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thank you notes(esmé)(3)

i'm thankful i don't have cancer. - esmé (4/8/16).

thank you notes 4/7

i'm thankful to have survived one of the more dangerous bike rides i've taken so far. i'm thankful that the storm didn't look that bad from inside the...

thank you notes (patrick)(2)

i’m thankful that the easter egg my gf bought us last week was extremely good, and that its dark chocolate shell was perfect: neither too bitter nor too...

thank you notes 4/6

i'm thankful that the package from amazon that was supposed to be delivered yesterday was not delivered yesterday (i'm thankful for my hope that it will be...

thank you notes 4/5

i'm thankful for thirstiness, which feels like a useful concept for thinking about the world today. i'm thankful for the way the existential nature of the...

thank you notes (klark)

I'm thankful for the routine. The daily commitments and responsibilities that we have agreed to take on, in order for us to purposely get out of bed each day...

thank you notes 4/4

i'm thankful for the association of small bombs, the novel i started last night, which is great so far. i'm thankful for the strange precision of the...

thank you notes 4/3

i'm thankful that when i finished the dark forest, the sequel to the three body problem, in the bath yesterday, the ending was so surprising and great that...

thank you notes (esmé)(2)

2/29:I'm thankful for the East River Ferry. I'm thankful for the 34th street dock that is bathed in sunlight and even though there's a strong winter-tinged...

thank you notes - fsa*

i'm thankful that this time tomorrow, our correspondent in portugal, fsa, will be (or will be about to be) getting married to the person she loves most! i'm...

thank you notes 3/31

i'm thankful that when i was leaving for work yesterday, i paused at the top of the driveway because i saw a brown bunny burrowing around in the scraggly...

thank you notes 3/30

i'm thankful that i had enough cheddar cheese to double the macaroni and cheese recipe i made on sunday, which means that even though we eat too large...

thank you notes 3/29

i'm thankful that i brought my sit/stand desk down onto my full protein shake at lunch today, dumping all of its sticky vanilla ice cream flavored liquid all...

thank you notes 3/28

i'm thankful i didn't have much time to write notes at work today because i was doing actual work. i'm thankful that i usually have time at work to write...

thank you notes 3/27 (maybe NSFW?)

i'm thankful, on my lovely walk with d through the springtime yesterday, to have remembered my ninth grade biology class. which i hated at the time. i'm...

thank you notes (fsa)(7)

i am thankful for spring. i’m thankful for allergies, for how my skin firmly opposes nature’s reinvention and birth with little angry bumps that i spend all...

thank you notes 3/25

i'm thankful that when i sat down after checking in at the hospital, there was a family gathered around the fish tank in the waiting room, gleefully...

thank you notes (fsa)(6)

i am thankful for how time passing feels different every day. i am thankful that some days feel exceptionally long, with every ounce of [time] palpable,...

thank you notes (L)(2)

I'm thankful for rain. I'm thankful that it's been hot for a long time and the rain is a reprieve from that kind of weather. I'm thankful that I slipped on...

thank you notes 3/23

i'm thankful that i was walking down the hallway yesterday and i noticed two staff members of another department walking ahead of me, side by side, and...

thank you notes 3/22

i'm thankful that i realized that the 500+ electronic study responses that a faculty member received overnight were probably the result of someone employing...

thank you notes 3/21

i'm thankful i called the hospital this morning about the pre-op appointment required for my round 2 sensor installation procedure this thursday, since they...

thank you notes 3/20

i'm thankful for the first dogwood of spring that i saw in bloom, on the lawn of the latino culture center on seventh street as i rode my bike home from work...

thank you notes (fsa)(5)

i am thankful that i’m often thankful for my dreams.i’m thankful that i dreamt the other night of being back in new orleans. i’m thankful for new orleans....

thank you notes 3/18

i'm thankful that i got to watch the first episode of the new season of my favorite tv show, the americans, last night. i'm thankful that in between the end...

thank you notes (kflo)

i'm thankful for magic, or wonder, or charm—whatever you'd like to call it. how everytime i look into people's eyes, i see it. i'm thankful for the time i...

thank you notes 3/17

i'm thankful to have played disc golf with my friend t yesterday on my lunch break. i'm thankful that she has talked often about how much she enjoys it and...

thank you notes 3/16

i'm thankful that last week, one of my favorite faculty members invited my coworker and i to go out to lunch this thursday. i'm thankful that last week, i...

thank you notes (julia weston)

i'm thankful for my body. i'm thankful that for all the times i've doubted it, spurned it, beat, bruised, and cheated it, my body is resilient. i'm thankful...

thank you notes 3/15

i'm thankful that i put off taking out the trash last night because i didn't want to have to interact with our next door neighbor, who was taking advantage...

thank you notes 3/14

i'm thankful for my weekly ritual of cleaning the house for the weekend. i'm thankful for both the process of the cleaning and how it makes me feel and the...

thank you notes 3/13

i'm thankful i decided on a whim to leave work early on friday afternoon. i'm thankful for whims and for the privilege to follow them. i'm thankful that my...

thank you notes (fsa)(4)

i’m thankful for memory.i’m thankful that today out of the blue i remembered k. i’m thankful that it’s been almost a year since she died, and that year...

thank you notes 3/11

i'm thankful i watered the office plants first thing this morning. i'm thankful that the cactus seems to really be thriving—it's fuller than i've ever seen...

thank you notes (R)

i'm thankful that the girl at the coffeeshop today who was sitting next to the outlet i was coveting stayed there for several hours, seemingly studying,...

thank you notes 3/10

i'm thankful that it has rained heavily the past several days, but that every day the window of time from 7:45 - 7:55 when i bike to work has either been...

thank you notes 3/9

i'm thankful that we went to the new high end pizza restaurant downtown with our friends kl and jl on monday night. i'm thankful that we live close to...

thank you notes 3/8

i'm thankful for targeted ads, which provide constant reminders of the reach of the (corporate) surveillance state. i'm thankful that the other night, i was...

thank you notes (L)(2)

I’m thankful for g’s new shift pattern, even though it changes the weekly rhythm we've gotten used to that lasted almost 5 years. I'm thankful that although...

thank you notes 3/7

i'm thankful that in the fall mice started to eat our silicone muffin cups until i trapped and killed them all in the night and then we threw the remnants of...

thank you notes 3/6

i'm thankful for the shiny black car we saw while waiting to cross the street that had, printed across the right side of its exterior, the word...

i’m thankful for the rain.i’m thankful for the tropical rain that fell on lisbon today. i’m thankful that it coincided precisely with my lunch time walk with...

thank you notes 3/4

i'm thankful that i felt irritable and annoyed at various points yesterday, but that i never got down to the point of feeling low and hopeless and exhausted...

thank you notes (madeleine)

i’m thankful for acropolis cups. those ones with the fake (almost offensive?) greek lettering that says WE ARE HAPPY TO SERVE YOU. i’m thankful that they...

thank you notes 3/3

i'm thankful that i only felt really shitty for about two hours yesterday afternoon, which is a personal best so far this week. i'm thankful that while we...

thank you notes 3/2

i'm thankful that i felt really shitty again yesterday, like all my chakras were stuffed with garbage, because i can tell that i feel ever so slightly better...

thank you notes 3/1

i'm thankful that i felt really depressed yesterday afternoon and evening, the most depressed i have in a while, even though that sucked. i'm thankful that i...

thank you notes 2/29

February 29, 2016

i'm thankful that the plastic grocery bags d and i loaded with library books that needed to be returned seemed like they were going to break under the weight...

thank you notes (fsa)(2)

February 29, 2016

i’m thankful for mondays. for today especially, for when the morning sky revealed itself crisp and clear and blue like only winter lisbon skies are. i’m...

thank you notes 2/28

February 28, 2016

i'm thankful that over the last few nights, d and i watched the three star wars prequels. i'm thankful that despite my boyhood love of star wars, this...