Just a little after Thanksgiving

A couple of years ago I tried to do this thing called Every Day for a Year or ED4AY. My cousin did it on Facebook where she took a picture every day for a year.

That didn't work out so good for me because I tried to make a blog post every day for a year.

I lasted 4 days.

I then tried last year to do "Thanksvember". This is where I would post every few days and do the "What am I thankful for today" thing. Also a fail, I did not attempt to repeat.

So this year I did a "Thanksvember" redo - I decided to find something every day to be thankful for and pray about it on the way to school/work or in the shower if there was no work.

I found the last part to be hardest because if there is not work and no where for me to go - why would I shower? What happens on days where I don't need a shower?

Yeah, I am one of those people that don't shower every day - whats it to ya? I don't need to, I always smell like roses. Okay, not always, but if I am just cleaning house and playing with the little people play set with Carly I am NOT dirty enough to shower. Water conservation aka - lazy!

Back to the point of this - I was successful in this endeavor. I did find something each day, it wasn't hard at all. I am much better at saying thank you than asking for help. I blame it on the Cope/Ralstin combo of genetics. 

Those days when there was no work or shower, remembering was usually bed time and Carly would say her nightly prayer "Thank you Lord for a good day, Amen" and I would silently in my head say "Shit! I forgot to pray for something I am thankful for!" yes, sometimes I curse when I am in Jesus mode - I am me, Jesus and God know I curse all the time, no use pretending to be something I am not when I pray. I imagine them giving me a  frowny face as Peter writes on a sheet saying "She'll account for that one later." Does it deter me, yes, have I cut way back, yes, am I cured...hell heck no.

I am almost always thankful for something trivial.
*Thank you for a sound sleep last night
*Thank you for Cody having a job
*Thank you for there being enough french fries for tator tot casserole last night after I told Carly we were having it and then forgot we ate all the tator tots.
*Thank you for a cloudy morning so I don't have to drive in to the sun
*Thank you for making that deer stay on the side of the road

I think those are the best things to be thankful for because they help you to see that there are a lot of things going right in your life. If you focus only on the bad then all you see is the bad.

So a little past Thanksgiving I am still going to do "Thanksvember", and maybe I will do "Thankscember" also.

A short note to Bill Self

Dear Coach,
I am not a fan of Jayhawk basketball, or actually any basketball unless it is middle school kids because that is HILARIOUS. They just chase the ball around and look at the coach to tell them exactly what to do (Do I pass or shoot coach?) Then they get something right and the entire gym erupts- both sides cheering for one kid because they made a basket or set up a screen correctly. It is beautiful and exciting - is this what other people see in regular basketball?

While I am also not a Jayhawk fan I respect what you do. Coaching is hard. I coached middle school volleyball for one year. That is right, ONE YEAR ONLY. I couldn't handle it, it is a lot like middle school basketball, only there is no one in the gym to cheer when someone does something right.

Back to the reason for this - I am a fan of NCIS. I have had a sick child at home with me. Sick child decided to finally cry herself out and take a nap. I turned on the TV to my beloved recordings of NCIS (my guilty pleasure)  NCIS Episode from a week or so ago and you know what? It wasn't on...It. wasn't on......IT WASN'T ON!! Not because it didn't record but because the FREAKING BASKETBALL GAME WAS ON.

You know what happened next? I cried. As I looked at the screen to see if it was overtime, or just a few minutes left I realized that there was none of the episode left. Your game crapped up my plan but then a small lightbulb appeared over my head and I had an idea.

NCIS is on ABC, ABC has streaming of recent episodes. TA DA! Except when I turned it on the ridiculously loud ads WOKE UP THE CHILD.

WTF Coach. If Jayhawk basketball is so fancy why can't you get on ESPN like everyone else...or at least wait to have a televised game during the holidays when there are just re-runs, huh?

Yes, this is ridiculous of me to complain about but I am pregnant and irrational. Take heed coach, take heed.