about our flight schedule and Lufthansa's generous offer to help us out for a mere 8,000 euro (Yes, 8000 euro, around 12,000 dollars). We declined their kind offer but were fortunate, and thankful as well, that they could work it out after all for only around 500 dollars. Live and learn, right?
December -- I thank you in advance for all of the wonderful Christmas gifts from my friends and family ... oops ... I mean, thanks for all of my wonderful friends and family who I consider to be the best gifts anyone could ever have. Thanks and have a wonderful thanksgiving.
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