Thankful

I just got home from the grocery store, and let me tell you, I was prepared to think some seriously zen thoughts. 6:00 pm, the day before Thanksgiving? That place was bound to be a zoo. But I was pleasantly surprised to find it humming along smoothly. I didn't even half to wait at the check out. Long story short, I'm thankful for an easy trip to the grocery store.

Here are some other things I'm thankful for this year:

Unexpected days off - In the past couple weeks, I've had days off due to a power outage and ice.There's nothing quite like realizing you don't have to do anything all day.

Sunny summer - This summer was unusually sunny and it was especially welcome after a few summers of rain. I didn't even have to pack my rain jacket sometimes. Whaaaat??

Adventures - Like flight seeing! (Thanks Mom and Dad)

Ice skating - Early this year I went ice skating, and now I have a nice boy in my life who buys me coffee, puts up with my ghost obsession, AND shares my interest in fudge stripe cookies and word puzzles (except word searches.)

I think we also share a leg to jort ratio

Not Black Friday (or Thursday??) shopping

AMERICA. SERIOUSLY.

ITA matrix - The easiest way for me to play "How much does it cost to get to______" is with the ITA matrix. You are search a million airports at once! For example, all airports within 1000 miles of Caracas. Thanks, Google.

Going home for Christmas - Last year I was home the week before Christmas, so I'm super excited to  be home for actual Christmas this year. Bonus, all my immediate family is in the same state now!

Friends, family, etc - Obvi.

I'm thankful for the rest of the family too. He's just the cutest.