I'm thankful for hot tea on the chilly, drizzly mornings of rainy season. Yes, it is still raining here in the city. We're having record rainfall. The north is in a drought. A microcosm of Kenyan disparity isn't only seen in the distance from Kibera to Muthaiga. I'm thankful for my phenomenal balancing skills. Maybe I shouldn't wear flip flops while it's pouring outside, but even as I skid across multiple patches of concrete, I maintain my balance like a seasoned pro. However, they say pride goes before the fall, so I'm sure I'll be face planting at some fast-approaching future date. I'm thankful for my mom who sets out my lunch everyday (even if it is the same thing everyday) and who gives me her raincoat when I'm drenched in rain and in spirit. Please imagine a Shakespeare-esque accent grave on drenched. If you don't, it ruins the pentameter I have going.
I'm thankful for the gift of a dream. I'm thankful that I have a God and a support base of family and friends that love to watch me dream. See, the voices in my head don't think much of my dreaming. The numbers, the words I write, they ignore the voices, but I still listen to them. So, I'm thankful for the truth. I'm thankful for the season of Advent. I have just unchecked all the boxes in front of my Christmas songs in iTunes. Also, all the DesRoches family decorations are on the slightly-worn, ever-faithful synthetic Christmas tree. Now, I'm just hoping the sun starts shining and the temperatures start rising. Although red is a color classically associated with the Christmas season, I'd rather limit the amount of red mud I have to deal with for the next month. And if we're discussing things I want to deal with minimally this next month, integral calculus and Middle English probably top that list.
Speaking of which, why did the math equation cross the road??....
Because he couldn't derive!
I'm thankful for people who laugh at my jokes, even the calculus-related ones. Speaking of which, my future husband will begin our relationship with a wisely-chosen math pickup line. Notice that there is to be no debate on that condition. Well, I digress. I'm thankful for successful runs of Shakespearean tragedies. I'm thankful for exciting adventures with smoke machines. I'm thankful for bouquets of lilies that fill your room with a lovely scent for the following week. I'm thankful for my best friend.
This was our conversation earlier in the week about difficult life situations.
Beka: "There is an obvious solution" *waiting for Davita to ask, "what is this obvious solution?"*
Davita: "What is this obvious solution?"
Beka: "Stab him, frame it on his guards, get crowned queen, and then GO INSANE."
See, Shakespeare and his crazy accent and pentameter really are universal!
I'm thankful that I have this blog to ramble on. I'm thankful that this semester is pres que over. I'm thankful that my life is as beautiful as Chad Michael Murray on the first season of Gilmore Girls. Have a thankful day!!
"Why do all my dreams extend just around the riverbend?"
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