Thanksgiving....what are you thankful for?....
I would like to thank Lucas for his one word comments which put me past the 25 mark....and thanks for the one to grow on...Lord knows i'm short....anyways...
WARNING....THIS IS A LONG POST....I THINK I SHOULD JUST WRITE A BOOK ON MY LIFE......COMMENT FREELY FOLLOWING THIS POST.....
Here is the background info needed in order to understand what I want to get across in this post.
My car has been in the shop for over a week. I am getting new brakes, rotors, tires, inner and outer ti-rod ends, rear struts, rear interlink sway bars, alignment, and new cradle mounts. I was supposed to get my car back this past Monday, which turned into Tuesday, and then finding out it wouldn't be ready till Wednesday...the hold up was the cradle mounts....they weren't coming out the way they are supposed to....therefor, pushing my car back to being ready late Wednesday afternoon. I wanted to head home early Wednesday....and was told it wasn't looking good for my car to even be ready Wednesday. Here I am without my car being ready and no way back to Hannibal for Thanksgiving. Here is where I'll do the play by play as it leads into my post.
Rae came down to fix a grilled cheese sandwich and so we hung out and she was here when i got the news it wasn't looking too good for my car to be ready Wednesday. I began thinking of what to do. Everyone that lived in Hannibal had already gone back on Tuesday...Rae offered for me to come home w/ her if I had no way of getting home. Now I heard stories of her family getting together in the past and it seemed like it would be a fun filled break if i didn't get to go home...I really was wanting to go home though cause I wanted to hang out w/ a few friends and see my grandparents. I checked the trains that would leave from Lincoln and go up to Chicago and down to Quincy which is 25 minutes from Hannibal. All of the trains that would have left Lincoln for the day had already left. So, I called A.P. cause I knew he flew and could maybe fly me to Hannibal, I had no problem w/ getting back to lincoln, it was getting to hannibal that was the issue. He told me he would get back to me since it was supposed to be very windy later on that day. I then called Enterprise here in Lincoln to see about renting a car....$117 for a car.....I had till 2:00 to order the car so it would be ready before they closed....it was 1:30....I decided I'd call back if i needed to.
In the mean time, I called my mom to break the news that I might not be able to come home for Thanksgiving....Surprisingly she took it well and was like, well, as long as your home for Christmas...I was like okay.....i wasn't going to let this stop me from trying to come home though...i really wanted to get back there....I then called someone I thought who would be willing to help me out, megan flat out told me she was busy and wasn’t just going to drop what she was doing to come get me. I was surprised but not at the same time. She went on to say that if I would have called her like last week, I might have gotten a ride from here…too bad I didn’t know I wasn’t gonna have a ride until about an hour before I called her…(this part of talking to megan is vital to that later part of this story)…I got the call back from AP that it was going to be too windy, I wasn't that surprised....anyone who has ever been in Lincoln knows that its windy...especially once mid-November hits. I then called my sister...she could come get me, but not until 9 that night....I wasn't for sure what to do….I could go home and have my sister come get me and put her out of her way….or rent the car and spend the $150 after gas and everything…or save the money, not see my family, and go home w/ Rae….
After some thought and the realization that I wouldn’t get to be home much in the future and haven’t been home much in the past….I need to get home…somehow…w/ the rental, I’d have freedom to drive anywhere whenever I got into Hannibal. I went to rent the car. I called it in at 1:55 and called to have it ready by 4. I started to pack and had Kim come pick me up to take me there. Now, I had the cash to pay for the rental, but was not informed of their deposit they needed. Long story short, they had to put the $200 deposit on a credit card or if I paid in cash, I had to bring in two billing statements showing that I pay my bills….I had to come home because I didn’t have the $200 in my checking account, Kim offered to put it on her credit card, but didn’t have her drivers license. I got the billing statements needed and took them in. I was thankful that Kim stuck around the first time or I would have been stuck at Enterprise…
I rented the car, got the insurance on it, cause Lord knows I wanted to run the hell out of it….its a rental….
I made it into Hannibal just in time to meet up w/ Jeremy and head to Quincy to go bowling….Bowling was fun, it was with some of my friends and it was a good time.
Thanksgiving Day:
9:30-I was woken up with a phone call from Megan. To wrap up the conversation, she bashed the fact that her parents would have come to pick her up knowing that mine are divorced and I’ve never had a close relationship w/ both of them. She then snapped about why I would think that she would have come to get me…and basically she didn’t know why we even bother talking anymore….I was thinking to myself…why do we bother talking….it’s usually her calling me and talking about whats been going on….I doubt we’ll talk for awhile…no sweat off my back…I laid there thinking of what she said in reference to my parents, it hurt…hurt so bad I looked around my cold dark room and began to tear up a bit…my mom is in the process of moving and nothing was in order…the entire house was chaotic looking. I envisioned a camera panning around the room coming up from my bed w/ the song Hallelujah by Rufus Wainwright playing softly in the background as there were some shots showing the house being empty except for me and my sister's room..…there would probably be a commercial break here….only to come back w/ my phone ringing again, it was my mom checking to see if I was on my way out to my grandparents’…Here is where another accoustic song would begin w/ quick shots of me getting ready....(here is where i see myself living in a movie...and how some of it all doesn't seem real...I wish that editor would cut out a few things...and add more time on the timeline w/ other things...)
I got up and ready and made my way out to my grandparents’ house for the day. I decided on the ride out there that I wasn’t going to let anything bother me and realized who my friends were and was very thankful for those that went out of their way in order for me to have a ride and there for me as a friend. The rest of Thanksgiving was full of funny things between my grandparents…for example..
Grandpa to Grandma “you’ve got a weird sense of taste”
Grandma “well yeah, I married you”
Grandpa to Grandma after trying a bite of blue cheese “that taste like paint thinner”
Me “You back on that paint thinner again”
Grandpa “yeah, I’ve been trying to cut back though”
Grandma “so do you like it?”
Grandpa “whats that blue stuff in it?”
Grandma “mold”
Grandpa “hell, If I wanted mold, I would have gone out to the north side of the house and licked the siding”
Grandpa “well, Josh you better come back and visit soon, Grandma only feeds me when you come over”
Thanksgiving made me think of the times that I’d spend the weekends w/ my grandparents and just laugh at the way they’d treat each other…fun times…
Yeah, that basically sums up my Thanksgiving. If you’ve survived this long through my blog, you’ve made it to the best part. I want to thank God for those that have been my friends and who have really been there for me as of late. Rae, for being a wonderful neighbor and giving me countless rides around town and offering her to take me home for Thanksgiving. Kim and Kari, for giving me rides around town and Kim for offering to let me use her credit card for the deposit and for the McFadden’s opening up their home to me today for lunch. Super Dave, for giving me rides around town and being the accountability partner I’ve needed. Hammer for packing my butt around town and being someone there to talk w/ when either one of us need to...and for the memorable all nighter when we'd see each other up at 5 or 6 in the morning....ah, good times...Roomie and Groty for taking me to Mason City and driving me around town many many times. Jeremy for opening up his apartment for me in the event of me getting an internship in St. Louis, opening up your house for me to stay in while in Hannibal, as well as being a friend since way back when at St. John’s. There are many others that I know I’m forgetting, I just know that Thanksgiving made me realize how blessed I have been w/ the friends around me. It doesn’t matter what the cost is, being home w/ family and friends was well worth it all….
Now I’m back here in Lincoln for only a few more weeks, my days are numbered. Some people I will never see again after college…Many I will keep in touch w/ through instant messenger, and then there are those that we’ll travel for miles just to have some coffee and catch up w/ each other….I only want to surround myself w/ friends and know that even if I don’t ever see you again after college, we’ll see each other again one day in Heaven.
WARNING....THIS IS A LONG POST....I THINK I SHOULD JUST WRITE A BOOK ON MY LIFE......COMMENT FREELY FOLLOWING THIS POST.....
Here is the background info needed in order to understand what I want to get across in this post.
My car has been in the shop for over a week. I am getting new brakes, rotors, tires, inner and outer ti-rod ends, rear struts, rear interlink sway bars, alignment, and new cradle mounts. I was supposed to get my car back this past Monday, which turned into Tuesday, and then finding out it wouldn't be ready till Wednesday...the hold up was the cradle mounts....they weren't coming out the way they are supposed to....therefor, pushing my car back to being ready late Wednesday afternoon. I wanted to head home early Wednesday....and was told it wasn't looking good for my car to even be ready Wednesday. Here I am without my car being ready and no way back to Hannibal for Thanksgiving. Here is where I'll do the play by play as it leads into my post.
Rae came down to fix a grilled cheese sandwich and so we hung out and she was here when i got the news it wasn't looking too good for my car to be ready Wednesday. I began thinking of what to do. Everyone that lived in Hannibal had already gone back on Tuesday...Rae offered for me to come home w/ her if I had no way of getting home. Now I heard stories of her family getting together in the past and it seemed like it would be a fun filled break if i didn't get to go home...I really was wanting to go home though cause I wanted to hang out w/ a few friends and see my grandparents. I checked the trains that would leave from Lincoln and go up to Chicago and down to Quincy which is 25 minutes from Hannibal. All of the trains that would have left Lincoln for the day had already left. So, I called A.P. cause I knew he flew and could maybe fly me to Hannibal, I had no problem w/ getting back to lincoln, it was getting to hannibal that was the issue. He told me he would get back to me since it was supposed to be very windy later on that day. I then called Enterprise here in Lincoln to see about renting a car....$117 for a car.....I had till 2:00 to order the car so it would be ready before they closed....it was 1:30....I decided I'd call back if i needed to.
In the mean time, I called my mom to break the news that I might not be able to come home for Thanksgiving....Surprisingly she took it well and was like, well, as long as your home for Christmas...I was like okay.....i wasn't going to let this stop me from trying to come home though...i really wanted to get back there....I then called someone I thought who would be willing to help me out, megan flat out told me she was busy and wasn’t just going to drop what she was doing to come get me. I was surprised but not at the same time. She went on to say that if I would have called her like last week, I might have gotten a ride from here…too bad I didn’t know I wasn’t gonna have a ride until about an hour before I called her…(this part of talking to megan is vital to that later part of this story)…I got the call back from AP that it was going to be too windy, I wasn't that surprised....anyone who has ever been in Lincoln knows that its windy...especially once mid-November hits. I then called my sister...she could come get me, but not until 9 that night....I wasn't for sure what to do….I could go home and have my sister come get me and put her out of her way….or rent the car and spend the $150 after gas and everything…or save the money, not see my family, and go home w/ Rae….
After some thought and the realization that I wouldn’t get to be home much in the future and haven’t been home much in the past….I need to get home…somehow…w/ the rental, I’d have freedom to drive anywhere whenever I got into Hannibal. I went to rent the car. I called it in at 1:55 and called to have it ready by 4. I started to pack and had Kim come pick me up to take me there. Now, I had the cash to pay for the rental, but was not informed of their deposit they needed. Long story short, they had to put the $200 deposit on a credit card or if I paid in cash, I had to bring in two billing statements showing that I pay my bills….I had to come home because I didn’t have the $200 in my checking account, Kim offered to put it on her credit card, but didn’t have her drivers license. I got the billing statements needed and took them in. I was thankful that Kim stuck around the first time or I would have been stuck at Enterprise…
I rented the car, got the insurance on it, cause Lord knows I wanted to run the hell out of it….its a rental….
I made it into Hannibal just in time to meet up w/ Jeremy and head to Quincy to go bowling….Bowling was fun, it was with some of my friends and it was a good time.
Thanksgiving Day:
9:30-I was woken up with a phone call from Megan. To wrap up the conversation, she bashed the fact that her parents would have come to pick her up knowing that mine are divorced and I’ve never had a close relationship w/ both of them. She then snapped about why I would think that she would have come to get me…and basically she didn’t know why we even bother talking anymore….I was thinking to myself…why do we bother talking….it’s usually her calling me and talking about whats been going on….I doubt we’ll talk for awhile…no sweat off my back…I laid there thinking of what she said in reference to my parents, it hurt…hurt so bad I looked around my cold dark room and began to tear up a bit…my mom is in the process of moving and nothing was in order…the entire house was chaotic looking. I envisioned a camera panning around the room coming up from my bed w/ the song Hallelujah by Rufus Wainwright playing softly in the background as there were some shots showing the house being empty except for me and my sister's room..…there would probably be a commercial break here….only to come back w/ my phone ringing again, it was my mom checking to see if I was on my way out to my grandparents’…Here is where another accoustic song would begin w/ quick shots of me getting ready....(here is where i see myself living in a movie...and how some of it all doesn't seem real...I wish that editor would cut out a few things...and add more time on the timeline w/ other things...)
I got up and ready and made my way out to my grandparents’ house for the day. I decided on the ride out there that I wasn’t going to let anything bother me and realized who my friends were and was very thankful for those that went out of their way in order for me to have a ride and there for me as a friend. The rest of Thanksgiving was full of funny things between my grandparents…for example..
Grandpa to Grandma “you’ve got a weird sense of taste”
Grandma “well yeah, I married you”
Grandpa to Grandma after trying a bite of blue cheese “that taste like paint thinner”
Me “You back on that paint thinner again”
Grandpa “yeah, I’ve been trying to cut back though”
Grandma “so do you like it?”
Grandpa “whats that blue stuff in it?”
Grandma “mold”
Grandpa “hell, If I wanted mold, I would have gone out to the north side of the house and licked the siding”
Grandpa “well, Josh you better come back and visit soon, Grandma only feeds me when you come over”
Thanksgiving made me think of the times that I’d spend the weekends w/ my grandparents and just laugh at the way they’d treat each other…fun times…
Yeah, that basically sums up my Thanksgiving. If you’ve survived this long through my blog, you’ve made it to the best part. I want to thank God for those that have been my friends and who have really been there for me as of late. Rae, for being a wonderful neighbor and giving me countless rides around town and offering her to take me home for Thanksgiving. Kim and Kari, for giving me rides around town and Kim for offering to let me use her credit card for the deposit and for the McFadden’s opening up their home to me today for lunch. Super Dave, for giving me rides around town and being the accountability partner I’ve needed. Hammer for packing my butt around town and being someone there to talk w/ when either one of us need to...and for the memorable all nighter when we'd see each other up at 5 or 6 in the morning....ah, good times...Roomie and Groty for taking me to Mason City and driving me around town many many times. Jeremy for opening up his apartment for me in the event of me getting an internship in St. Louis, opening up your house for me to stay in while in Hannibal, as well as being a friend since way back when at St. John’s. There are many others that I know I’m forgetting, I just know that Thanksgiving made me realize how blessed I have been w/ the friends around me. It doesn’t matter what the cost is, being home w/ family and friends was well worth it all….
Now I’m back here in Lincoln for only a few more weeks, my days are numbered. Some people I will never see again after college…Many I will keep in touch w/ through instant messenger, and then there are those that we’ll travel for miles just to have some coffee and catch up w/ each other….I only want to surround myself w/ friends and know that even if I don’t ever see you again after college, we’ll see each other again one day in Heaven.
posted by Josh at 8:42 PM
5 Comments:
i am grateful and blessed to have you as a friend as well brother...
poker tomorrow night around 9:30....
Squeaks, I find it funny that you thank me for all of those things, yet you're sitting in my room right now because you just got done helping me. I'm very thankful that we are friends, not just because we can help each other out, but also because we can talk and laugh and share our lives with each other. I'm glad you had a good thanksgiving break...and my family wasn't too exciting so you didn't miss much. however, christmas is always much more crazy for the Haberers so if you get stuck in Lincoln again you come on home with me! mmmbye
I'm thankful for the hour of spare time I had to read your whole blog.
But I'm thankful for my time in Hannibal so I got to know you. I just took out the Camp DVD and Watched it.
Morning Show!!
Hey Josh, Where do you hope, in St. Louis, to get an internship? That would be good, we will keep this in our prayers!
Congratulations on graduating. That is a huge accomplishment to cherish. Celebrate!
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