I’m thankful for a lot today. I guess I feel some obligation to say it even though I’m not bowled over by the notion of this holiday. I mean we got a long great with the natives for about fifteen minutes until we gave them all small pox. Woo hoo. Do you mind darkmeat? But I digress.

Even though they’re nuts it’s still good to have my family together in one place. We seem to “get” each other, and I know a lot of families simply don’t. I’m wonderfully thankful for the friends I have–scattered through the lower 48 though they may be. I’m thankful for opportunity, and the gifts I’ve been given. One thing making it so easy to throw a dart at a map when deciding on my move this time is my ability to do a lot of different things with a tiny bit of skill. I may not be an expert at many but I can fake it. It makes life a much more portable activity when you can art direct, or write code, or play music. I can’t ever forget how nice it is to live life that way.

Is everything perfect? Nope. There are some loose ends I would love to tie up, and soon; there are a lot of undone things (or poorly done things needing correction) but such is life. If we’re lucky we get another go around and we make it right. I’ve barely begun to live and that feels great.

I guess I’m most thankful that I’ve made it to another November, with a new year around the corner humming with possibility; I don’t know where I’ll be in two months and it feels wonderful.