Rock out With your Quads out!

Today marks the one week-aversary of my butt making good friends with the skating rink floor. I don't remember the last time I felt pain like that. I labored for hours and gave birth naturally without a single tear; yet falling on my tailbone made me cry like a baby in front of everyone. Not my proudest moment. I knew it would bruise but I had no idea that I'd practically develop a tumor on my ass. After posting a picture of its raw, nastiness, a friend brought it to my attention that it's officially a Hematoma. I'm 30 years old but still had to Google that word. I wasn't sure if it was just a fancy, scientific word for "bruise" or, if I was going to die. Turns out, it's both. Okay, maybe I won't die from it but the pooling of blood that's taking place underneath this horrible bruise ranks right up there with death for me. Oh. My. Goodness.... it really hurts. Today, I'm thankful that this is an off week for skating practice because I'd surely be missing them all. Now, time to purchase some padded shorts. Dorky or not, I refuse to let this happen again. I do enjoy sitting.

Moving on...

Thanksgiving is in 2 days. TWO days?? Where in the world did this year go? It's true what they say, the older we get, the faster time flies. I must be old because it feels like the calendar is on sonic speed. There are so many things I'm thankful for, I'll spare my 3 readers of the elongated list. Instead, I've decided that I want to spend Thanksgiving the old fashioned way. I'm going to invite all of my neighbors over, feast on a delicious meal and then kill them all and take their land. Doesn't that sound fun? But seriously, I'm thinking maybe I won't be an Atheist...we don't have any holidays. And I sure do love sitting around with people I love and committing gluttony in the way only Americans know best. I'm guessing that in 48 hours from now, I'll be in a stuffing induced coma and ready for a nap. Ah, traditions.

Someone asked me that other day, "If you're an Agnostic, what are you thankful for and who are you thanking?" Oh man, did she open a can of logical worms. Here is the answer I gave:

"I'm glad you asked! I'm thankful for the food I eat and in correlation to that, for the farmers who grow the food and the truckers who transport the food. I'm thankful my husband has the drive and ambition to start his own business in a time where jobs are hard to find. I'm thankful for science and the understanding that I evolved from a single cell organism. I'm thankful for the invention of the internet. It has given me the ability to help further open my mind and to express it so that others can read it years down the road. If that's you, hello from the past! I'm thankful for skepticism and the freedom to question everything from Hematoma's to religion. I'm thankful for biology which allowed my husband's sperm to fertilize my egg and thus created our beautiful baby daughter. But most of all, I'm not a person who covets what other people have; I'm aware of the burdens that so many others carry and I'm very thankful that I'm alive, healthy and loved by many."

And with that, the conversation ended. Sorry lady, despite what you might have learned in church, gratitude is for everyone regardless of their beliefs. And I'm very thankful for that!

Dog bless America.