Trying to find something to be thankful for

It's Thanksgiving Day. History tells us this is the time when the first Anglo-Saxon settlers in this country were saved from starving to death by the native peoples. Abraham Lincoln designated the last Thursday of November as a national day of Thanksgiving. It's the start of the "holidays", it's the day your newspaper will be stuffed full of advertisements for "early bird specials", it's the day when the most abused substance in America will be the amino acid Tryptophan and the only day of the year you don't need to be loaded to see flying critters sailing down 5th Avenue in New York City.

I haven't had a lot to be thankful for this year. I'm thankful my brother allowed me to move back in. I'm thankful to my friends Spencer and Holly for providing some semblance of dignity in allowing me to work for them rather than just treating me like a charity case. I'm thankful to the two managers that did at least allow me to interview, unlike the 48 that just round filed my resume because I haven't had a steady paying technical job since 2001. I'm thankful to the psychiatric professionals in Tulsa that diagnosed my problem, even if the ones here in Lewisville seem to have dropped the ball and only want to treat half the problem... and it's not the half that needs treatment the most.

To those I love, I wish you a happy Thanksgiving.