Give Thanks
Well, Thanksgiving is over. The turkey was not stuffed, but I was. The holiday is over... done... fini and even though I was fortunate to have five days off in a row, that string of leisure time is over... tomorrow, it's back to work.
Everyone is thankful for their family (the family members who are not crazy and unmedicated). Everybody is thankful for their friends (again, the ones who have a semi-consistent grip on sanity and/or they've found the right combination of drugs). Everyone is thankful for their health, their home, the life they've carved out.
I thought I would try to think of some of the things that I'm thankful for--the type of things that don't usually get mentioned...
* Ginger beer only comes in regular-sized bottles.
This ginger-flavored soda (similar to root beer, but quite distinctively different) comes in a 12.7 oz. bottles. If they came in 2-liter versions, I'd be swigging on it all day long. (And if it DOES come in jumbo-sized bottles, please do NOT tell me.)
Sometimes, size does matter...
* Erica Jong has a brand-new book out.
Her Fear of Flying came out many decades ago. I've only read 50 or so pages of Fear of Dying, so it's too early to proclaim my love or indifference. However, so far I'm enjoying it.
* I haven't managed to screw up my flash drive yet.
This looks just like the one that has my WIP on it (just shy of 80,000 words so far) except the cap of mine has a part of it broken off. There have been some moments of panic. Like the time I thought it had gone through the washing machine. The time that I thought it was lost--really lost. The other (several) times I thought it was lost. I'm very careful to make sure it's safe to eject before I yank it out (I learned that the hard way a long time ago) and I know I'm a dinosaur for even using a flash drive these days. (Yeah, I know I should put it on the horizon or the cloud or the atmosphere or whatever it's called. But hey! You! Get offa my cloud.) But that's what I am--a lumbering, almost-extinct creature with arms that are often too short and ineffectual.
Probably soon (after another near-catastrophe) I'll make it into a google doc so it's always safe... no matter what kind of crazy mess I create. But not today.
That's all I got right now. Three is pathetic--barely even warrants the title "list"--but that's it for now. Which means you can add to the list. Leave a comment. Tell me what you're thankful for--other than the traditional Norman Rockwell answers, that is...
Can you upload your document into Google Drive? I can load word documents onto my google drive so when we are traveling, I can access them.
ReplyDeletePat--I can. At least I think I can. I've done it with shorter documents... I'm just a bit nervous when it comes to a document that 100 pages long. That's my goal this week, to make it into a google doc. (Thanks for the nudge, Pat. I always need one of those. ;)
DeleteI am grateful for Hills Bros. double mocha cappuccino, without which I would curl up in a ball and become unresponsive.
ReplyDeleteShay--What fresh not-heaven is this? First, you got me hooked on another elixir in a bottle--Bolthouse Farms Chai Latte. Now you're pushing a DIFFERENT beverage? Was that you I saw on a street corner, wearing a long coat and talking to sketchy-looking people as bottles exchanged hands?
DeleteANOTHER monkey on my back...
Shay made me think of Chai tea which I seldom drink outside the holiday season. Good thing, too, because it has about a zillion calories per sip.
ReplyDeletePat
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Pat-- So THAT is why I'm busting out of my jeans... ;)
DeleteI am thankful for memories and selective memories both! At this age, things in the past shine brighter than they were, time leaves a classy patina!
ReplyDeleteClaudia--I agree. Sometimes not remembering some of the details is a good thing.
DeleteI'm thankful for sweet red wine and HUB coffee which I order online in 2# bags, three at a time. Also potato chips. And chocolate. :) AND...I love my Surface Pro 3.
ReplyDeleteLisa--How about chocolate covered potato chips? (Don't try them if you haven't already. They're quite addictive.)
DeleteI'm so glad to hear you like your new toy. They DO sound like cool gadgets.
I am thankful that another dinosaur still uses a flash drive. I hope your cloud can hold the both of us, because I ain't gettin' off any time soon.
ReplyDeleteVal--There is plenty of room for the two of us. And if anyone else tries to join us, we can just push them off.
DeleteWith our outrageously large tails, of course. Because with the arms...it ain't happenin'!
DeleteOh, Lord. I keep that gratitude list, you know, so I have a whole slew of stuff I can just whip out. But I'll start with Carbonite because paying for backup once a year and never having to worry again is writer heaven. :-)
ReplyDeleteAlso Tylenol, Ibuprofen, Youtube, music, The Voice, the Interwebs, my library, SCBWI, movies, musicals, comedy, jokes and my boots. And flannel shirts. And my other boots. :-)
Cathy--Your boobs? You're thankful for your boobs? Wow! I mean, at MY age, gravity has wreaked havoc, but you must be at a different stage of life than me.
DeleteOh... BOOTS. Never mind.
I'm thankful for "The Voice" too. Who are YOU pulling for?
I have much to be thankful for. In addition to family and friends, books, Earl Gray tea, my dog, and licorice, I'm thankful for sunny days and autumn leaves.
ReplyDeleteDonna--After all the rainy days we had recently, the sun IS quite welcome.
DeleteRed or black? Curious minds want to know.
Don't ever put things in "The Cloud". Everyone has access to all your data. Use a large flash drive or get a 1T backup drive for a little of nothing.
ReplyDeleteMichael--I already have it on a small thumb drive. Is a larger one any better (other than it's unlikely I'd put a large one in the washing machine)?
DeleteGirl, I haven't even caught on to the flash drive thingy! I'm storing my data as a really big cave painting.
ReplyDeleteMZ--I guess even short poems take up a lot of cave wall space when you write one.
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