Fall down, pick yourself up

i've only missed two days of my gratitude journal, all the other ones i've kept on paper in my real journal.

these past few days have been a little tough. it's hard to move in the middle of a semester. it's hard to have people move away. it's hard to have money be the biggest issue on the planet. i probably have just as many downers as i do good things, so the point of this journal is needed. so in honor of a tough weekend, i'll be doing a gratitude journal from thanksgiving until right now.


1. I made something yummy for Thanksgiving dinner all by myself. Everyone liked it AND I get to mark it off my list!
-----35. Cook a main dish for Thanksgiving and/or Christmas. I made some oven roasted potatoes for Thanksgiving dinner. I got the recipe from Garrett, who is a better cook than I am.
2. Austin was there for his first Thanksgiving!!! I was the only one able to put him to sleep for the nap he needed to take for us to be able to eat haha!
3. We all brought home a bunch of leftovers to munch on. Poor college kids will eat for a week thanks to Mama Hall and Mrs. Jones.
4. More people showed up to help us move than I thought would. The weather was PERFECT. Just a little warm, but there was a steady, cool breeze.
5. The new place is lovely. It has a fireplace, which I want to break in as soon as possible.
6. The rent is cheaper than what she said on the phone! Maybe there's a special. We almost pitched a fit because the contract said $1100 a month for a TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT. This ain't Mockingbird! We pointed that shit out quick and of course it was a typo.
7. The people below us seem cool. We didn't introduce ourselves but they seemed to be going to a party or something when we crossed paths. They're around 40-ish.
8. Lester seems to like the new place. I swear he's more like a dog than most people think. He knew there were weird people in the house all moving day and he didn't like it. He didn't sleep the first night. I kept hearing him run in his wheel like he was very stressed out.
9. I sold some DVD's I didn't want anymore. The price was beyond shitty, but I was just glad to get them out of my way finally!
10. Finally showed Garrett the Office Wedding Dance. He thought it was ridiculous and cheesy, but I saw a smile.