11:56 a.m. 2008-11-26
Just 50 of the things that I am thankful for today...
Things I am Thankful For:
First and Foremost: My amazing family. Rocky, Jimmy, Alyssa and my mom and dad.... Not to mention my grandparents and my Aunt Is.
1. Fart City
2. Hogwash
3. The Pick Me Up Cafe and the conversations that take place there.
4. Josh Handley for being someone that I can always count on.
5. Lucy Gillespie for being someone that I can always look to for insight and inspiration.
6. Adam and Alisa for being my Chicago Family.
7. My gym closing and then resigning me to the super fancy one across the street.
8. The ability to dance.
9. My job.
10. Amy Dietz- for taking care of me so many times and really being a fabulous friend.
11. My Boss (Chris) for giving me the only present that I got on my birthday and just being so amazingly generous.
12. The time that I spent with Devin Keast.
13. Late night bike rides down Lakeshore Drive.
14. Hugs from Joel Esher.
15. Random text trivia messages from Jeff McGinnis
16. Every hair on my head (not to mention eyelashes and eyebrows).
17. My apartment.
18. Nick McFarland- for changing my life.
19. Pete and Maria- for our sushi excursions and their love and wisdom.
20. The maintenance men in my building for letting me into my apartment time after time and never yelling at me for forgetting my keys.
21. Jerry Legan- for being my first real new friend in Chicago- and for all of the mid-day emails.
22. Dave Maher- for getting me through Level 2 and being so passionate and driven about everything.
23. Cheryl Kandel- for being my best friend and all that that encompasses.
24. Arthur Neuman- for everything.
25. Everyone responsible for "This American Life."
26. Ian Frank- for being a great person to work next to every day and humoring my many questions.
27. Not seriously hurting myself when I fell off of my bike in August.
28. Devin getting his broadcasting job at EMU.
29. Ray getting better after his heart attack.
30. Getting to witness so much amazing improvisation.
31. IO- for being open so late and so often and for teaching me so very much.
32. Loop Lunches.
33. Salad Spinners- for providing me with fabulous salads time and time again.
34. The people at the Corner Bakery who know my order by heart.
35. All of the safe drives home.
36. Everyone who has ever sent me mail "just because."
37. Everyone that I lived with in the Social Barn, Fish Bowl and Blue Taco- for helping to make me who I am.
38. Theta Alpha Phi.
39. The time that I spent working for Victor Powell.
40. My Grandma O'Malley for worrying about me so much- and being an inspirational woman.
41. Yoga- for getting me through some really rough days.
42. Whoever designed/manufactured the wig that I wear every day.
43. All of those boys that have made me smile in the past year.
44. My car- for getting me home safely time and time again.
45. My mom- for listening to me.... for hours every day and really being a friend to me.
46. The American People- for choosing Barack Obama to be our next president.
47. Elizabeth Gilbert- for writing "Eat. Pray. Love."
48. Steve Stabile for taking care of me when I first came to Chicago and for inviting me to spend the holidays with him time and time again.
49. Andrew- for keeping me out too late too often with great converation and lots of diet coke.
50. Feministing.com- for educating me on current issues that affect women. For making me aware.
** For the ability to know that I am not listing so many people, places and things that make my life a little better every single day. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
PS: I credit God/The Universe with all of these things.
