Nov 26, 2004 16:43
this happens everytime on thanksgiving... my parents wake me up early and drag me to the car and drive me 4 hours to mt. shasta where i spend the rest of the day watching disney videos w/ my brother (if u haven't watched a vid. w/ my bro then u should kno that he likes to rewind and play certain scenes FOREVER). then at the grand hour of 4pm the old folks decide that their getting sleepy so they better start eating that 21lb turkey. so we all stuff our faces and afterword the oldies decide its time for a nice little nap and i end up watching disney movies AGAIN. so then my parents decide they're tired too so it'd be best to get back to the motel (whoopee...) and get to sleep cuz i have a sore throat.
So i'm at the hotel at 7pm w/ the lights totally off and my mom snoring next to me and my brother occasionally giggling. so i'm thinking... wow how exactly am i supposed to sleep? i have a pillow that is as hard as a rock and about 2ft wide. the blankets are extremely hot. my throat is killing me. I'M GOING TO HURT SOMEBODY IF MY MOM SNORES ONE MORE TIME! i throw off my covers and start freezing so i decide better to be hot than to freeze to death so the ugly covers are now on me again.
oh poor me i got a wonderful dinner that believe me could've fed some kids in africa for 3 months. i have my family all around me. i'm sleeping in a totally uncomfortable bed... ugh. oh yeah i get to go sleding tomorrow GREAT.
wow i'm soooooooo selfish geez how can i even consider myself a good person? i'm fricken spoiled rotten. I get fed until i'm sick which some kids wont ever get. i have my family all around me celebrating thanksgiving with me and not dead. i'm actually able to sleep in a bed and get the chance to sleep and then get to go sleding.
thats what i realized lying in bed trying to sleep. i'm soooooo spoiled and i take so much for granted its not even funny. so what i'm thankful for this thanksgiving is the opportunity to spend this holiday w/ the people i love and care for, get to eat wonderful food, and then also just to have the life i do... which isn't actually bad at all.
thanks