Thanks

I was annoyed at Thanksgiving this year, so I had to get a little distance before I could write up the obligatory post. Here is what I am thankful for, a week before Christmas:

1. You. I write about all my head drama and you come here and read it and sometimes even comment and I appreciate it so much. I get shy sometimes trying to comment back. I know I'm weird.

2. My partner. For his friendship, his love, his help and his very presence.

3. Family, of course. I have a large, local extended family and they are all such interesting people, and so kind. I love them all so much.

4. Knowledge. Some days, input is the only way I stay sane.

5. Drugs. For the one that lessen my pain, the ones that "prevent" my pain, and the ones that keep my bowels moving when the pills have slammed them shut.


On the flip:

I am not thankful for people who wear gallons of perfume, then act like I'm being a jerk because I avoid them.

I am not thankful for others' expectations of me and what I "should" be capable of.

And, I am not thankful for the rapid approach of christmas. I have a feeling I'll be writing another rant about how things went crazy with my head and no one understood. I'm tired of that rant.