'Tis the season to be thankful for what you have. I've had many reminders of this in the past couple of weeks. In that time:

1. One of my very favorite friends, Kelly, lost her dad. What a horrible, heart-wrenching experience for her and her family, especially considering the unexpected nature of the events.
2. My co-worker, who has been trying everything in the book to get pregnant, and finally got pregnant to everyone's excitement, and who was almost through her first trimester, lost her baby.
3. My mom lost her job. My little store is closing.

Here I was upset because I lost my bus stop. Life's short, enjoy what you've got, make the most of it. Don't worry about what you can't control. And laugh, for God's sake. Life is fun! And when life isn't fun, don't hold back the tears. Get them the hell out of there to make room for more laughter.

As a sidenote (and speaking of laughter), my no-drinking kick lasted two full weeks. The scars aren't even done healing yet, but I must say I did an impressive job moderating this weekend. Alexis is so much fun! We even managed to get all our drinks bought for us, once we found a bar I could get into, and I made this seem acceptable in Darren's eyes by buying him pizza with the money I had withdrawn to spend on drinks.