Talk to the hand

Image comes from s113.photobucket.com I can see that I need to tune into my life a little more to find those daily things to be thankful for, because 2010 is starting off with more attitude than perhaps it should have -- especially for someone on vacation.
Yea, I get it. Just because one is on vacation doesn't mean that one is completely on vacation. Nothing ever just stops to let a person rest. Monday isn't far away and I don't feel as I have caught up on the sleep robbed from me because I pull 20-hour Tuesdays and sometimes more; I haven't caught up on all the wasted time spent arguing pointless matters; and I haven't caught up on much of anything, because something else just gets in the way. Damn it.
Yep, 2010 is starting off with more attitude than it should.
I really didn't want my thankful list to start off with I'm thankful because I have food to eat, a place to live, air to breathe and that kind of stuff. Then again, maybe I should get that out of the way.
I am thankful that I wasn't among those who lose their jobs last year; that our newspaper felt the pinch but not the crunch. I am thankful that I have food to eat, because I know there are others who don't. I just wish it wouldn't have been the dinner that knocked me out. Lasagne is great, and is my choice of good luck foods to start the New Year after discovering last year that just because another year dawns, it doesn't mean you have to kill your appetite with truly nasty food. Maybe some of you like those black-eyed peas and ham meals, but that kind of menu ranks right up there with barf best left unserved. (It's that attitude thing again, honest I am a nicer person.)
And I am thankful to have a place to live, even though I would rather own something of my own, except I am not ready to own it and all the taxes that go with it. Later this year I'll think I'm ready. I live in downtown district and the noise from below and the street gets a bit excessive. Still, I've been here 11 years and the roots have started to weave themselves into the carpet :P
I should be thankful for having an attitude, because there were a few years where uh uh, shrugs and grunts were my forms of communication and my indifference to living.
With one argument down for 2010, and one not likely to be forgotten until my attitude moves to something else, it might be best to talk to the paw or the hand until this passes. I'll be thankful when it does, but probably not as thankful as those who have to put up with it for now.