22 4 / 2011
Thankful, Whatever Part It Is Now.
One - I’m thankful for employment. I’ve been fortunate in that my last job and my current job? Both awesome. There are politics and even now I get too emotional. But I’m lucky to have a job and luckier to know the people I’ve met through my jobs.
Two - I’m thankful for gay men. I have always been much better at talking to guys than girls, but I hate feeling like my male friends are just there waiting around for a chance to screw me. Gay men make the best friends because you get the life experience of a man, the shopping habits of a woman and the guarantee that it’s platonic all in one person.
Three - This one might sound weird but I’m thankful for my nicknames. When I was younger I always felt sad that everyone just called me Emily. My mom had nicknames for me, but no one else did. Eric called me Emmy cause it’s what she called me. It was the only way he referred to me so everyone in college called me Emmy too. It warmed my heart. Any time I get a new one, I have to smile. At Home Depot it is, inexplicably, Em Dot. Or maybe “Em.” Or “M.” Ha!
Four - I’m thankful for imagination, fantasy, daydreams, being able to live in my head if I want.
Five - I’m thankful for warm, sunny, beautiful days. Today is the opposite of that, sadly.
