Archive (Page 23) • thank you notes • Buttondown

August 25, 2017

i'm thankful that d is back home now. i'm thankful that though she got sick on her retreat from the combination of exhaustion and the germs of strangers...

August 24, 2017

i'm thankful that i had fun at the barbecue last night. i'm thankful to have gotten to see the dog, even though it seemed like he didn't remember us. i'm...

August 23, 2017

i'm thankful that there's only one more morning of waking up alone, since d's work retreat will be over soon. i'm thankful she had a really difficult day...

August 22, 2017

i'm thankful that the other night i dreamt an ex asked me to marry him. i'm thankful that in the dream we were standing in the corner of what seemed like a...

August 21, 2017

i'm thankful that though i woke up in the middle of night again last night and couldn't go back to sleep for a while, i at least didn't have a nightmare...

August 20, 2017

i'm thankful that though the side effects from my new antidepressant have worsened, they could be worse still (i'm thankful to hope that they will not become...

August 19, 2017

i'm thankful that since i had the day off on friday since i have to do a weekend support shift tomorrow, d was also able to take the day off yesterday so we...

August 18, 2017

I'm thankful to see the woman this afternoon spun by her dogs, their two leashes entangled, and then the woman herself entangled in them, almost but not...

August 17, 2017

i'm thankful that yesterday i had the cardiac stress test that the doctor scheduled for me after i went to the ER a few weeks ago for a panic attack that i,...

August 16, 2017

i'm thankful for the unexpected and uncharacteristically sweet text i received from t this morning while packing for the journey home from my week-long work...

August 15, 2017

i'm thankful that though i slept poorly last night, i did so in my own bed. i'm thankful to hope that i am just tired and maybe a bit allergic and didn't...

August 14, 2017

i'm thankful that i am at the airport and in a few hours a plane will carry me home.

August 13, 2017

i'm thankful that we all did karaoke last night for hours and went to bed too late and that i just woke up. i'm thankful to have sang a lewd song whilst...

August 12, 2017

I'm thankful that today I woke up and I told D I dreamed I was running away from something again and felt very tired and he just got out of bed first to make...

August 10, 2017

i'm thankful that though i slept too late this morning to go running or to write much here, i let my body sleep since i think it needed it. i'm thankful that...

i'm thankful that the first evening of my work retreat went really well. i'm thankful to have gotten to meet a bunch of people who i've exchanged thousands...

i'm thankful that though i had a brief moment of panic when trying to check in for my flight i couldn't find my passport, i found my passport, which was in...

Thankful for last week's Monday. Waking up slightly rejuvenated after a night of back-and-forth Netflix-ing and reading exam reviewers. Waking up before an...

i'm thankful that d found a path from the end of our street to the section of railroad that has been converted to a nature trail. i'm thankful for this...

I’m thankful that I dreamed last night that my grandfather had died, but I thought I could still hear his heartbeat and his breath when I rested my head on...

i'm thankful for the tech from comcast who came out yesterday and got our internet working. i'm thankful that though the internet is not as fast as...

i'm thankful that we got a lot of things unpacked yesterday. i'm thankful that we got shower curtains and i'm thankful for the process of punching out the...

i'm thankful that the movers we hired were friendly, strong, and incredibly fast. i'm thankful that they got our stuff moved out of the old house, loaded...

i'm thankful that despite not being our best selves, d and i didn't murder each other yesterday, the last day before we move. i'm thankful we got the keys to...

i'm thankful that i feel a bit better than i did yesterday, when i felt pretty anxious and terrible for most of the day. i'm thankful for the long bike ride...

i'm thankful that i had a nice talk with n last night. i thought that he would be busy going out with friends but it turns out that's scheduled for thursday....

i’m thankful that i dragged myself out of bed today. that’s been difficult lately and i’m glad that i found it in me to do it even though i really just...

i'm thankful that at least for right now i don't have to worry about losing my health insurance or about my health insurance losing benefits it should cover...

i'm thankful that yesterday was d's birthday. i'm thankful that though she had a bad day at work, she is an incredibly strong person and pushed through it...

I'm thankful that the internet at the office was dead all day. I'm thankful that while this pissed us all off early on, we let it go and accepted it as an...

i'm thankful that at the bike shop i got a new tube for the one i burst, learned i have been severely underinflating my tubes on the reg, and ordered newer...

i'm thankful that i finished the first stage of a major work project i've been working on for more than a month yesterday. i'm thankful that the project,...

i'm thankful that i went to the emergency room on friday afternoon, even though that visit revealed there was nothing really wrong with me besides the fact...

i'm thankful for all kinds of silences. i'm thankful for the silence between me and my best friend/roommate, as she plays video games on her computer and i...

[includes spoilers for the first two episodes of the keepers]i'm thankful d and i watched the second episode of the keepers last night, even though/because...

i'm thankful to feel a little more okay every day. i'm thankful to remember a time in college where i was very sick (physically not mentally) for several...

i'm thankful that i am alive. i'm thankful that though i felt like shit most of the day yesterday, by the end of the day, i was less afraid of my impending...

i'm thankful that though i felt afraid i was going to die last night and couldn't sleep because of it, i did not die and i did eventually (thanks to a...

i'm thankful for a nice weekend. i'm thankful that on saturday afternoon we went across town to the hardware store to buy boxes for our upcoming move. i'm...

i'm thankful that tonight i had a really quite wonderful chat w my brother e that was meaningful (to both of us i think). i'm thankful that we are on a...

i'm thankful for my friend n, who i've been thankful for a lot lately. i'm thankful he's an architect (architectural artist, he would counter) and he's...

i'm thankful that we had the nicest time we've had in a long time with our friend n last night while she visited from out of town. i'm thankful that though...

i'm thankful that i figured out how to do something complicated and difficult with javascript yesterday. i'm thankful for the perverse thrill of reading one...

i'm thankful that i discovered that eating a high calorie breakfast keeps my mood stable throughout the day. i'm thankful that being stuck without my s'well...

i'm thankful for tuesdays, which are not mondays, which is something to be thankful for. i'm thankful that i had a monday yesterday, since having a monday,...

i'm thankful that i went on a long run yesterday afternoon. i'm thankful that it wasn't as hot as i expected it to be, even though it was very sunny. i'm...

i'm thankful that at the beginning of the weekend, i stuck my work computer under a pile of jeans in my closet and put my personal computer on my desk in its...

i'm thankful for the road trip i'm on right now. i'm thankful it was a crazy idea j and i joked about, but ultimately made happen. i'm thankful for the...

I'm thankful I had the audacity to text R that night. I missed him, and I didn't want to cling to the idea of his being inside my head since high school. I'm...

i'm thankful that though i had a shitty day at work yesterday, it ended and today is a new day. i'm thankful for the bit in annie hall where alvy says...