first and foremost, i am thankful that AUSTIN is home to spend the thanksgiving holiday with us. much as it was fun to see his 'shaggy' hair after not getting a haircut since august, i am ALSO thankful that he was able to go back to his clean cut ways today while i was at work :)
it is nice to have him here. and when i got home from the store, it was nice to snuggle up on the couch and watch a movie with him. please don't ask me how the movie ended. i have absolutely NO IDEA. thank you jordan for the lovely photograph :) your 'creative lighting' is fabulous LOL.
austin, you have been missed. i am so SO proud of you. you have tackled the unfamilarity, you have stepped outside your comfort zone and you are approximately one semester closer to realizing your dreams. i am thankful for this opportunity for you and i am excited to see what is in store for you in the days, months and years to come.
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i mentioned that i worked today. at one point, i was having a conversation with a lovely woman about snoopy and woodstock. at a certain point i laughed. (let's face it, if you've EVER had a conversation with me, it's bound to happen...and yes, yes i do laugh at my own jokes. cue music: i'm funny and i know it...)
anyhow, WHEN i laughed she stopped what she was doing and looked at me and said WENDY LEE!!!!!!! FAMILY CHANNEL!!!!!!!! turns out it was SWEET MOLLY THE INTERN. from like a GAZILLION YEARS AGO.
it is hard for me to even FATHOM that she recognized me. she said the same. back then i had short blonde hair, i was HUGE AS A HOUSE, pregnant with austin...and i told her that i had recently come across a photograph of the two of us standing in front of arby's.
look at molly. check out how TINY she was. look at me. CHECK OUT HOW FREAKING ENORMOUS i am. the sad thing is that i didn't give birth to that baby until the end of january. and in this pic it's probably AUTUMN?????
austin, much as i love you and i'm proud of you and all that stuff i said up there a few minutes ago (^^^^^), right now i'm thinking i should make you do something nice for me. look what you DID to me!!!!!
molly & i live right around the corner from each other, she has FIVE children...which means she's CRAZIER THAN I AM...and we will be having lunch together soon. perhaps another arby's photo is in order :)
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one last thing...remember that car accident bobby was in last week? turns out the driver of the car at fault does NOT have insurance (lovely, huh?). her insurance had lapsed. it will NOT affect the repair of our car and bobby picked up the rental car yesterday. nothing will come out of our pocket, thank God.
i had not seen the car he got yet. but when i got home and saw it, it made me smile. check out the license plates:
so to summarize, i'm thankful for my son, i'm thankful for newfound old friends, i'm thankful for my 923 weirdness and i'm really really REALLY thankful that i don't look like i do in that pic from 1993.
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