Happy belated Thanksgiving! After a crazy two weeks of starting a new job, being sick, and life in general, I packed my bags Wednesday night to stay with my parents for the duration of the holiday weekend. To be completely honest, I haven't been feeling my best emotionally. I have been pessimistic and withdrawn, overanalyzing and dramatizing every minute detail of my life. I will get into this in more detail in a private post (to be written later today), but the point of this mini-spiel is announce that I realized something. Because once again, God has had to knock me over on my lazy arse for me to open my eyes and see what's really important. So although it sounds cliche, this year...