so on facebook it's a popular thing in november to post 30 days of thankfulness, one post a day at a time. well i had been debating on whether or not to join in this year, and up until today i didn't think i was going to. however, then it hit me, this could be a good thing. not only could i have some fun with it, but i could be honest with others, and more importantly with myself, on what really matters in my life at this stage in the game.
so i went back and made my status about what i'm thankful for, and played catch-up posting for the past five days as well as today. for day 1 i was thankful for life, for without it i'd be nowhere; day 2 i was thankful for oxygen because without it living would be a lot harder; day 3 it was water, because staying hydrated is a good thing; day 4 it was my cats for the hours on endless entertainment they provide me with; day 5 i was thankful for my friends, the ones i consider family, the ones that haven't turned their backs on me; and finally today, day 6, i am thankful for dinosaurs, for proving the christian timeline wrong.
now, some may look at those and just see most of them as being jokes, but really they've all got some hard truths behind them, and are important to me in some way or another. living is important to me because there are many times in my life i could have been dead, but i've survived and plan to keep on going. the oxygen and water ones are a bit hokey, sure, but true nonetheless. i really am thankful for the companionship my cats offer. they give me something to care about when this life isn't looking so great. and for my friends, i am greatly thankful for. in past years i've had some turn their backs on me for one reason or another, but there are at least two i can, but won't, name that have stuck by me, even when shit got real. and for the dinosaurs...well, i really am grateful for them and the science they bring with their existence, as there are times i need help remembering that religion is a dangerous thing. i'm sure i could find any number of things to remind me of that, but dinosaurs seem to be the most pleasant of ways.
so tomorrow i'll continue on with the thankfulness countdown, and see what i can come up with for the rest of the month. i'm thinking it's going to be more challenging than i first thought it would be.
in other news, i had my pdoc appointment today, and got one of my anti-psychotics upped from twice a day to four times a day. hopefully that will really knock these hallucinations in the proverbial knees and keep them from being so intrusive. also, in exciting news, i'm starting class on monday to get my certification in graphic design. the whole program should only take about ten months, so that will be great! i'm a little nervous about going but i am hoping it will be a good thing for me. the class i'm taking is a photoshop I course, and though i can fake my way through photoshop as it stands, i really can't wait to figure out how things really work. tomorrow i have therapy, which is a good thing i guess. i don't always want to go, but it's good that i do. keeps me on a routine and in line to where i'm not heading off the rails.
anyway, that's all i got. more soon!
'til then...
- xian
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