Thankful Thursday let's do it up!!
Cars- There is a difference between being too young to drive and being able to drive and not having a car. Those of you who know me personally know that I am always going somewhere. I can hardly stay home for a whole day and when I go somewhere "real quick" it's never real quick. Well, when you don't have a car you realize how lucky you are to have your car. This comes to mind every time I pay a taxi fare. I am grateful for my beautiful car every time I am hungry and I think how delightful it would be to get in my car and go to Wendy's or when I really just want to go for a drive. I'd be grateful for my car even if it wasn't beautiful.
Kindness - On Tuesday my professor was kind enough to show me around Liverpool and the surrounding areas. By surrounding areas I mean he took me to Wales! I was in two different countries in the matter of hours! He knew about an American diner and that is where I found cheese fries! For real, cheese fries in Wales! It was great! It was so cool to see other places in the UK. He said that if my mom comes to visit again he will take us to Wales. Completely thankful that kind people like him exist in the world.
Literature - There isn't enough I can say to express how grateful I am for literature. I dig new fiction, like Jodi Picoult, but I also like the classics. I am going to be the corniest person right now but I don't care... Books take you to a different world. You can get so involved in a book that you escape your reality just for a bit. I don't know anyone who could ever argue that books aren't a great thing.
Community - My second hometown is extraordinary. On Wednesday Liverpool put on a fantastic show to celebrate the Christmas season! There had to be at least 1,000 people in city centre to see the lights turn on and there was nothing chaotic about it. There were no fights. There wasn't a plethora of cops on stand by. However, there was a sing-a-long to "Santa Claus is Coming to Town!" It was nice to be reminded of how Scranton used to be and it made me smile to know that the Scranton is on its way back to that, or at least trying to get back to that.
Dan - is one of the two boys next door. I think it's safe to say that my whole flat is grateful for Dan. He does our dishes and takes out our garbage, which is awesome. But he really goes out of his way to make us feel good and expects nothing in return (he did get a pretty awesome Mexican birthday dinner though). He went through some nonsense a few years ago and he didn't let other people bring him down or turn into a jerk because of it. He's hysterical. He's incredibly kind to all of us and often leaves us love notes in our kitchen to read when we wake up. What makes me particularly grateful for Dan (besides the fact that he made my dinner tonight ) is that he has a knack of always watching out for all of us. We are all in a strange place (not one of us are from Liverpool) and it's nice to know that someone always has our backs. Oh, he also comes around with his ukulele to sing to us daily. We all know I am grateful for that to say the least!
What are you grateful for on this fine November day?
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