November 26th, 2012
thankfulness + thankfulness + thankfulness
“The cuckoo she’s a pretty bird / She sings as she flies / She brings us glad tidings / And tells us no lies”
—The Cuckoo
“It’s that time of year / when the world falls in love / Every song you hear seems to say / ‘Merry Christmas, may your new year dreams come true’ // And this song of mine / in three quarter time / wishes you and yours / the same thing, too”
—Frank Sinatra
Oh my what a wonderful year. With the exception of a few things, and of course black, dark Mortality May 2012, so far, so good on this year. Heck yes.
I just got some AMAZING news from a friend about whom I was pretty worried. Not only did she have one piece of good news, she had TWO. YES!!! That made me very very happy, what great stuff!
Some less-good things did happen:
-My Uncle Joe passed away a few weeks ago. It was going to happen but it was still really sad and difficult, especially for his dear wife. And not to be qualifying one life over another, but he was just a really great person that this Earth deserved. Rest in Peace.
-Diana’s grandma passed away last weekend. It was semi-sudden and was of course hard for her and her family. Thinking of them (and her).
BUT yes. I don’t have time to update…sorry…but I did want to record this:
I open the door to my parents’ house and Ian is barging in. “Oh good you’re here,” he says and pushes past me. “Where’s Jeff?”
“Um he’s showering upstairs, he’ll be down soon,” I replied.
*sigh* “OK” Ian says and settles down on the stairs to play with his Touch and wait for Jeff, so he can intercept him IMMEDIATELY. Ha!
There was also a horrible moment where Chloe displayed her complete lack of understanding of history and Todd said sadly “and I was a history major…” HA! Oh poor Todd. Chloe and “Lenin/Lennon’s” tomb…
We also had a dart tournament, my dad and Erik smoked EVERYONE, Jenny and I gave up our spot to Jeff/Ian (“Team Jiff”) since they were whiners and Ian wasn’t fairly positioned in the first round. They still lost.
And anyway, I am extra thankful this year. ESP. for Jeff. THANK. YOU!
It was a nice weekend! And the house is all Christmassy! And now I’ve gotta dash. Happy Christmastime!!!