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thank you notes (esmé)(10)

i'm thankful that j's gone for a few weeks which means it's the longest i've been in our apartment alone since we moved in. i'm thankful that i'm not really...

thank you notes 7/29

i'm thankful that i rolled our burritos well last night. i'm thankful for avocado and thankful for lime juice and thankful for salt. i'm thankful salsa verde...

thank you notes 7/28

i'm thankful that the rain brought slightly cooler temperatures, even though it's still very hot. i'm thankful to have passed two panels of wet sidewalk...

thank you notes 7/27

i'm thankful that one of my coworkers, who started at the company a few weeks before me, direct messaged me yesterday afternoon to tell me she had been...

thank you notes 7/26

i'm thankful that 29 years ago today, d was born. i'm thankful that one time when she was home with her family a few years ago, she used her camera to record...

thank you notes 7/25

i'm thankful that i had a dentist appointment this morning, so i don't really have much time to write these notes. i'm thankful that though i was a little...

thank you notes 7/24

i'm thankful to have paid the $2,433.27 bill for the diagnostic procedure i had for my stomach in the spring. i'm thankful that i put off the bill as i...

thank you notes (esmé)(9)

-7/21 thursday-i’m thankful that i currently feel shit at my job. a few weeks ago i said yes to a full-time position in hopes that it would help me become...

thank you notes 7/22

i'm thankful for how my new job is changing my relationship with the internet. i'm thankful for the weird paradox of how, unlike my old job, my new job is...

thank you notes 7/21

i'm thankful that when my family's first dog, spec, died, i was at college (fall semester, my freshman year) and so didn't have to really experience her...

thank you notes 7/20

i'm thankful for vice principals, the new hbo comedy starring danny mcbride and walton goggins. i'm thankful that it is so hilarious and great and continues...

thank you notes 7/19

i'm thankful for this week's kardashians, which was a nice treat after a too long too hard day at work. i'm thankful for several fun exchanges about food, in...

thank you notes 7/18

i'm thankful that i don't feel as anxious about work as i did at the beginning of last week. i'm thankful that last friday was the first day where i felt...

thank you notes 7/17

i'm thankful that last night d and i watched high rise, a way too long adaptation of the j.g. ballard novel about an apocalyptic class war inside an...

thank you notes (moe)(6)

i'm thankful i had my practice transfer viva today. i'm thankful my colleagues and i call it a mini viva. i'm thankful to realise that some of the fear i...

thank you notes 7/15

i'm thankful for the epic weird dream i had last night, which took place in the same day and yet in multiple seasons (in the front of the house, a beautiful...

thank you notes 7/14

i'm thankful i rescheduled my dinner plans from 6 to 6:30, since i was only finally able to get away from work at 6:27, even though my day was supposed to...

thank you notes (Jerome McLeod)

i’m thankful that Ariel, Nico, and Noelle had a similar mix of feelings that made me feel less alone. i’m thankful that people like Nico exist in the...

thank you notes 7/12

i'm thankful that i got through yesterday, which was my first real day at my new job after my training and the hardest day by far so far. i'm thankful to...

thank you notes 7/11

i'm thankful for the korean mother at wendy's the other day who was paying for burgers for her daughters with pennies from a coin purse. i'm thankful for the...

thank you notes (krs)

I'm thankful that the yoga class I was trying to go to this morning was cancelled--or anyways, the doors to the building were locked. I'm thankful that after...

thank you notes 7/9

i'm thankful that d's coworker sent her a 60 count display package of milk chocolate lindor truffles as a surprise gift and thankful that i sneakily shared...

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i'm thankful to consider the question of whether gratitude means an acceptance of the status quo, even if that status quo is unjust and evil. i'm thankful to...

thank you notes 7/8/16

i'm thankful for the video my dad sent me last night of our family dog eating an ear of corn. i'm thankful for her excitement at getting to eat corn for the...

thank you notes (moe)(5)

[trigger warning: self-harm]i’m thankful to have survived last week. i’m thankful to remember that last week was one of the hardest of my life. i’m thankful...

thank you notes 7/6

i'm thankful that though i thought we were out of eggs, we weren't, they were just in a different part of the fridge. i'm thankful for the times when you...

thank you notes 7/5

i'm thankful for the line in "fantasy" where mariah sings "i get kinda hectic inside," which feels wrong, because the word "hectic" isn't normally used in...

thank you notes (Esmé)(8)

I'm thankful for turning 31. I'm thankful that my birthday falls on the first of the month and that it divides the year in half. I'm thankful that yesterday...

thank you notes 7/3

i'm thankful for a nice saturday after a long week. i'm thankful that i cleaned the house, even wet swiffering the floor, which i sometimes skip even though...

thank you notes (Sara Black McCulloch)

I'm thankful that this morning, I woke up before my alarm clock—not so that I could be smug about it, but so that I could linger in bed and watch the sun...

tyn (anonymous)

i am thankful that a thing that felt terrible and heavy like a thick viscous substance i had been living through for a while now had lifted, i am thankful...

thank you notes 7/1

i'm thankful that i have been managing to fit lots of things into my mornings this week—i'm thankful that yesterday, i not only was able to write my notes...

thank you notes 6/30

i'm thankful for the difference between pieces of watermelon closer to the rind and pieces closer to the center. i'm thankful for the way that the pieces...

thank you notes 6/29

i'm thankful for the dream last night where i met taylor swift. i'm thankful that in the dream, she was standing out in the rain on the curb outside an urban...

thank you notes 6/28

i'm thankful for my small emergency stash of xanax. i'm thankful that i thought i had lost them for several years but then found the orange plastic bottle...

thank you notes (fsa)(11)

i am thankful for the withering jacaranda trees in lisbon, thankful for the lilac mantle that covers the traditional portuguese tiles of calçada with added...

thank you notes 6/26

i'm thankful that when i stepped out back this morning in my loosely-tied bathrobe and flip flops to deposit a bag of kitchen trash in the garbage can, i...

thank you notes 6/25

i'm thankful we quit watching the movie deadpool after the first twenty minutes or so (i'm thankful that it was probably a bad sign when, trying to search...

thank you notes 6/24

i'm thankful that yesterday, which was a difficult day, emotionally and physically, is over and that we are now in today.i'm thankful that now, the third...

i'm thankful for the guy with really nice hair i saw at south ken station last night. i'm thankful for the joy i felt when i saw him in my tube carriage on...

thank you notes 6/22

i'm thankful for small planes that tow banners. i'm thankful for how when i lived in miami and laid out on the beach in the afternoon reading or working on...

thank you notes (kflo)(5)

i'm thankful for my first day back in college. i'm thankful to have spent the last few weeks of being a non-student by covertly, anxiously preparing myself...

thank you notes 6/21

i'm thankful that in an hour, i won't have this job anymore. i'm thankful that i'm sad to be leaving even though i'm also happy to be leaving. i'm thankful...

thank you notes 6/20

i'm thankful to have recently watched midnight special and rewatched interstellar, both of which are on the spectrum of sentimental/spiritual science fiction...

thank you notes 6/19

i'm thankful for two unnecessarily torturous bike rides i've taken in the past two days. i'm thankful that yesterday i had the idea that we would bike to the...

I'm thankful for what I built.I'm thankful for everyone else's excitement when I couldn't feel much at all.I'm thankful for gifted prosecco and fancy...

thank you notes 6/17

i'm thankful that tomorrow i will celebrate a year of marriage to d. i'm thankful to celebrate on saturday, even though our anniversary technically isn't...

thank you notes 6/16

i'm thankful for caity weaver's profile of kim kardashian, which brought me immeasurable joy and is the best writing about her that i've ever read. i'm...

I'm thankful I got into a facebook argument with my Uncle yesterday. I'm thankful that my Uncle, the youngest of five men in his family, is a known loud-...

thank you notes 6/15

i'm thankful my mom texted me this morning after her run to thank me for "fostering a love of running" in her. i'm thankful to remember the summer after...