- Being a student at Cornell. I love it there. I can't even explain how much I love it there. Sure there are flaws but I still wouldn't want to go to school anywhere else.
- The Hotel School. Because it's the best major ever in the best school ever period end of story everyone else can go home now bye.
- My parents, for paying for me to be a student at Cornell. And for everything else they do to support me and keep me happy. Like my mom redid my bathroom while I was gone and it looks great, my dad's still out working hard to pay for my ridiculous tuition bills...they're great. It's also easier to like them when I'm not living with them, honestly.
- Sterling (if he ever reads this he better appreciate the awesome codename :P). He's one of my closest friends at school, and I'm thankful for him because he's exactly the kind of person I need in my life right now. When I'm just sitting on his bed doing homework while he's at his desk playing video games, I feel safe.
- Griffles, Jean, Gordon, and all the other people that I hang out in the D4 lounge and watch movies with. They're just good people and I really like spending time with them.
- Actually most of the people on my floor/building. I'm thankful that I live in a great dorm with so many warm people that became my friends so quickly. I'm thankful they turned my dorm into a home.
- Jana, Meg, Andy, and Jan. Hotelie friends are the best :).
- Sal, Mickey, Fred, Jack, and Keith. I'm thankful both that they're all the same and that they've all changed since being at college. Hanging out with them yesterday was surreal because on one level, they're the same geeks who talk MTG and LoL that I knew back in August. But on another, they've all matured a lot, got a little more worldly experience (Fred mentioned being at a party?! I mean what?!), and I think it made them all better friends. I had a blast swapping stories and telling jokes and laughing with them. AND JACK EVEN GAVE ME A HUG BACK!!! I mean that's when you KNOW college has been good to him xD. As much as I hate visiting Cheshire, it's a lot better to know that I have these awesome guys still here.
- Devon and Sahi for writing me letters while I was at college, and for being outstanding human beings in general. And giving awesome hugs when I visited them at UConn :D
- Brownie. He wrote me a letter before I left for college and I was just rereading it since being home and it's making me all weepy again. He's great.
- I'm pretty thankful that Colleen isn't crazy or weird in any way. Her only flaw is that her overwhelming perfection is destroying my self-esteem, but that's not really her fault. She's still nice to me and is a good roommate and I'm really, really lucky for that.
- Shuo, my awesome standard dance partner. He's reliable and he's improved a lot this semester and I appreciate him.
- Lucky, my awesome Salsa partner. He's a great dancer and a great friend and I'm just glad he exists.
- Everyone else on ballroom team that's been teaching us. They're just awesome.
- My job! It's frustrating and gross sometimes but I'm glad to be employed, especially in a department with so many great people.
- My laptop. Once you go Mac you never go back, baby!!
- My education. I've learned so much this semester and it's all so incredibly useful.
- My special skills and everyone who's taught them to me. I'm a damn good chef, dancer, waitress, pianist, singer, archer, video game player, writer, fencer (maybe still?), and event planner, and all of that is because someone awesome taught me a skill at one point. So thank you to all of those people.
- Mrs. Yamamoto because she helped me get a 5 on the AP Lit exam which exempts me from a Freshman Writing Seminar at Cornell <3 li="li" nbsp="nbsp">
- Yoga pants. I think every girl needs to take a second once a year to be thankful for yoga pants.
- You, of course! Every blogger is thankful for her readers!
I think that's about all I can think of right now. I'll add more if I think of more. Stay lovely, everyone!
*: "Mademoiselle Noir" by Peppina
**: "After The Storm" by Mumford and Sons
