Gratitude Thread

[festive1]

Since we have a confession thread and an I hate… thread, we need a gratitude thread.
Here's my gratitude for the day:
I went to the local convenience store to get cigarettes (not good), but I got carded! If you're not in the States and unaware, you have to be 18 to purchase cigarettes and they are supposed to ask for id's from anyone who "looks under 25." Being 31… I'll take it! Seriously, I almost hugged the guy.

[thesummerqueen]

The sun came out!

(Grey weather down here sucks)

[festive1]

Eh, we got your grey skies and rain today… But at least it's 60*

[Fruity]

I went to a club once (I was like 24) and they made me sign a document before I went in because they couldn't believe me that I was my age! It felt awesome. I was wearing a huge smile while signing the paper and then said thanks before going in. lol Four years later, that doesn't happen anymore

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I'm thankful to my sister for convincing me to go back to school three years ago. (I should be doing my homework right now, but duh, this is funner right now)

For some reason and another, I didn't finish college when everybody else around me was doing it. Then I felt too old to go back. When she went back into school it was surprising to me how dumb I felt for thinking about age (she's older). Ok, so I'm almost 28 and still in school. So what? It's better now than never. So why not? Thanks, sis.

[pocaracas]

Since we have a confession thread and an I hate… thread, we need a gratitude thread.
Here's my gratitude for the day:
I went to the local convenience store to get cigarettes (not good), but I got carded! If you're not in the States and unaware, you have to be 18 to purchase cigarettes and they are supposed to ask for id's from anyone who "looks under 25." Being 31… I'll take it! Seriously, I almost hugged the guy.

I was once in the uk, and saw a sign on a supermarket saying something like:

If you're lucky enough to look under 21, please don't be upset if we ask you for identification when buying alcohol and tobacco.

[thesummerqueen]

jrsm, I turn 28 next month - I"m still in school. No worries on the age part - the only bad thing is when you refuse to stop learning at any age...like my ex, who decided learning stopped after technical college and now is a young earth creationist.

I should also mention - I have seedlings sprouting! Not very well - we need more light in that corner - but there are green things growing!

[Fruity]

I turn 28 next month, too. hock:

[thesummerqueen]

I don't feel bad about it, honestly. I feel pretty good!

Actually, there's a whole list of things I've got gratitude for -

After 5 years of being single and dealing with bullshittery and asinine behavior of the most absurd kind, I have now been for 6 months with the kind of man I am glad to wake up next to every morning and is the only person I want to see every night, who makes me want to be a better person, who encourages my interests and points out talents I never knew I had. He also is a photographer, with a Mad Men-esque eye for fashion, and going through my spring closet was so much more fun this year when I got to model the clothes for him and discuss shoes and accessories with someone genuinely interested. It's hard to pick a favorite, but I think I like best when we fall asleep together on the couch watching something like that new "Vikings" show on History Channel and say nerdy things like "Man, this is Skyrim porn," or when he starts explaining why the physics on Battlestar Galactica were correct. I love making his face scrunch up when I use a word he doesn't believe exists and he immediately googles it.

We have the cutest goddamn dog EVER. He makes grown ass blue-collar men turn into mushy piles of goo-goo-noise-making idiocy.

2 months ago we moved into a fantastic condo in a beautiful city that we both love and want to stay in for the rest of our lives.

Old Navy apparently started selling jeans that fit me. And by that I mean they have a higher waisted option - the kind that understands when you have a smaller waist and fuller hips, because no matter how much I weigh I always have a booty, and you can't wear low-waisted jeans when you got one...not without showing crack. I bought two pairs, including some skinny jeans that I rolled up all retro-like with heels.

Spring has returned to North Carolina, and I'm convinced there isn't a more beautiful spot in America than this state when it falls in love with itself and everything blooms in a riot of color and perfume.

To that effect, I'm going to the mountains this weekend with a friend I haven't gotten to hang out with in a long while to document the way the spring creeps into the Blue Ridge.

My mother visited this weekend and treated me to an amazing Italian restaurant where I had linguine cooked with clams and a tomato garlic sauce inside a parchment bag. Holy. Fucking. Fuck. Don't get me started on their tiramisu.

Music has returned with the warm weather - at night and on the weekends, you can see performers doing their thing by the fountains on the street corners - skinny white emo boys with their guitars, and brass jazz bands, and college marching pieces and old dudes sitting out with karaoke machines and not doing a bad job at all.

Life outside of my job is pretty fucking fantastic.

Oh, and I made level 36 in Skyrim. Movin' on up!

[Kayenneh]

I should also mention - I have seedlings sprouting! Not very well - we need more light in that corner - but there are green things growing!

Oh, me too! I got my garden cress to grow and small shoots of basil and chives are shyly poking through the soil. I'm still waiting for the parsley and my magic bean to grow. But that's what I'm thankful for today, green stuff

[thesummerqueen]

Mine's mostly salad greens. I plan on buying another lamp tonight to help everything along.