Dear Josh,
You know how you are counting down
until Christmas and it is coming up SO SOON? Well, I have fantastic news. You
SHOULD be counting down the days until I get home because THAT is even sooner J Just five more days
(not counting today) until I am done with all of this school stuff, just five more
days until I can relax for an entire month, and just five more days until I am
officially one eighth of the way through my college career. I am almost done
with my first college semester, and, OH LORDY, did it go by fast.
Though that is exciting news that
is NOT what I was going to talk about during this letter. Contrary to popular
belief (It isn’t really popular belief…I just wanted to use that phrase) this
blog is going to cover Thanksgiving fantasticalness, and though it is past
Thanksgiving I believe it is still considered the time of the year to be EXTRA
thankful about how blessed we are. So, I have been compiling a list of things I
have become extra thankful for since I’ve moved to Murray (you should be
appreciating these things all you can while you are home).
List Item #1: I am putting this first because it is the most
noticeable. Dishwashers. I am SOOO VERY THANKFUL for dishwashers. It is not
like I have moved to college and taken on a dishwashing fetish, nor would I
like to own more than one dishwasher (although the picture of me sitting in a
room filled with shining dishwashers is quite a humorous one…just picture
it—you’re a dirty dish if you don’t laugh a little). Through college dorm rooms,
however, I have decided that I HATE washing dishes by hand. That means that
sometimes I would rather just throw away a cup than scrub it with soap. Lazy? I
know. So, dishwashers are a blessing.
List Item #2: This is the typical “college student answer” when
I say laundry machines. Trust me, there have been several times when I haven’t
worn socks because, well, clean socks are hard to come by. And I can say
without blushing that I have driven home in my very last pair of underwear
after three weeks of classes just to do laundry. I mean, to see YOU of course. J J J Anyway, laundry
machines across the hall from my room that cost exactly zero dollars? THOSE are
the blessing, or maybe the fact that I have enough underwear to last three
weeks.
List Item #3: While I’m giving “college student answers”, I
should go ahead and highlight how great momma cooked food is! Winslow dining
hall serves a wide variety of good food, but I’ve been craving pasta fazooil
and rosemary bread and puppy chow. Also, in this home-type category I would
like to list fireplaces (it has gotten very cold here at MSU and we do not have
a fireplace), hugs from my brothers—you included (Please enter the phrase
“contrary to popular belief” here, too), life chats with the parentals, and a
nice church that has second Sunday breakfast.
List Item #4: Full sized beds. Sleeping on a twin? Not fun.
Rolling over in a twin? Not possible.
List Item #5: Being around kids. Seriously! I forgot that
going to college would mean that I was around people that were generally the
same age as me all the time. There is practically ZERO variety. I like to hold
a baby whenever I get a chance; however, it is frowned upon to ask strangers if
you can hold their baby.
List Item #6: Close long-time friends. It’s amazing how much
you can come to miss someone in such a short amount of time. Since you are a
theater kid, as well, you should know what it is like to quote a play, a
musical, a random kids forensics piece, or some other tidbit, and have people
around you laugh. Murray State Kids just don’t get my Boys Next Door, 25th
Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Musical lyrics, and other random references.
I know you’ve got to branch out sometime for friends, but I wish they came
preloaded with knowledge of your goofy references. Brian Regan quotes anyone?
GRAPE!
Although that is not the complete and full list of items
that I am thankful of this holiday season, it sort of gives you an idea of the
things to start appreciating. That means you should hop up right now, run to
load the dishwasher and laundry machine, ask mom to make soup and bread for
dinner, drag your full-sized bed in front of the fireplace, grab Max and Nick
and anyone who can quote your latest forensics piece, and everyone take a nap!
You may have to ask everyone else to sleep on the floor to get the full effect
of the full-sized bed, but it’s your call!
Happy Holidays,
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