Thankful Meme

[torra]

Okay, looking back, this year has really, really sucked. So I figure, if ever there was a time to stop and appreshate what good things did happen, it's this year, 'coz God only knows how bad next year is gunna be. ::sighs::

Things That Have Happend This Year I Am Thankful For

• I went to New York! Biggest thing of the year, I went to NYC and it was wonderful...as long as you ignore any memories invoving my sister. All the rest? Incredible, even with the 100° heat with 100% humdity. I still have my Photos up on Picasa if anyone wants to see 'em again.  ;-)


• I saw Avenue Q in NYC. I've wanted to see this play since it came out, right from the moment I heard about it, and it was one of the few things I absolutly had to do in NYC, so that ment a lot to me as a proud gay woman who loves puppets. ::G::
  
  
• I tied for second place at this year's clay camp Bottles of Hope contest. (Shots of it Here, Here, and Here on my Flickr account with a lot of my other clay painting pieces)


• Clay and Brian. Need I say more?


• My clay work is going to appear on the international post cards produced by the Guild this year. I may also appear in the new callender!


• Some of the biggest names in both SGA Fanfic and PodFiccing now know who I am. Sel and Joan can both attest to how loudly and longly I Squeed at those moments. Absolutly frick'n incredbile.


• Dissiblity. As fucked up as the system is, I have dissiblity. I have medical coverage, I have perscription coverage, I have a doctor who dosen't try to fuck me over with something new each month or make me jump though hoops every other week to prove that yes, I am still sick. There are no words for what a diffrence that makes in my life. And what's more, my health is stable right now. It's by nooo meens good, but right now, for the first time in years it's stable. That's just...something I am thankful for every day passes and I feel the same as I did the day before.


• People seem to love my crocheted babyblankets. That's...so cool. I've finished two and just started a third, and I only made the second one because someone saw me working on the first one and loved it so much she asked me to make one for her newborn. That felt so cool. Now, if I can just get it to her! ::LOL:: She's not responding to E-mails. I'll have to go into the pharmacy and try to get one of her old co-workers to try to track her down for me.


• The Samhian ritual went beautifuly. Even the presence of The Idiot wasn't enough to bring me down. I was the only person working to create the North Alter, but when it came right down to it, when it came to the moment of actualy putting it together, I had an embarisment of riches. People stepped up from all over to help me create it, and that was incredibly moving. By half way though, I was actauly turning people away because I had so many people helping me, I couldn't find enough tasks for them to all do at once! (Photos to come when I get them.)


• SGA got renewed. Okay, toataly geeky thing to be thankful for, but I really, really am thankful for it!! Having even just one show that I can compleatly geek out over makes me feel wonderful.


• I'm writting again!!! Mostly just SUQ right now, but I'm writing Again, so who gives a fuck what it's about! ::LOL::
  
  
• Tenrai. {{{HUGGLES}}}


• Geoff survived. That crash could have killed him so easly in so many ways, and after that, the depression could have made him finish the job himself, but it didn't. What's more, if you didn't know it had happend, seeing him today, you'd never know it had happend. He's back to work full time, he's talking about rideing again (sorta), he has almost full range of motion back, he's still stiff and tires easly, but just walking around and stuff, you'd never guess. All things totaled, his still being here is a miracle.


• I've stopped loseing weight. I know, most of you are going "oh god, here she goes again, the bitch", but really, that's big for me. I kept loseing and kept loseing and just kept fucking loseing for so long, fighting for every pound I could keep on, that just not loseing again so fast is one of the best things ever. I'm still below what I was, but I'm finaly back to being close, and I think the only reason I'm still below what I usualy am is because of my teeth and the fact that I'm just not eatting as much as I used to because of the pain. I'm also giving into my lazyness and triedness and illnesses and saying "fuck it, I'm getting fast food" less offten because of my teeth. I think that's adding up in me not adding up, but I'm close enough now that the last few pounds don't matter enough for me to worry about anylonger. Thank God.


• Tenrai. {{{HUGGLES}}} Yes, I know, I know, I have him listed twice, but it has really changed my life having him. Not only am I writing more because of him, but I actualy feel better! My back hurts less from sitting in that chair for hours on end, my joints ache less sharply for the same reason, my head hurts less because I'm not sitting totatly upright for as long...being able to recline while I work, and able to actualy lie down while I read or watch tv/movies? And being able to actualy watch TV while I'm on-line because it's right infront of me now, instead of behind my back and across the room, causeing me to twist and turn oddly to see stuff... Wonderful. I'm able to actualy stay in touch with people even when I'm so sick I can't leave my bed. Take this last bout of Stomach Flu From Hell (TM), even after we got the net back, I'd have been off-line for at least another three days or so if I'd had to do everything sitting up across the room, instead of being able to be on-line in bed like I was this time. Huge, huge impact in my life, and I never, never wanna go back.


• You Guys! It may sound corney, but I wouldn't have any reason to have gotten Tenrai or be on-line without you guys. When I don't have contact with you guys when I'm really bad, it has a direct impact on my emotions and mental health. Even going a few days without talking to you all hits me hard. I love you all so dearly, and miss you all so much when we don't see eachother... You guys keep me going. I love you all.
  
  {{{hugs}}}   Thank You So Much For Being My Family   {{{hugs}}}
  I Love You All