I don’t have a very nice relationship with my family. They’re my family, and I am grateful for what they’ve done for me, but that is about as far as the endearments go. We fight, we get each other things that we don’t like at all, and we talk numerous amounts of bullshit behind each others’ back.
My grandfather is dying of prostate cancer that he could have had taken care of over a year ago. He has had between 5 and 7 heart attacks, and won’t quit smoking.
My grandmother is blind because my grandfather did not take her to the eye doctor for her appointments to have her glacoma taken care of. They’re both raging diabetics that don’t take care of themselves. They both want to do nothing but complain about it. To anyone who will pretend to listen. They think their kids owe them the moon and the stars.
My parents are bitter. My dad is mean because he’s bored and he thinks it’s funny.
My aunts and uncles… I don’t have much to say about them, I don’t see them enough to have much of an opinion about them. My parents are both 1 of 5.
My other grandmother has been dead for over 13 years. My other grandfather over 22 years. (He died not long before I was born.) I was attatched at the hip to my grammie until just before she died.
I hate Thanksgiving. I hate over eating a bunch of food that I probably shouldn’t eat in the first place.
I’m not sure I really care about those idiots that came over here thinking they were going to live better lives because they weren’t controlled by their church anymore. I give them credit for surviving, but I do not envy them. I’m also pissed about stepping on the native americans. They were here first and much longer dammit. I’m sure someone is going to call me ungrateful. I don’t care.
Havi plays a game about what we are grateful for with lentils. I don’t think I can think of a whole 77 things I am grateful for, and I don’t even know what lentils look like, but I’m going to try and come up with some stuff I’m grateful for. You are more than welcome to join me in the comments, and go see Havi and what she is thankful for.
1. I am thankful for my job
2. My car
3. Joe (my boyfriend)
4. A roof over my head
5. My friends
6. My fair health
7. I have all my limbs intact (though some aren’t doing so well, mainly my knees)
8. I don’t have any known food allergies
9. I’m not allergic to latex
10. I don’t have any drug allergies
11. My linguistic skills
12. My ability to learn quickly
13. My ability to draw, paint and write
14. and I am thankful for what little wisdom I’ve gained in my 22 years.
I can’t really think of much else at the moment… I might later… Got anything you’re thankful for/or not very thankful for? It’s good practice to rank. Rant away. You’re always welcome.
