So to be honest i've been quite bad at this whole blogging thing lately. i guess i just havent gotten the hang of it yet. But today i managed to find time between studying for midterms, going to class, and working on assignments to write a blog.

this weekend is going to be a test of my time management skills. with lectureship, studying for midterms, having family here and working. but hopefully i will pass the test. Im excited to see people i havent seen for awhile. aka Sharon King who doesnt live here anymore. And also to see people that I hardly ever get to see because of my non-existant social life. thats what university does to you. well at least to me.

Even though I dont get to see some of friends very often I'm so thankful that I have the friends that I have. The other day i was thinking about Thanksgiving and being Thankful. I realized that for me and this probably goes for some others of you out there too, that Thanksgiving is the only time of year that i really stop to look at what i have and give thanks for it. But why? Why do we only wait for this one holiday a year to give thanks for all the things we have in life-a good life, family, friends, wealth, and the list could go on. Being in Africa this summer made me realize that we need to take the time so much more often to thank god for what we have, and to stop complaining. Probably everday I complain about how far i had to park away from univerisity and that there wasnt anything to eat for lunch, when truthfully, i only have to walk 10 mins to school and the fridge was full. And while I'm complaining about these little dumb things, there are people in Africa who have to walk for hours to get to school,if they even get the oppurtunity to go to school and don't even know where there next meal is coming from.
So i dont even have the right to complain when i live a life that is full of so many blessings.

And lets not only wait for thanksgiving to give thanks for what we have. lets do it all the time.

so i'm thankful for school, and for midterms(even though i complain), for my friends, my family, my job,my parking spot ten minutes away, my full fridge, the oppurtunties i have that other people dont have, and the list could go on.