Thankful and Thoughtful Thursday

November is the month of one of my favorite holidays, Thanksgiving. I love the warmth, family, food, no need for presents, fall themes. Just everything about Thanksgiving normally gives me a warm feeling.

This month it seems a lot of bloggers are posting something they are thankful for each day of the month. I think that is a great way to both inwardly and outwardly remember what has meaning for you. 'Cause if it doesn't matter, why be thankful for it?

Right now I jokingly say my occupation is 'housewife', normally in a self deprecating way. But today I felt thankful for my 'housewife job'. How and why?

Well I've had a lot of cool jobs in my life. I assembled furniture for my first real job. Not to bad, got to use tools and not deal with customers. I was a produce clerk for years. Stacked fruit, ate healthy and helped people pick out yummy good stuff for them to eat. And at the time it paid all my bills and gave me health insurance.

I was a receptionist at a real estate office. Only had to work when I got out of college classes and could wear whatever I wanted. And eat snacks at my desk. Also I was a bicycle mechanic. Again, working with something I loved and with cool co workers. A pretty kick back job even when dealing with moron customers.

For big boy jobs I've done things with cool titles, real paychecks and real responsibilities. Saving lives and stuff even. Radiation Safety Officer. Health Physicist. Nuclear Medicine Technologist. All great conversation starters. All using my degree and all paying at least 70 grand a year.

How does all this tie into today? And being thankful? Well I did two loads of laundry, one load of dishes, watered and fertilized outside shrubs, fixed a yummy breakfast, built a target stand, blew leaves away from house and yard, cleaned a shower and two sinks all before noon. With plenty of candy eating mixed in.

I like being my own boss as it were. Seeing immediate results to my work. I like not having to ask for time off. I like being able to pursue my hobbies. I like that I can rest if I feel sick. I like being a housewife, as it were.

So yeah, today after a little bit of thought I felt thankful for what I have and where I am. "It is what it is." Now I'm off to shoot guns and sign up for bootcamp to lose some weight. You know, like any other housewife.