Thankful Thursday

I haven't done one of these in a while and since I have had a down right awful, crawl under the covers and cry it out kind of weeks, I thought I should participate this week to remind me of all the good.

1.  Football.  College, NFL, high school.  I love it.  I love this time of year.

• I love the increase in email exchanges and phone calls between me and my oldest brother as we discuss stats, our favorite players and our favorite team.  I love having football on the TV all day on Sundays.  
• We have season tickets to UA football, and I love having our Saturdays sucked away by tailgating and going to the games.  Our seats have been in the same area for 7 years now and we know and recognize our seat mates, catch up seeing pictures of grandkids and sharing stories.
• In our new location we are a block away from a high school.  We can hear the roar of the Friday night crowd, the band practices all weeks, the cheering.  We love the noise and need to walk over there soon for a game.

2.  Exercise.  I love being able to release stress and frustrations by going for a run or participating in a fitness class.  I skipped a workout on Tuesday, but had a great workout last night and this morning.

3.  Books.  I have very few friends, but I have a multitude of familiar friend like characters that I return to in books.  When I 'm having a down in the dumps week (or two) I'm more likely to turn to Renee from "the Elegance of the Hedgehog" for comfort than to a flesh and bones friend.