Be Thankful

So I know this is a couple days late, but here's the Thanksgiving day blog.

What I am thankful for:

This year the biggest thing I'm thankful for is my new family I made when I was in Maine. While in Maine I met some pretty awesome people who I wouldn't have met if I didn't go to Maine last month. Every single person I met there changed my life in some way. These few people that I mention are only the few that I met and love to death.

Ryan: After only knowing each other for less then 4 days he let me stay with him for the last 2 weeks of the campaign. Yes in the end we had a disagreement and I was kicked out on my last night in Maine, but now we're friends again. I dearly love him and hope to see him soon. Plus who doesn't love a cute gay boy that lets you stay in his home and pretty much into his life for 2 weeks?

Chris O'Connor: When I talk about him I say that he was "my dad" while in Maine. He made sure I was ok when we together and always watched out for me. He's not the only one who watched out for me, but he's the one who I say made sure I was where I needed to be and had a way to get home.

Matt Moonen: Um, well since he is King Matthew, I guess I should talk about him. Kidding...Going to lunch to just hanging out in his office we had a blast. Stealing purple smelly markers for him was a personal past time that was fun. Plus who else could I paint the town purple with? Did I mention the color purple?

Travis: My little brother...yes at first I didn't like him, but once I got over it we ended up being close friends. Probably because we were the youngest two (should have been on staff) super vols (super volunteers) so we were always together when the staff would go out. When he was gone it didn't feel right. Not having him there so I had someone to talk to was hard. Luckily we talk to each other at least once a week, so I'm not so upset that he's not around all the time now.

(Data) Patrick: One of the three Patricks that were in Maine with me, but the only one who can pull off wearing orange. He's the only person who's allowed to read my blog because I know he wont go around telling everyone what I had written about the campaign. Not that anything bad was written on here, it's just these are my personal thoughts about what was going on during the campaign and some of the stuff was embarrassing.

And finally:

Chuck: What can I say about Chuck? That I love him forever? That he's the one person I truly couldn't wait to see again when I went back to Maine? That even if we haven't talked in weeks and no matter how mad I am at him for not calling me all he has to do is write a quick message on my facebook and he's forgiven? Yes, Yes, and Yes. He knows how much I love him and that he's the first person I called when I got back to Maine. He was also the one person that when ever a bunch of us would go out I had to seat with him or I'd not be happy.

Now these aren't the only people that I'm thankful for, but only a handful of people that I met and love dearly. From the people who adopted me (Nate, Julie, and Miguel) to all the San Diego people (Tres, Gaby, Matt, Kevin, and everyone else) I am thankful for being each and everyone of them.

Now I just have to find a way to go visit all of them throughout the year.