i'm thankful that the other day, i needed a mid-morning snack and i went into the pantry and pulled out a mini coffee cake from zingerman's that my parents had included in a christmas box they sent us and that we hadn't eaten and to have decided that i would finally eat it. i'm thankful when i took it back to my desk to have seen a label on the back saying "eat by december 25, 2017 or freeze for up to 6 months" and laughed, since the cake looked fine to me. i'm thankful, in my hubris, to have taken a picture of the label so that i could post it in slack with the caption "living dangerously :sunglasses emoji:". i'm thankful, while catching up on said slack after having my head down in a problem for a while, to have taken a bite of the cake, which seemed dry but relatively coffee cake-y, then another bite, and then in my third bite to have realized that i had made a horrible mistake and this was definitely not something i should be eating and to have run down the hallway to the kitchen so i could spit it out in the trash can. i'm thankful i did not get sick and am thankful for this reminder to refrain from eating spoiled food.

i'm thankful for (unspoiled) yogurt pretzels. i'm thankful for small blessings. i'm thankful to meditate on drake rollerblading. i'm thankful for this video, which feels like if jacques tati directed the puppy bowl. i'm thankful for least chipmunk. i'm thankful to be straining at the leash of spring.