Archive (Page 24) • thank you notes • Buttondown

The way the morning light can suddenly rush in and compensate for a hearty breakfast, for a long time now—only a few weeks, or several months—the way too...

i'm thankful that yesterday afternoon i had a call from my doctor's office, which i thought was related to the prescription i am on day 9 of trying to get...

i'm thankful that i went yesterday to get the ultrasound of my heart that i'm supposed to get every year but didn't get last year. i'm thankful that the scan...

I am thankful for the recent reminder that love does not have to hurt. That a relationship does not mean bondage, but it can mean finding a new way to be...

i'm thankful that last night d sent me one of the most disgusting and horrifying things i've ever seen. i'm thankful to link you to it, but to warn you first...

i'm thankful that there is so much good new music right now. i'm thankful that the new big thief album came out and it is beautiful. i'm thankful for the new...

i'm thankful that d's car broke down in rural indiana on friday night, even though that sucked and led to us having a big fight over the phone and one of the...

i'm thankful for nice strangers, like the older couple who offered to take us to the glaciers, and the woman who told us it was a holiday in reykjavik so...

i'm thankful that sometimes there is good news. i'm thankful that we are many and they are few.

i'm thankful that my doctor's appointment went well. i'm thankful that i like my new doctor much better than my old doctor, who was fine but who never felt...

i'm thankful that i have a doctor's appointment this afternoon, even though going to the doctor makes me feel very anxious. i'm thankful that i can afford to...

i'm thankful that yesterday at 7:02 i realized that the dinner plans i thought were for today (tuesday) at 7 were actually for yesterday at 7 and that i was...

i'm thankful for the series finale of the leftovers. i'm thankful that we watched it together last night since d is leaving this morning. i'm thankful to try...

i'm thankful that though d is leaving tomorrow for a business trip and will be gone all week, it's only a week (actually only six days, since she'll get back...

I'm thankful the weather is so nice and it isn't raining all the time and winter seems to be finally over. I'm thankful for the lift in mood that that gives...

i'm thankful that i had a really good time at the party last night. i'm thankful that though it was very hot inside the party because there wasn't any air...

i'm thankful that i had an awkward experience yesterday when i was meeting a coworker for dinner at the cafe in the fancy grocery store and he wasn't there...

i'm thankful to be writing this from my own bed. i'm thankful that yesterday was our last day of dog sitting. i'm thankful that though the dog jerked at his...

i'm thankful to have a day off from work today, but i'm thankful to not miss the opportunity to tell you that i hope you have a good day.

i'm thankful for the nice man in the kroger parking lot who jumpstarted our car yesterday when it wouldn't start and i was standing in the space next to it...

i'm thankful that though i didn't think i would get back to sleep after the dog woke me up at 5am and then, when i dragged him and myself outside, didn't...

i'm thankful that black by pearl jam is evergreen, as evergreen as the first punches of heartbreak, that it sounds urgent and wrenching at all times of the...

[TW: self harm, suicide] I'm thankful to have reached the end of another teaching year, generally less frazzled than the same time in 2016. Maybe that means...

i'm thankful that we are one day closer to being done with dog sitting. i'm thankful that yesterday was a real challenge with the dog but we at least had a...

i'm thankful that we have gotten through the first day of dog sitting, which was difficult and tiring. i'm thankful to feel more tired than i have felt in a...

i'm thankful for the long strange dream i had last night, which involved me portraying the pope in some kind of play in which there were several scenes of...

i'm thankful for those mondays where you wake up and you don't feel that "oh god it's monday again" feeling of dread crashing wavelike onto you in bed. i'm...

i'm thankful that after a few days of not writing thank you notes, it's always a little hard to start again. i'm thankful to know that the routine of writing...

i'm thankful for the u.s. citizenship and immigration services envelope with the pale green paper peeking through the window last night addressed to j. i'm...

i’m thankful for my partner's suggestion that i get to work on the big old calluses that have formed on my heels after years of wearing shoes of slightly the...

i'm thankful that d went out with her coworkers last night and had a good time. i'm thankful that since i was on my own instead of cooking i got a double...

i'm thankful to have finally written a tweet that people i'm not already friends with read. i'm thankful for the irony of this tweet which i wrote when...

i'm thankful to have realized yesterday that the anniversary of our engagement was probably coming up soon and to have made a reminder in my phone to look up...

i'm thankful that at the grocery store yesterday when we went to check out, i saw that the cashier had custom painted nails, a baby blue background with...

i'm thankful i didn't do any work yesterday and i don't think i'll do any today. i'm thankful that i had a really bad day on friday, probably the worst one...

i'm thankful i woke up to rain this morning. i'm thankful for the laziness that seems to fill my bones on rainy mornings that makes it so difficult to get...

i'm thankful it was my birthday saturday. i'm thankful i really don't like the awkwardness of organising something for people to come eat a meal and...

i'm thankful that i take out the trash and that d brings in the empty bins after the garbage truck comes. i'm thankful that when she was doing this yesterday...

i'm thankful i finally got the old showerhead off after dinner last night! i'm thankful for the paring knife i used to chip off pieces of the plastic,...

i'm thankful that last night after dinner i was facetiming with my parents and telling them about my strategy to buy lesser desserts in the hope that i would...

i'm thankful that i did a lot of boring but necessary administrative stuff i needed to do yesterday morning. i'm thankful that i submitted an expense report...

i'm thankful for the sign above a nearby burger king, which read "89 pancakes." i'm thankful to have learned from googling that this is a reference to them...

i'm thankful that we were playing with a new singer last night at band practice and they suggested we play "and she was" by talking heads. i'm thankful that...

i'm thankful that on my lunch break yesterday i rode my bike to the grocery store in the rain. i'm thankful it wasn't raining too hard and i'm thankful that...

i'm thankful to have woken up this morning with a lump in my gut and a throb in my pulse over the prospect of the republican health care bill passing. i'm...

i'm thankful that i had a really good day at work yesterday. i'm thankful for the weirdness of writing a daily diary for a long time, which you might assume...

i'm thankful that i am not working "overdue/bottom up" today. i'm thankful that at my job, there are a number of roles we alternate between in order to best...

i'm thankful that the other day d was having a conversation with our friend a about the idea of being known and remembered by future generations after you're...

i'm thankful that though i forgot to turn on my alarm last night, i only woke up three minutes after the alarm was supposed to have gone off. i'm thankful to...

I’m thankful that I slept in until 12 today. I’m thankful for how blissful it is to have the luxury of sleeping in. I’m thankful that my period is much...