popcorn, toast, jelly beans, & pretzel sticks [10 reasons why i'm thankful]
in my beloved list form:
1. 42 days till @richardmartinez & i start our road trip. it will be epic. there will be slurpees. there will be copious amounts of music that will burn richard’s ears right off his head. it will be amazing. memphis, new orleans, austin, albuquerque, & flagstaff [lame] HERE. WE. FUCKING. COME!
2. this is the 1st thanksgiving that i’ve been home in 5 years. & because my family is so amazing, we said fuck the traditional stuffy sit down dinner. we are going to see a 3D movie & out to dinner. i plan to stuff my face full of red vines, movie theatre popcorn, bread, salad, & some sort of italian decliciousness
[italian pasta, not man... although, if i could find an italian man, i'd take him & let him feed me pasta. naked.]
& yes, i will probably have dairy in it. vegan army, come strike me down now! plus, i will definitely consume jelly beans & those are SOO not vegan. it’s my thanksgiving tradition simply because charlie brown has jelly beans @ his thanksgiving.
3. two words: barack. obama.
4. my self-imposed year-long exile. i’ve had a whole year to think & reflect. although people may not notice, i’m coming outta this exile an entirely different person inside, and that’s all that really matters to me.
5. after struggling with my body image & self esteem for [probably 10 years, with the worst of it occurring in the past three years] i can finally say to myself a size 5/6, & sometimes 7, doesn’t mean you are fat. i may not be as small as i was a few years ago, but i’m a helluva lot healthier & my body feels a lot better than it did when i was in that dark place.
6. my family. it took me a long time to realize that no matter what you think about people you are not related to, – friends. no matter how close you think you are with them, they can turn their back on you. my family, no matter how insanely angry & crazy they make me sometimes, they are my rocks & i wouldn’t be where i am out without. the good, the bad, the insane, the whole she-bang.
7. my 2 children. bagheera & dublin. my 2 fur babies came into my life during a very trying period. they were the only ones, physically, there when all the dust settled & i found myself in an apartment, all alone – in anaheim, with no friends, & my family 3,000 miles away. they are loveable, annoying (at times) ridiculously adorable, & they they melt my little grinch heart over & over again.
8. my home. california. being a child of an active-duty army officer, i spent my entire life “in limbo,” or that’s how i felt. i constantly found myself waiting for the next “assignment” to feel like where i belonged. nothing ever felt like home – even after living in europe & having amazing experiences, it just didn’t feel right. although they say “home is where the army sends you.” that has always been bullshit in my book. i never felt like i fit-in with the other children of military members. i didn’t drink the kool-aid & buy into the idea that the united states military was superior to everyTHING else in the world. when i moved to california in august 2004, it just clicked. that was home for me. there has been a lot of crap along the way, but now i know, for sure, home is where the heart is & my heart is, & always has been – since i was 14, in california.
9. Â sexy celebrity figures. if not for them, who would i have to pine after? & pinning makes my life interesting.
10. george w. bush went back to his hell-hole in texas. this ALMOST makes me believe there is a god. almost.
*this is my all-time favorite 5 minutes of animation* last year, i made a co-worker sit & watch the whole episode with me* *this year, i have already watched it 3x*
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