Giving Thanks

I hope for everyone to have a great holiday weekend.

As I prepare to engorge myself with turkey, I like to take a moment and reflect on the various things that I am thankful for.

This year has been totally crazy, with buying a house, moving, looking for a job, etc. And through all of those milestones in my life (and there have been a lot of milestones this year), I have received a generous amount of help from family and friends. They are really amazing, and I am so lucky to have them.

I've also managed to make it through another year without seriously injuring myself. I am an unbelievable klutz, and am constantly tripping over my own feet and banging into things. It should be shocking to everyone that I worked for several years in a machine shop, where one bone-headed move could have easily gotten me killed. But I have scars all over my body from other various bone-headed activities, none of which really make an interesting story.

I am also very grateful to be gainfully employed, at a job that is near to where I wanted to live, working with a lot of very sharp (and patient) people.

And finally, I'm grateful for my lovely wife, who (through a little over a year of marriage) hasn't gotten sick and tired of me yet.

I really couldn't ask for anything more right now (although if Santa could remember that I want a Porsche for Christmas this year, that'd be great. Oh, and make sure it has a turbo.).