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What I'm Really Thankful For This Thanksgiving

30 Odd Things I am Truly Thankful Of This Year

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What I'm Really Thankful For This Thanksgiving

Thanks Giving is once again upon us and so is the tradition of saying what we are thankful for. Going around the dinner table before we eat our Thanks Giving dinners, the answers are usually the same predictable things, “I’m thankful for my family”, “I’m thankful for my friends”, “I’m thankful for my home”, ect.. Don’t misunderstand me I am thankful for all of those things, but that sort of a given. So, this year I have complied a list of things I am actually thankful for this Thanksgiving.


1. I’m thankful for coffee keeping me alive on a day to day basis.

2. I’m thankful for that the presidential election is FINALLY over.

3.I’m thankful for the hilarious meme accounts I follow on social media.

4.I’m thankful for memes in general.

5.I’m thankful for Netflix.

6.I’m thankful for when I have the house to myself.

7.I’m thankful for the days I don’t get out of my PJ’s or leave the bed.

8.I’m thankful that Christmas music is already on the radio.

9.I’m thankful for when a decent picture is taken of me.

10.I’m thankful for people who use their turn signals.

11.I’m thankful for when I actually get a good parking spot on campus and don't have to sprint to class.

12.I’m thankful for when my professor curves the test I bombed.

13. I’m thankful for when I get the email that class has been canceled.

14. I’m thankful for the times I go to Target and don’t run into someone I know and have to make awkward small talk.

15. I’m thankful for when plans for something I didn't want to go to get canceled.

16. I’m thankful for when my favorite song comes on the radio.

17. I’m thankful for when I get all green lights.

18. I’m thankful for when I come home and my parents have stocked the house with food.

19. I’m thankful for when I genuinely get a good night’s sleep.

20. I’m thankful for the maps app on my phone.

21. I’m thankful for people who are just as awkward as I am.

22. I’m thankful for spell-check.

23. I’m thankful for the days my hair will corporate with me.

24. I’m thankful for Chapstick.

25. I’m thankful that God blessed this earth with the amazing soul that is Leonardo DiCaprio.

26.I’m thankful for when I create the most bumpin’ playlist.

27.I’m thankful for when my pet decides to snuggle with me.

28.I’m thankful for incredibly stupid movies.

29. I’m thankful for when my room is actually clean.

30. And lastly, I’m thankful for my wicked good looks and my amazing sense of humor.

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