We're celebrating Thanksgiving by going to dinner at one of our favorite restaurants, Moss Beach Distillery. We're having one meal that's not diet-friendly, but we 'll be sharing with Dexter who eats as much as we do, and we won't have any leftovers to munch on for days. Together, we've lost just under 50lbs since the beginning of September. I've lost 25 lbs. That's a good-sized turkey!
It's a day to be thankful, so I thought I'd say that I'm thankful for our health, family, friends, business and way-of-life. I'm sad to only see our families once or twice a year. It seems like we have fewer friends these days or maybe it's just seems like we don't see anyone anymore. We have a curfew of 8 pm that keeps us from having a social life and a diet that keeps us from having a reason to meet up. The holidays are hard to be so far away from the people we care about whether it be a separation of miles or by bad timing. We are attending a couple parties coming up, so perhaps that will cheer me up some. It's also only a few weeks before we go home for Christmas.
I am thankful for my health as well as Mr. Cobra's and Dexter's. I'm doing very well with my arthritis. I'm losing weight and exercising seems to only help me more. I'm taking less than half the medicine I used to. I still have bad days occasionally, but I feel awesome. I'm finally getting my hair straightened on Sunday as a reward for my weight loss. This is the longest I've had my hair since I was a kid, so getting it straightened will make it just past my shoulders.
Our business has more than doubled in size over the last year and I'm thankful for that. We've created some awesome projects, one of which we recently learned won a place in the 2009 HOW Design Interactive Annual. Another project won an award from Motion '08 for Best Broadcast ID. We are wrapping up a tremendous year and hope to continue raising the bar on our work next year.
I am most thankful, for my wonderful husband who has supported me through thick and thin. I am really lucky to be able to have such a close relationship with him. I can't imagine not being able to see him all the time. We take walks during lunch to talk and get some exercise. Sure, most of our conversations are about work, but it's great to be able to spend so much time with my best friend. I sometimes wonder how other people maintain their relationships, especially after having a baby. I guess that's how we survive without "date night".
That also brings me to Dexter, who I'm thankful to have such a beautiful son. He makes me laugh and smile everyday. Sure sometimes he makes me crazy, but then there are those moments that I wish wouldn't end. Like this morning, when Mr. Cobra was teaching Dexter to hold his LeapFrog guitar like a real guitar, how to strum it and rock out. Dexter took over and did a couple big Pete Townsend windmill guitar strums like the little rockstar he is.
