Twenty five days of Blogmas = pulled off and topped off with a brief list of gratitude.
At the time this goes live, I will hopefully be halfway through a Christmas movie or in a post-treat sugar coma. That’s what Christmas is for, right? On days like today, filled with sweets and presents and love, I think it’s best to think about how much I have. It breaks my heart when I think about how this time of year isn’t always fun for people. With that in mind, I want to share 25 things that can’t be wrapped up with a bow. At the end of the day, these things are priceless. This post was sponsored by Mastercard.
A Brief List of Gratitude
- Watching Seinfeld Reruns with Jake asleep in my lap
- Every moment I talked to my grandparents
- After my most recent trip to my mom’s, Rosa welcomed me home by kissing my third eye
- Tackling Kelsey and Allie to the ground after reuniting in Boston after not seeing them for two years
- Mom painting my nails during Office reruns.
- The taste of an original flavored Fig Newton.
- The feeling of finishing a 5K
- My parents
- My new job
- Hearing from somebody about an opportunity from my dream company
- Writing Escapril
- The modern Wandavision theme song
- Finally watching “A Nightmare on Elm Street”
- Federal loan extensions
- Finding the White House on Zillow
- Falling in love with the Simpsons again
- Making whipped cream for the first time
- The new version of “All Too Well”
- The feeling of figuring out something new in Javascript
- Another great year with Aaron
- Finally realizing that it’s Vermont or bust
- The taste of fruit punch crystal lite
- The fervor of running out the door to get a COVID vaccine
- Listening to Office Ladies and eating a white pizza on the drive to my mom’s house
- Figuring out what I really want