Be thankful for those around you.

November is one of my favorite months, solely because of that awesome holiday called THANKSGIVING. If you know me at all, i LOVE thanksgiving more than most things in the world. seriously. 

But that's for another blog post.

Only reason I bring up my favorite holiday comes from an idea I've seen some people do: for the whole month of November, say what you are thankful for. I think this is a great idea (though we should be thankful everyday, but again, that's for some rant that I don't have time/energy for right now). I think we all forget what we are thankful for, so instead of reflecting for one day, do it daily. Maybe even continue it on past the month of November.

Some things I'm thankful for (off the top of my head, in no particular order):

• My friends. I seriously have the best friends, and I will TOTALLY brag on them all day, e'ry day.
• My family. They have always been so supportive of me in my endeavors, and we always have a ton of fun at dinners, vacations, etc. Sometimes we argue, but that's family for you.
• Totino's, in general. Those party pizzas and pizza rolls are AMAZING and brighten my day every time I eat them.
• COFFEE. I'm not sure I'd be able to get through grad school without it. (Who would have thought?)
• My cats at home. I'm a crazy cat lady (this shouldn't surprise you), and they make me soooo happy everytime I get to see them. And then I take plenty of pictures of them. I'm not too crazy, I promise.
• The gifts given to me. No, I'm not talking about ACTUAL gifts... though I like getting gifts (hint, hint). You know what I mean. I've only gone so far because of what I've received.

I know there are plenty more things that I'm thankful for, but do you really want to read about that? Probably not. And the two most important ones are at the top, and everything else is a little silly (but completely necessary to my well beling).

But regardless if you're surrounded by the people you love, random people you don't know, or acquaintances, be thankful for who is around you. And be thankful for the new people you've met recently. I know a year and a half isn't exactly a "recent time period", but I am so thankful to have met some awesome people, from school and outside of it. I'm going to be in Cincinnati for (hopefully) another 3.5 years, so I have a feeling that the people I've met "recently" are going to have a pretty big impact on my life until I leave here.

Be thankful, and show how thankful you are. You may think you don't have as much to be thankful for, but it's not really if you have more or less to be thankful about, it's about having things to be thankful for.

Have a great month, and don't worry, you'll be hearing from me about Thanksgiving soon enough. (Again.)