Archive (Page 89) • thank you notes • Buttondown

12/29/15

December 29, 2015

i'm thankful that yesterday evening while i was getting ready to make a simple dinner of pasta and salad, d reminded me that today was trash and recycling...

12/28/15

December 28, 2015

i'm thankful for the nightmare in which my mother revealed to me, in a darkened upstairs bedroom, that i had had cancer for nine months and that she couldn't...

12/27/15

December 27, 2015

i'm thankful for my first massage. i'm thankful that when i gave d a gift certificate for a local spa for christmas, she insisted that instead of getting a...

12/26/15

December 26, 2015

i'm thankful for video calls. i'm thankful that even though this is the first christmas that neither d or i went home, we were able to feel like we were...

12/25/15

December 25, 2015

i'm thankful that we were late to the new star wars. i'm thankful that when we entered the theater, sure that the pre-show trailers would still be playing,...

12/24/15

December 24, 2015

i'm thankful for the beginner's guide, a video game i played yesterday afternoon which was one of the most moving artistic experiences i've had in a long...

12/23/15

December 23, 2015

i'm thankful that it's the first day of vacation. i'm thankful that though we had planned to walk across town to see the new star wars this morning, it's...

12/22/15

December 22, 2015

i'm thankful for how a few months of commuting on my bike has given me access to a whole world of driving feelings that i never experienced in thirty years...

12/21/15

December 21, 2015

i'm thankful that there was a problem with cell signals traveling through the air when i went running through the thick gray morning yesterday and so neither...

12/20/15

December 20, 2015

i'm thankful for that we went to the art museum on the last weekend before the fall exhibition closes. i'm thankful for the exhibition, which introduced me...

12/19/15

December 19, 2015

i'm thankful to get let out of work a little early on a friday afternoon. i'm thankful to the faculty member who let me out of work a little early, and i'm...

12/18/15

December 18, 2015

i'm thankful that i had a horrible night last night. i'm thankful that i woke up at 2am and couldn't go back to sleep within a few minutes, for the first...

12/17/15

December 17, 2015

i'm thankful for a thought i had while writing yesterday's thank you notes, but forgot to include, which has to do with the increments of time we use to...

12/16/15

December 16, 2015

i'm thankful for my morning yoga in an empty gym. i'm thankful that, unlike so many people, i have a labor union that collectively bargains for my benefits...

12/15/15

December 15, 2015

i'm thankful for ds, who delivers our bulk print orders. i'm thankful how he often sneaks in silently to drop off his overstuffed envelopes of quizzes and...

12/14/15

December 14, 2015

i'm thankful that though it was raining during my ride to work this morning, it was just intermittent sprinkles. i'm thankful that it's still warm outside,...

12/13/15

December 13, 2015

i'm thankful that i took yesterday off from writing these notes, and i'm thankful that i've decided i'll allow myself one day off a week if i want it. i'm...

12/11/15

December 11, 2015

i'm thankful for the squirrel who i came upon while he dug into the dirt at the base of a dogwood tree outside the art museum. i'm thankful for his...

12/10/15

December 10, 2015

i'm thankful for the sky in all its elegant variations. i'm thankful that last night, riding my bike home slightly too drunk from the office christmas party,...

12/9/15

December 9, 2015

i'm thankful for galangal, which i bought a knob of on a whim at the grocery store last week. i'm thankful that we have enough international students here...