Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm trying to avoid raiding the fridge and stuffing myself with food before the actual thanksgiving food [turkey (duh), mashed potatoes, squash (yum), stuffing, green bean casserole (super yum), and a whole assortment of desserts including pecan pie (blech), chocolate pie (yum), coconut cake (uber yum), and peanut butter ice cream] is ready, so I'm diverting myself by, tah-dah!, blogging.

I was looking through the application for MICA last night, and I realized, boy am I unprepared.
I am in dire, dire, need of things like volunteer hours, grade boosts, and the like. Guess I will end up taking AP French and AP Lit next year, even though it wasn't in my original plans. Ugh, AP French. UGH, AP LIT. ohmahgawd. Volunteer hours are easy to get. My church has a whole community service ministry. I can just give them a call and they'll hook me up. I think volunteering is fun, anyway :)

I also need to get my hands on some awards/honors.
As well as scholarship money.
Eeek.

And since everyone (EVERYONE) is doing it, I'll do it too: the whole "what are you thankful for?" thing, which in 1st grade I replied: "I'm thankful for my clothes or else I'd be naked." lolz.

What am I thankful for?
I'm thankful for everything good in my life, but moreso thankful for all the bad things in my life. Especially when you think of people who don't experience these things. Examples: people who have enough money that they don't worry about making ends meet. When hard times hit them, they're unprepared and freak out. People who have that disease where they don't experience pain (CIPA). It's extremely rare disease, but when someone does get it, it's hell for the rest of their life. They end up poking an eye out (literally), or breaking all their bones, or chewing through their lips and fingers, simply because they don't feel the pain of it. All these things: mistakes, pain, and suffering - they're not bad things, they're not curses. They're educators, they're blessings. They can only make you stronger.