Thankful

Last Thanksgiving I was feeling down due to a little personal calamity which has since resolved itself to my satisfaction. Despite feeling like I wanted to go Sylvia Plath on myself, I accepted an invite from my friend to attend a Thanksgiving Day feast at the home of one of his friends, where I found myself seated around a table with twenty-five perfect strangers. It turned out to be a truly fun holiday. Before dinner, in lieu of grace, the hostess asked each of us to tell the others what we were thankful for. I thought this was a really nice tradition and so I'm inviting you to do the same in comments.

Here's what I'm thankful for this year (not in any particular order):

1. Our president-elect
2. His stunning and powerful first lady
3. The sweet, smart, and slightly eccentric R
4. Having a decent job in a truly crappy economic environment
5. MedSnack, dark chocolate, and red wine
6. Left Blogistan, which keeps me laughing (and sane)
7. My friends
8. And yeah, even my loony family