Thankful!

Yesterday was Thanksgiving, the day before that was my birthday. Lots to be thankful for and lately my mantra is to be thankful every day, at least for something. Take a minute or two and give thought to someone or something that I'm grateful for. Funny thing is, when I do that, I always start thinking of loads of other things to be grateful for. Try it, it works.

I had a great birthday and the best part about it was that quite a few people took a minute to wish me happy birthday, whether it was in person, via phone and yes, via social networking. Each and every message I got only made the day that much better, so I'm grateful for all of them.

I had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family yesterday, and while the table wasn't as crowded as it has been on some Thanksgivings, it was wonderful - both the company and the food. I could go on about how much I enjoyed joking around with my family, but I'd rather just bask in the glow of a very enjoyable holiday and hope that others enjoyed their holiday as much as we enjoyed ours.

I got a very nice and completely unexpected text message from a former coworker yesterday too. I never talk to this guy these days and I was completely surprised to get a text from him telling me that he was thankful to have me as a friend and wishing me Happy Thanksgiving. That's nice all by itself, but then he thanked me for showing him everything he knows about bartending!

I don't think I'm the greatest bartender out there, but am aware of the fact that I do my job well for a number of reasons. My friend went on to say that he paid a lot of attention to how I did things back there and I thought it was really nice for him to say as much.

There you have it, a nice thankful post - minus my often sarcastic and smart ass take on things. I'm not going shopping on this Black Friday and I'm very grateful to work hours that allow me to shop when it's less crowded. I'll take deals when I can get 'em and be glad for them. I can do without the mass merchandising/marketing circus that the holidays have become. All I want out of the holidays as a grown man, is to be able to spend some time with people who mean something to me and I'm grateful to have so many people like that in my life. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, Happy Holidays!