It was a long weekend, Thanksgiving up here in Canada. It came at a good time too. I have been battling a cold all week so I took the long weekend to recuperate. I watched football, read, and just took it easy all weekend. I drank lots and lots of orange juice too. It seems to have helped. I actually feel a lot better today. I’m still congested but the time off was exactly what I needed.

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get on the Internet all weekend. I longed to log on too. I then knew that I was addicted to it. I don’t spend inordinate amounts of time online, just about an hour a day but I find that I really need that hour. I’m a junkie for blogging, checking email, and playing internet chess with family and friends. All I need is an hour to do this. If rushed, I can do it in half an hour.

If I had the Internet at home, I think I would be online a lot more than one hour a day. I really enjoy reading and responding to blogs. I love writing my blog too and have found that I can write it on my old outdated computer. I write entries in MS Word and save them on a flash drive. I can then just copy and paste them to my blog and save myself precious time.

Thanksgiving helps me to remember what I appreciate most in this life. Here is my short list, in no particular order. I am thankful for

• family,
• friends,
• hip hop,
• blogs,
• email,
• board games,
• my health,
• my career,
• my class,
• well written books,
• beautiful art,
• great food,
• junk food,
• orange juice,
• wireless headphones,
• whiteboards,
• refillable water bottles,
• and many, many more things.