GOBBLE GOBBLE, What are you thankful for?

[Edson Carlos]

Go!

[Miss Behavin]

Everything, good and bad, that has brought me to this moment.

[Roxy Tart {PL Team / Comm. Mgr}]

My son. Nothing in the world has ever made me happier. Followed closely by family and friends, I have a lot, and I'm so thankful for all of them!

[Plum Pea Dahl {★}]

In no particular order, I am thankful for:
having a job in this crappy economy! (and for recently getting a raise!)
my supportive bf
my friends
a roof over my head (and four walls to support it)
my fur-babies
anti-anxiety meds
PinupLifestyle.com and all the PL'ers

[Plum Pea Dahl {★}]

Good Lord! You have endured more than your fair share! Sending good juju to you so things get better...

Kate Vega {★} said:

My dog, my boyfriend, and our health.

Over the past year, we've had countless struggles to overcome. At about this time last year, my boyfriend randomly suffered 3 seizures (with no history), and we racked up $5000 in medical bills from taking him to the emergency room. We then proceeded to BOTH get laid off. Follow that with numerous car mishaps costing us even more money we don't have. We then both got jobs that paid less, and that we hated.... my job requires the use of my own car, which is a piece of junk, and had something wrong with it about every month. I couldn't afford to fix it, but I also couldn't afford not to, since I needed to if I wanted to keep my job. I also got a bullsh*t traffic ticket, and when I didn't pay it, because I couldn't, I got pulled over and ARRESTED! Then we got our sweet little bundle of joy, my puppy Bettie! Then she hurt her foot and cost us $500 in emergency vet bills. Most recently, my car AND my boyfriend's car both completely DIED (beyond repair) within 2 days of each other. My boyfriend commutes an hour to work where no public transportation goes the whole distance, and I of course need my car to keep my job as well. So we were both in danger of losing our jobs again, but scraped by somehow. Then last week, my boyfriend got laid off again and is now unemployed.

So yes, really awful f*cking streak of luck we've been having over the past year. It's really been hard on us both, and we've had a hard time not becoming completely overwhelmed by it all and falling into a deep depression. We keep thinking, "well, we've had our share of bad luck, so something good must be coming our way" and "it's been going on so long, it's got to end SOMETIME" and "we're at rock bottom now, there's no way to go but up." But we've been wrong... life has proven us wrong EVERY SINGLE time. It's getting to be too hard to handle.

Which is why I am so thankful that I have my boyfriend, and my puppy, whom I love so very much, to help get through it all. My relationship with my boyfriend has grown deeper than ever over this past year of misfortune. I know that when we finally get through all of this, we will be able to handle anything. I am also thankful that we are both here and healthy. Both of our cars broke down on the VERY busy San Mateo bridge, and we could easily have been injured or killed in the events, but weren't. Also, those seizures he had were the first and last seizures he's ever had...he's not had one since and hopefully never will again.

PHEW! It feels good to get some of this off my chest... I've been holding on to a lot of anger about these events for a long time. Luckily I have you guys to spill it to XD For this I am also thankful.