Ask Dr. Ding

Now that the day of turkey-gorging is past I thought I’d take a moment to reflect on some things for which I’m thankful. It’s far too easy in life to pay attention to the negative and forget to take note of the positive. So here goes, in no particular order.

1. I’m thankful for my spanky new laptop, with all its various functions about which I know very little but for which I am thankful nonetheless.

2. I’m so very thankful for my beyonce who loves me more than I ever thought anyone could and who in turn lets me love him more than I ever thought I was capable of loving another human being. He’s also very smart, handsome and sweet-natured and I think he has the best nose ever.

3. I’m grateful that my rescue mutt Queenie hasn’t run away not even once this year. So far.

4. I’m thankful for my friends that continue to email and/or call me even when I don’t respond for like 6 months. I don’t deserve you!

5. I’m particularly grateful for cool weather right now and the way the light changes color this time of year.

6. I’m grateful that I have 3 jobs that I really like, and also that these are all paying jobs that pay actual money. To me.
7. I’m thankful for Coke Zero in the little bottles.

8. I’m grateful for the book I read on trigger point therapy and reducing chronic pain, as well as the fact that a $1.89 pack of tennis balls has basically cured my rotator cuff injury.

9. I’m especially thankful for my very forward-thinking doctor here, Dr. Michael Allon, who’s got me on all kinds of vitamins and supplements that balance out the years of blecchy endo/PCOS treatments!

10. I’m grateful for my new walking shoes from Etonic-they’re ugly as hell but I’m like the wind now! The wind I tel you!

11. I’m thankful for my wonderful friends, without whom my life would be far less interesting.

12. I’m really thankful and somewhat suprised that I did the following things this year: learned to knit, made a holiday wreath fit for a drag faerie queen from the North Pole, made a ton of soy candles for friends and family, cooked a pre-holiday “dry run” turkey all by myself without incident, successfully maintained an herb garden, and donated 12″ of my hair to Locks of Love.

13. I’m grateful for being able to post my innermost and flippant thoughts here without fear of reprisal or receiving ads for penis enlargers.

14. I’m thankful that I learned to use an iPod along with iTunes thanks to my beyonce.