I'm not sure if this is a list or just rambling...

So, I'm utterly pooped.  Granted, I deserve to be pooped because every now and then I do something moronic like stress my brain out over how much homework I have to do in so very little of time, and then go waste 2 1/2 hours watching a movie and snuggling with my friends.  Er... friend.

Yeah, so I have a 10 page paper to write.  It's due Monday.  Guess how much I have left.  Yep, that's right.  All of it.  I STARTED reading 1 of the 3 books I have to write about and got about 60 pages in.  Well, technically, I started reading a different one of them a while ago, but I wasn't making any sort of notes about what I was reading - just reading it, because I didn't know what I was writing about.

Anyway, paper.  I'm reaching freak out mode.  I tend to get this way right before I break down and start crying.  Then I cry a little until I realize I'm falling asleep.  Then I crawl out of bed, put the book that I've been drooling on back on the floor, and take my boots off... which I decided before that I was going to keep wearing and just sorta dangle off the edge of the bed so that I wouldn't be tempted to fall asleep while doing said desperate assignment.  But, my humanity wins out, and off go the boots... along with the jeans and anything else I don't want to wear to bed.  Into the pj's, and next thing I know it's morning.

The funny thing is, as soon as morning hits, I realize that the previous day's breakdown was utterly unnecessary.  This is doable.  It's perfectly possible, even though I do have to read about 600 more pages and write 10 of my own in about 10 hours time... while doing laundry, packing for Thanksgiving vacation, and trying not to think about the other midterm I have to study for the INSTANT the paper is written.

Sleep is amazing.  It completely realigns the universe.

So, with that said, I'm thankful for:

1.Mornings.  Not necessarily early mornings or anything like that, but I'm thankful for the concept of a morning, where all the stress has been slept off, and impossible is suddenly attainable.
2.Editors in my life.  My mom, Lynnae.  Both are awesome.  I'll have to find out if one of them is willing to be on call Monday morning when I will have finished some form of a draft of this paper.
3.Friends who like to cuddle during movies.
4.Okay, so this is a little random, but I'm really glad my boss picked me to be the one to inventory the food and supplies we've been collecting for donations, as well as count the charity money we've earned.  Counting cans and stacking quarters was shockingly relaxing.  Probably because there was nothing unexpected, and I'm just too tired.  Last night was 3 very broken hours of sleep before it was up and getting ready for the England history midterm from hell.  Or, I suppose, the latest England history midterm from hell, since the previous 2 have been just as bad. 7 hours of studying, and I'm pretty sure I got a low B.  Anyway, I digress.  I was exhausted at work, and the thought of counting cans - mindless as it is - was much more appealing than the idea of taking calls, assessing the customer's needs, and trying to not only take care of the customer's request, but figure out anything and everything else they might possibly need to know about or resolve with their account - and work a sale in there too if applicable.  Normally, that stuff is fun.  Not today.  Today it was a scary thought, and I was glad when the call volume died down to absolutely nothing.  That's when I got 60 or so pages of the latest book read. :)
5.Wow... that was long... and ramblesque.  I'm thankful for coming home to Much Ado About Nothing, which I have never read or seen, but looks hilarious.  Some day, I should like to watch the whole thing.
6.Oh!  Big one.  I'm thankful... VERY thankful, in fact... that my apartment complex sent around a survey asking for residential feedback.  Free license for my opinion!  And do I ever have an opinion.
The lighting, for example.  One puny bulb beneath a foggy light fixture to light up the entire front room.  I'm sorry, but even with Stephanie's lamp and the lights from the Christmas tree, this apartment is as bright and cheery as the Bat Cave.  But then, we have Stephanie's lamp and the Christmas tree, so dim as it is, it's a far cry better than everybody else's apartments.  We get to go blind just a little more slowly than everyone else.  Thanks, Stadium Terrace.  I appreciate you giving me the opportunity to vent about your "energy saving" methods... and please, don't even get me started on the maintenance guy and the door that has been broken since I moved in here!  Oh wait... I wrote half of page of notes on the feedback form about that.  Okay, I feel better now.  Ranting done.
7.I'm thankful for Stephanie's lamp and the Christmas tree... especially Stephanie's lamp.  One of the heads is flexible, so I can sit on the couch, point it directly on me, and I can actually see what I'm doing!  It's amazing!

Wow... I'm a whiney butt tonight.  I need to go to bed.

8.I'm thankful it's payday!  I got a big check today too!
9.I'm thankful I'm on thankful #9, because it means I'm very near to being done with the 10 thankful minimum, and going to bed.
10.I'm thankful I'm out of creativity, and therefore able to cheat and write a thankful that isn't really a thankful and go to bed.

I'll be more celebratory and in the spirit of Thanksgiving tomorrow.  I promise.

Thankful Thursday... which is kinda lame... but it alliterates, so who cares!!!

Well, obviously today I'm theriouthly thankful for the art of alliteration on this monumental morning while I procrastinate projects of impending importance... that last one doesn't really make sense...

**ahem**

On to things I'm actually grateful for...

1.The fact that I'm following about 10 blogs, because there's usually a new post or two to read.  Today I got lucky.  There were FOUR new posts to read!  Yayayayay!  I need more blogs to follow!  If I'm not following YOUR blog, let me know!  Oh wait... I'm pretty sure I'm already following anyone who has been bothering to read my daily Thanksgiving posts... er... THE one who has been reading them.  Don't worry, all ya'll!  As soon as Thanksgiving is over, I'll go back to 2 or 3 times a week!  I promise!
2.Despite shamelessly sleeping for 11 hours when I have studying to do, I still have 2 hours in which to study before class (this is at 11:15 a.m., btw, since I KNOW this post won't get finished until late tonight), AND I'm fully rested, which doesn't happen all that often anymore.
3.My mom submitted a book to an agent!  This is exciting, because she has like 5 books sitting around at home, just waiting to be published. 
4.The fact that I readjusted what I'm going to do.  I'm going to quit studying for the midterm and get the paper written.  My goal is to have that done - or nearly done - by the end of tomorrow.  Speed read 3 books and get an outline out, and then get to the paper.
5.Awkward class - we're talking about Sultans and their harems.  One girl: "So, how did the dynasty not die out, if the Sultan always killed his brothers then had like 15 wives?  Wouldn't the STD's do him in?"  Teacher: "Well, they didn't have STD's.  They took the girls as young virgins, and they were only allowed the one man."  Girl: "But the dude!  He had like 15 women!"  Thanks, random girl. 
6.These sweet words, spoken by my favorite professor: "I have decided to make the Primary Source Analysis an optional assignment for this semester."  And then the angels sing!  The sun explodes through the clouds!  Faeries dance across the flowers that just burst into bloom!
7.In time for the 3rd exam, the TA in Ancient Near East history finally explains what makes the difference between an A grade and a B grade.  Now I know how to get an A!
8.Three weeks of classes left!!!  Almost DONE!!!
9.Sales at the book store.  Seriously, I just bought 10 very interesting books for $10!  I probably won't read them until either the break or I graduate, but I still own them!  I love books!  They make my nerd happy.
10.This quote by my Isaiah teacher: "You can't put a timeline to God.  You can't describe an infinite being in terms of time.  It's like asking, 'How much does purple weigh?'"
11.And finally, I am thankful that in about 20 minutes, I'll be leaving to see Harry Potter.  That's right, suckas!  All ya'll crazies goin' to see the midnight showing?  I'm goin' to the PREshowing!!!  BA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!  EAT THAT!!!!

Thankyou, life.

Today I am grateful for:

1.Brittany, a girl in 2 of my classes, offered to turn in my paper for me on the day that I'll be gone, which means I don't have to write it before I leave, which means that is ONE LESS thing I have to do before Thanksgiving, which means that I only have 2 hard midterms to take and 1 10-page paper to write between now and Monday.  Yay!
2.I also have to say I'm quite thankful I have a job where I get to talk to all sorts of interesting people.  And by interesting, I mean I call someone up about a matter with their account, and have a 56 minute long (very one-sided) conversation about how that call was orchestrated by God so that the guy I called could change my life.  Well, he certainly changed 56 minutes of it...
3.Food at work, specifically Kahlua Pork at work.  Mmmmmm!
4.Finishing the study guide for 1 of my midterms... one more midterm and a 10 page research paper to go!
5.New socks
6.The fact that you can spell "socks" as "sox" and spell check may pick it up, but it's still awesome!  Actually, it's not that awesome, but it's kinda cool...
7.Paramore's song Brick by Boring Brick and Daughtry's song September.  Two of the newest additions to my mp3 player.
8.The thought of going to bed BEFORE midnight!
9.It's almost Thanksgiving.
10.After thanksgiving there are only 2 weeks of school left!!!

Today's thankful, backdated because it's actually like 2 am on the day after this post says it is.

I am thankful that I got the 54 cheesecake cupcakes made and the disastrous mess I made on my counter and table cleaned up, and now I am able to go to sleep.  The end.

Thanksgiving is growing near...

1.I'm thankful for fenestration.  There isn't much of it where I'm living now, but I grew up with a large amount, and I'm really thankful for it when I come across it.
2.I am VERY thankful I got an A- on my history of England exam... because I pretty much destroyed myself on the last one.
3.Hmmm... what else?  Pineapple that ISN'T overripe, because that's just gross.
4.Finding a new band that sounds exactly like my favorite band... but isn't my favorite band... they're just a total rip off, and were seriously trying too hard in their music video... but at least it's new songs in the sound I really like, since my favorite band hasn't released anything in a while.  Jeez, get on it people, or your fans'll start going to the guys who ripped off your sound!
5.The fact that I can google myself and find virtually nothing.  The only things are some stupid classmates sites that link to my mom, dad, and younger brother (not even me), and a Deans list.  That Deans list is the only thing that's actually applicable to my life.
6.Yummy Chex mix stuff that I don't actually know what's in it.
7.ADHD Quote of the day: "He had a really stupid expression on his -- did someone turn my sticky tack into a duck?"
8.I'm also thankful I'm not at work, and can stop wearing my work clothes, which I forgot I was wearing until just now.
9.Ooh!  I'm veeeerrrry thankful that the irate customer at work demanded to speak to a manager... because I'm not a manager!!! BA HA HA!!!  I GOT TO PAWN HIM OFF ON THE GUY IN CHARGE!!!!  HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!
10.I am wearing a shirt that enables virtually unassisted flight.  Yep, that's right, like Dumbo's ears, my sleeves allow me to fly.

Today I'm thankful just to be alive!

Alright, today's grateful list.  Seriously, this is so much fun!  I sit here wondering why I haven't been doing this for the last 23 Thanksgivings.

1.Sundays.  It's the ONE day of the week that, due to Sabbath observance, I don't do homework.  Therefore, due to my personal religious convictions, I don't have to even think about the homework I'm not doing, and I feel great!  Total and utter stress relief.  As a kid, I hated Sundays because that was the day I couldn't watch TV or ride my bike, or a myriad of other fun/rowdy activities that made up the other 6 days of the week.  My parents also used it as a way to get us to stop singing "The Song that Never Ends."
Me: "Some people staaarted singin' it not knowin' what is waaaas, but they'll continue singin' it forever just because this is the sooong that neeeever eeeeeeennnnnnds..."
Clarke:  "GAH!  STOP SINGING THAT!!!"
Me: "Yes it goes on and on myyyyy friiiiiieeeeennnnds!"
Clarke: "SAVANNAH!!!"
Me: "Some people staaaarted singing' it not knowin'--"
Mommy: **Patient voice** "Savannah, is that a Sunday song?"
Me: **deflated**  "Noooo."
My boredom as a 6 year old set the tone for my opinion of Sundays for quite a while.  As an older teenager, I was able to appreciate it for the spiritual benefits of devoting a day to God, but it wasn't until I came out to college and felt the burden of time (or, more specifically, lack of time) in relation to work and the stress of homework that I really understood that scripture in the New Testament that says the Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.  We mortal humans need one day a week where we don't think about the things that are stressing us out, and instead think about things that fill us with hope and peace - like Christ, the atonement, service, our own divine nature, and spending time with people we love. 
Yes, I am definitely grateful for Sundays.
2.The fact that I can mean to write a 2 or 3 sentence "I'm thankful for" and it turns into an entire discourse on my personal history with the Sabbath day.
3.Funny people.  There are a couple different kinds, like the guy who came over last night and made me laugh so hard I just about died choking on my Martinellis.  That's one kind, and I'm definitely thankful for those people.  Then there are the other kind - the kind that try SO hard to be as utterly boring as they can possibly be, taking EVERYTHING seriously and applying even the most mundane or shallow concepts to the depths of their soul.  Sometimes, those people say something utterly bombastic in all seriousness, and you can't help but laugh.  It's a squelched, "I should SO not be laughing at you right now," squeaky/coughy laugh you try to hide, but it's still hilarious.  I'm thankful for those people too.
4.I'm thankful Monique came and sat by me in church, because I hardly ever get to talk to her, and I miss the freaking heck out of her. : )
5.Kunkee let me straighten his hair... and take a picture.  Like so:

6. I'm thankful for collaborating on dinner with a bunch of friends.  We made a huge meal and ate so much food that 5 hours later I am STILL full.
7.IT'S SNOWING!!!!  I LOVE THE SNOW!!!!
8.New music on my mp3 player.
9.Stephanie has a tail.
10.I'm also thankful for the ability to NOT take part in a conversation, but to just sit back and watch the dynamics of my friends and roommates interacting, and laugh to myself at how their various personalities come out in the things they say, and the ways they interact.