30 Days of Thanks

Although my favorite month just ended, November is going to be an exciting month. School is winding down, finals are approaching, the countdown until I see my family just passed the four week mark, and I realized I have quite a bit to be thankful for, and since Thanksgiving is coming, I felt it was appropriate to reflect on the things I sometimes neglect to appreciate as much as I should.

November 1st

This past Wednesday was my team's event for our On-Site Food Service lab class, and despite all the set backs, we id did! We planned, planned, and planned some more then executed our Celtic restaurant from concept to the final dessert that went out of the kitchen under our management, and the food was incredible! At least that's what all of our reviews had said, and that's the thing that mattered to us. So today I'm thankful for my two partners who believed in the concept I thought of, and ran with the idea, and collectively, the three of us  ran Failte, our way of welcoming guests to our home for the day. I'm so proud of my team, and without them we could not have pulled it off.

November 2nd

Today I finally got a chance to just relax after weeks of crazy projects, nonstop homework, and most days running on sheer adrenaline and copious amounts of tea and coffee. I'm thankful for having one day to get undisturbed sleep, hopefully kicking this cold I can feel myself catching.

November 3rd

I finally bought my plane ticket to spend Christmas with my boyfriend and his family tonight! I'm so incredibly excited! For as much as I'm really going to miss spending it with almost all of my family in Colorado, I'm looking forward to spending my first Christmas with him as we begin a new chapter together. I will still get to see my family here on Christmas, and also see my family in New Mexico too. Although I've never spent the holidays anywhere else but home, and I will definitely miss all the traditions I've grown up with, I'm excited to start new traditions and still keep the familiar ones. I'm thankful for the ability to travel out of state, for having an incredibly loving family at home who knows how important he is to me and for understanding why I want to spend Christmas away, though it is really hard for me, and for having another family who loves me and welcomed me into their home to share their holiday.

November 4th

I'm thankful for the person who came to fix the card reader for laundry machines so I can wash my clothes. I'm pretty sure I was more excited than I should have been to spend money on laundry, but I know I shouldn't take being able to do so for granted because so many others must find different means of cleaning their clothes. So thank you maintenance; I feel as if you don't get thanked enough for all the little things.