Thankfulness and a Rap

So this is my what I'm thankful for post. I know I'm a week late but aren't you supposed to be aware and speak what your thankful for all the time?
I am thankful for my family. For parents who have and do wholly support and stand behind me and the decisions I make in my life (even if they have to grin and bear it sometimes). They sacrifice so much so that I get not only what I need but what I want as well. They are willing to do just about anything to ensure that I am happy, healthy, and content and I am thankful for that. For my little sister who asks for nothing but my love and an open ear once and awhile.
I am thankful for my friends, both in IN and FL. They love me even when I'm neurotic and crazy. They encourage me when I want to give up, and they make laugh so hard I tears start streaming down my face and can't breathe. I am so thankful for the blessing of them in my life.
I am thankful for the opportunity to work with Pathways to Care and to serve the homeless. I am thankful for the chance to grow and learn about myself and the possibilities I can achieve.
So those are just a few small things I am thankful for.

Wednesday night at my house is roommate night. The three of us are always running in three different directions and we take Wednesday night to reconnect and just hang out together. Well last night we decorated the house together. It was so much fun. We were laughing, messing with each other (Lauren hates Christmas hehe) I love Christmas and decorating and all that jazz so I was hyper and just generally freaking out last night.
Lauren and Rebecca were getting a bit fed up with me when I kept telling them where to put things and going behind them and fixing it. It was then that I realized I was acting exactly like my mother at Christmas when it comes to decorating the house, and I told them as such. I said "You think I'm bad come to my house when we are decorating for Christmas." But you know what it needs to look nice and if you are good at decorating then there's nothing wrong with sharing that skill (right mom?)
After we got done decorating with the stuff we have at the moment. The three of us were sitting on the couch and Lauren was telling us about this song she heard over and over at Busch Gardens and the only line she remembered was "Our love is like a holiday." From there it launched into the three of us spending 30minutes writing a rap about Christmas, the three of us, and other ridiculous things. Then we mad ea video of us saying it. The best part of the whole thing is that I thought I hit stop and apparently I didn't, so Lauren goes "it's still going," and my response is to yell. HAHAHA We kept replaying the last few seconds over and over and just laughing hysterically. You can find the video on my facebook profile, but I'll post the lyrics on here.

At the 3208 our love is like a holiday
We do Advent at night
And we work all day

We'll have mistletoe so CV's can kiss
Oh did we mention Lauren hates Christmas

We love to laugh
And Jesus is our thing
We strung Christmas lights
And we like to sing

At the Christmas party there'll be a cookie bar
Oh did we mention Sarah hit a car

When Santa comes there will be no fear'
Cause the stupid alarm is what we'll hear

No popcorn on strings so we don't get ants
Oh did we mention Rebecca don't wear pants

We've got eight months until we leave
For now we just be livin' in community


Oh and something that we are doing that I absolutely love is every night the three of us are lighting the advent candles and saying the readings and prayers. I haven't done this since I was in elementary school. It's so nice.

Love and miss you all

19 days until I come home for Christmas :D