thank you notes 10/24

i'm thankful for the cake, which is moist on the inside and crunchy on the outside. i'm thankful (again, in a different context) for cinnamon. i'm thankful that yesterday, when i was prepping dinner (chorizo tacos, fried corn, saffron rice, fruit salad), i kept passing the table where the cake was sitting to cool and getting a whiff of the smell of it and feeling intoxicated by the sweetness. i'm thankful to have cut us slightly larger than usual portions for dessert, even though that means the cake won't last as long. i'm thankful that if we still want more of the cake after we finish it (which we probably will), d will make another one.

i'm thankful that i considered trying to catch up on work over the weekend but decided against it and didn't even open my work computer. i'm thankful to have given myself that peace and that distance, even if it might make today a bit harder. i'm thankful that at the end of last week we got to a level of busyness where i was able to detach myself from my anxiety and stress about it a bit, because there was so clearly only so much i or anyone on my team could do to face the mountain of tickets. i'm thankful that though we've had team members out for the past three weeks, we are all back this week, which will hopefully help make everything feel less crazy. i'm thankful that it is possible (at least for me) to feel disenchanted and hopeful at the same time.

i'm thankful that i cleaned and refilled the humidifier in our bedroom. i'm thankful to have done two loads of laundry and brewed a large quantity of strong chamomile tea. i'm thankful to have clean sheets. i'm thankful that the company that sold us defective incense cones sent a replacement package thanks to d's hard work and am thankful that these cones burn well and smell interesting, unlike any incense i've had before. i'm thankful that i can't quite decide what book i want to read now, but am thankful that i'll settle on something soon i'm sure. i'm thankful that the top contenders right now are crosstalk and future sex, though there are always other possibilities. i'm thankful there are always other possibilities.

i'm thankful for the most recent episode of the great debates, in which megan amram debates whether "The Hamburglar Is One Of The Three Best Things About McDonald's." i'm thankful for the new 'search party' podcast from the ringer. i'm thankful for the intelligence and humor of the hosts (but am thankful that the podcast isn't "wacky" like so many) and am thankful to have learned about some really interesting internet things, including 8booth (a southern california man who breaks into hotels and private clubs and climbs to their roofs, then leaps off into small bodies of water, all of this captured on a gopro) and bread face (a brooklyn woman who buries her face into assorted baked goods, this action paired with a song playing in the background). i'm thankful that both 8booth and bread face, before they dive into the body of their activity, always have a moment, a brief pause where they take a breath and prepare themselves for what they're going to do. i'm thankful for the opportunity to take a breath and prepare myself for what i'm going to do.