A quick giving of thanks on this most feastastical and turkeylicious of days:
I am thankful for fresh ground coffee and yummy breakfast quiches that my mummy sometimes make for me when she’s feeling generous.
I am thankful for my wonderful med school friends. Who else would share in the glory of noticing that we’ve had not just one, but TWO lecturers in the past two weeks who have looked exactly like one of the Ghostbusters guys (Dr. Igon, I think). Not the Bill Murray character. Or the Dan Akroyd character. Or…ummm…the black guy . It’s the other white guy. Yeah, that one. You know who I’m talking about….maybe. We’ve had multiple lecturers look just like him. Is it a biochemist thing or something?
I am thankful for Colorado’s glorious weather. Sure, it may snow in October. But come November it’s all 60 degrees and gorgeous. I think it may have even hit 70 for our thanksgiving meal today.
I am thankful for being done with anatomy and its stinkiness. Seriously. Life is still ridiculous, of course, but at least my hair doesn’t constantly smell like formaldehyde.
I am thankful for yoga’s newfound place in my exercise routine. I have been so off-and-on with yoga over the years. When I’m into it, I do it 3 times a week. When I fall off the yoga bandwagon, I do without it for months at a time. Since starting medical school, I’m now “on” with yoga, and it’s been glorious. It’s been exactly the form of exercise I need at the end of a long day with my brain working at a million miles an hour. It calms, centers, and grounds me in a way that I truly crave.
I am thankful for ridiculous 80s playlists. Right now as I type this post, I’m rocking out to Rick Astley’s cheeze-tastic “Never Gonna Give You Up,” and it just makes me so happy. I might just have to cut this post short so I can dance it out. This post has just been Rickrolled. I’m not even kidding.
I’m thankful for skiiiiiiiii days. I’m going tomorrow (second time this season), and I’m anticipating glory. Sortof. The snow has been iffy here as of late. I mean, 70 degree days aren’t conducive to awesome ski conditions as you might imagine. But it’ll be awesome to be in the mountains nonetheless. They are my happy place, after all.
Finally, I am thankful for sweat pants (aka. fat pants). I don’t know if I could function properly after my Thanksgiving feeding frenzy without them. They allow my bloated stomach to subsist without any hint of impingement, and for that, I am eternally grateful to them.
What slightly irreverent or random thing are you guys thankful for?
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I could not believe how nice it was yesterday! Seriously gorgeous! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
P.S. It’s Harold Ramis — how dare you not know that?? I’m pretty sure he wrote Ghostbusters!
Ahhhhh yesssss! Mystery solved! THANK YOU, Lauren.
“The other white guy”=Harold Ramis.
Hey Lady!
Hooray for ridiculous 80s songs! We have a show booked with Adam Ant – do you have his “Goody Two Shoes” on your playlist?
Glad to hear that yoga is back “on” for you for now. After all of that hard work as a student, you deserve to treat yourself to a different type of challenge!
I also love 80′s playlists….and yoga! However, I need to get back in the yoga groove. I’ve been feeling unmotivated on the workout front lately.
I think it’s because we don’t have sunny weather here in Vermont! I need the sunshine.