Monday: LJ Idol - the giving of Thanks

I'm being an ungrateful bitch lately because I'm tired, cranky, and don't feel well. I thought of writing a story for this entry, but I can't even think of a story that doesn't include some sort of bitter, self-serving complaining disguised as thanks.

I am, however, thankful for this competition... and for all those who participate in it.

I had an entry that was indeed sniveling and spoiled and lame, and I deleted it - because there's nothing quite like the public shame of admitting that, despite my relatively privileged lifestyle, I'm a whiner.

So I'm just going to make a list: Coffee with heavy cream, kittens too tired to scratch, Granny's homemade bean soup, mom's ridiculous puns, aunts who pay the internet for 3 years without complaining, brothers who save me from myself, weather too cold to smoke in, doctors with sliding scale fees, and armpit sugaring.

It's a start.

edited to add: Ordering a boar bristle hair brush, my long-distance SO who remembers to say 'good night and sweet dreams' every single night, my fat old cat who wants to claw my eyes out but gets distracted by chin scratches instead, regaining my #1 spot in the football betting pool.