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30 Meals I Will Leave Behind This Thanksgiving

And I couldn't be more grateful.

Paris Ann Walther

Nov 22, 2016

Abilene Christian University

30 Meals I Will Leave Behind This Thanksgiving

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Since moving out of my parent's house and coming to college, I have come to learn a lot of different life skills.

I can now do things like clean out the bottom of a refrigerator, kill spiders on the wall, put aside enough money to buy boring things like hand soap and even cook for myself. The cooking thing is actually still a work in progress. If I have some main essentials on hand, things turn out okay, a little bizarre maybe, but edible for the most part.

And that's why I am absolutely psyched to be coming home for Thanksgiving this week. The turkey, mashed potatoes and green bean casserole will be infinitely better than what I usually eat at my apartment on a casual Wednesday night. For a brief couple of days, I will be drinking sweet tea and buttering soft biscuits for my supper instead of eating the sad excuses I call dinners. I have compiled a list of some of the meals I look forward to leaving behind temporarily for the holiday season.

1. Shrimp flavored Ramen noodles

2. Spaghetti with no meatballs

3. A bag of popcorn

4. Peanut butter on a tortilla

5. A bean and cheese burrito from Taco Casa

6. Leftover Halloween candy someone set on the table at work

7. Tortilla chips with melted sandwich cheese on top

8. A Diet Coke and mozzarella sticks

9. A cup of coffee

10. A Little Caesar's five dollar cheese

11. A can of green beans

12. A handful of almonds

13. Scrambled eggs

14. A pint of Ben & Jerry's

15. A large fry from Whataburger

16. A pudding cup my friend didn't want

17. Poptarts

18. Microwavable cups of Mac-N-Cheese

19. A failed Pinterest meal

20. Leftover Olive Garden from when my parents came to town

21. A mixture of rice, cheese and whatever is fixing to go bad

22. A fun size package of M&M's

23. A glass of White Zinfadel

24. A mini Blizzard from Dairy Queen

25. 90 second rice (that I only have the patience to cook for a minute)

26. Hamburger Helper without the hamburger

27. Smuggled tacos from the free lunch the advising department had yesterday

28. An avocado

29. A couple Mentos I found in my purse

30. A nap

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And I couldn't be more grateful.

1. Shrimp flavored Ramen noodles

2. Spaghetti with no meatballs

3. A bag of popcorn

4. Peanut butter on a tortilla

5. A bean and cheese burrito from Taco Casa

6. Leftover Halloween candy someone set on the table at work

7. Tortilla chips with melted sandwich cheese on top

8. A Diet Coke and mozzarella sticks

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18. Microwavable cups of Mac-N-Cheese

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20. Leftover Olive Garden from when my parents came to town

21. A mixture of rice, cheese and whatever is fixing to go bad

22. A fun size package of M&M's

23. A glass of White Zinfadel

24. A mini Blizzard from Dairy Queen

25. 90 second rice (that I only have the patience to cook for a minute)

26. Hamburger Helper without the hamburger

27. Smuggled tacos from the free lunch the advising department had yesterday

28. An avocado

29. A couple Mentos I found in my purse

30. A nap

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1."But what would happen if we all tried to be like Santa and learned to give as only he can give: of ourselves, our talents, our love and our hearts? Maybe we could all learn Santa's beautiful lesson and maybe there would finally be peace on Earth and good will toward men."

"Sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see."

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"Remember, no man is a failure who has friends."

"Life is made up of meetings and partings. That is the way of it."

"If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find a that love actually is all around."

"Sometimes things look good on paper, but lose their luster when you see how it affects real folks. I guess a healthy bottom line doesn't mean much if to get it, you have to hurt the ones you depend on."

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"Faith is believing when common sense tells you not to."

"There's room for everyone on the nice list."

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4. If you drop soap on the floor is the floor clean or the soap dirty?

5. Is the "S" or the "C" silent in the word "scent"?

6. Does expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected?

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9. What color are mirrors?

10. If 2 mind readers read each other's minds whose mind are they really reading?

11. Is there a synonym for "synonym"?

12. If your shirt isn't tucked into your pants, are your pants tucked into your shirt?

13. Why is it called "quick sand" if you sink slowly in it?

14. If I try to fail, but succeed, which one did I do?

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