In an effort to change my whining ways and try to tough out the rest of this (horrid) month, I'm going to focus on the great things in life. To start out this positive mojo kick, I want to give a shoutout to some of the most important people in my life: my friends.
I must say, I am incredibly lucky to have a amazing group of friends. I have had some tough times over the years, but my friends have always been there for me, no matter how grumpy, sad, lonely, boring and occasionally just plain nuts I've been. My friends would show up, good wine in hand, and let me be as much of a pain as I can be.
Even as of recently, I had a pretty rough day, complete with sick puppies (no, not these guns, but an actual sick puppy), work craziness and emotional stress, and my friend didn't even hesitate to offer to ease my mind with some good wine, and even a punch in the throat to whoever it was causing me the grief. Now, that is friendship.
We have an understanding: when someone is hurting, you help. If you're hurting, you can ask for help, anytime, anyday, no matter how inconvenient.
A couple weeks ago, a friend of ours had an unexpected, sad event happen to his family. After the initial tears were shed, our friends wasted no time getting together to figure out a way to help that friend and his family in their time of need. Within 24 hours, we had collected a nice chunk of change to help them through their hard time. Even though some of us are, how do you say, "unemployed," and others of us struggle to meet mortgage and house bill demands, we put our own stuff aside and got together to help. Not just any friends would do that.
On top of all of this, my friends even still like me after all the bitching, crying and (eventually) bragging I've done about my little shack that could. And let me tell you, I've talked/whined/grumbled/shouted about that place A LOT!
Hell, they even put up with the millions of "look how cute my mangy mutts are" pictures. I'm even beginning to bug MYSELF with all those pictures.
So, to you, my friends, I say from the bottom of my heart, Thank You. Without you, I don't know where I'd be, when my next fun adventure would come, who I would turn to or who would go wine tasting with me this weekend.
I love you guys.
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