I am thankful for a few things.

Including, but not limited to...

big meals with friends that are more like family :: family that feels at least a little closer with a phone call :: a free ticket to see that family in exactly a month :: liz and james getting married on new years eve :: skye and tim on the 5th :: chau and danny on the 26th :: a trip to europe with a whole bunch of people that i can't wait to be on the other side of the pond with :: "job(s)" that allow me to travel like that :: a schedule that never really asks me to be anywhere before ten, but a body that wakes me up at 7 :: new roomates - murielle, sarah, ally and renee :: seth, skye, chau, nathan, natalie, ini :: closed doors :: my dad's one year anniversary from cancer this week :: jay and danielle :: god tearing me apart and slowly building me back up :: apple crisp that is in my tummy :: vli (a blessing in disguise) :: learning to say no :: the ability to take pictures -- not for money, but just to capture a moment :: that somehow I can pay my bills and have random days mid week where I get chinese food and walk around cherry creek with friends :: that i've been crying and laughing in equal measures and with equal intensity :: vintage pictures at the antique mall :: the way that those pictures let me escape and dream :: the few people who know me and who's character has been proven over time -- I'm lucky to have them so near :: knowing that they won't all be around forever, but being able to savor the moment :: imagining where all those people will be in ten years and what god has planned :: dreaming about where i will be in ten years :: dreaming at all :: sabrina ward harrison :: bobby and missi :: pete, amy, elliot and kai :: brad and kate :: the way all those people show a great picture of reality and marriage :: my parents (more than I ever have been thankful for them before :: that god doesn't seem to answer all my prayers :: the prayers that he does chose to answer :: unresolved storylines :: resolved storylines :: hope ::

Jesus.

Those freaking jury duty people have my number.

This is absolutely crazy.

Once I lived off Cook St. in Denver. I got called into jury duty but by the time I was supposed to serve I lived with Brad and Kate in Jefferson County. So I got out of it.

Then they summoned me in Jefferson County. Oddly enough, a week before I was supposed to serve I moved in with my new roomates. In Denver County. So I got out of it.

Tonight, I got home...and sure enough was ANOTHER jury summons. For Denver county.

I think I'm stuck this time.

A few things that brought me joy today.

I'm going to jump on the thanksgiving bandwagon a week early. These things made me thankful today...

1. Sleeping in. True that only meant 9 am. Still. :)

2. After teaching my little class having two of my kids chase me down as I ran out the door to give me a hug and say goodbye. This wouldn't mean so much except that they are two of the biggest punks in my class.

3. Closed doors and the assurance that I never have to return to them if God doesn't change something drastically.

4. That my day started at midnight with a dear friend coming over upset. It sounds weird, but I love my life still leaves the option for things like that.

5. The twenty minute dance party that just happened in my kitchen with my roomates. We all broke a sweat. Enough said.

6. The fact that those lovely roomies are still downstairs laughing hysterically and singing Veggie Tales.

7. The thought that the wisest man in history, other than Jesus, still found that wisdom wasn't enough and our only hope in the world in depedance on God. That gives me hope and fear.

8. Feeling alive. The chapped face because you've been crying and running and falling face forward in the cold wind. Literally and figuratively.

9. Feeling like God loves you enough to test you and discipline you. And knowing it won't last forever.

10. And lastly...an email from Marcus. That was great.

:)