Spirit of Thanksgiving...

Ok..so, for the skeptic me, Thanksgiving just meant a long weekend which would give me an opportunity to relax throughout the weekend or meet my family and cashing with the Thanksgiving deals and nothing more. But I have just been thinking - actually, an American friend of mine invited me for a Thanksgiving dinner this week and since then, I've been wondering what I would say when asked to give thanks to something. And then I realised I am truly grateful to so many things that life had in store for me - obviously, I'm sure everyone is thankful for their family+friends+careers and so on. But I am also grateful for the following:

youtube.com for giving me a chance to catch up with shows, as I do not have a TV at home,
my camera, for helping me not go crazy with just work, work and more work,
the city buses at Lafayette, without which it would have been difficult for me to commute to my lab everyday,
the beautiful trees near the bus stop - I've learnt so many things the last few months from Nature, in general
The dirty Wabash river behind my apartment - I've observed it anyways and it just brings a sense of peace and quiet to a chaotic mind,
The Olive house/blue nile for their excellent veggie biryanis,
Villa pizza - for their excellent veggie pizza,
Freshen's smoothie - for their excellent smoothies and Pretzels with cheese sauce,
Pot Bellies - for their excellent sandwiches,
Lafayette Limo - for their good transport services from Indy to Purdue, without which life would be a tad difficult for me, coz I don't own a car,
the West Lafayette Public Library with its huge collection of movies/books,
Google - for providing me with so much info about everything,
ibnlive.com - for providing Indian news videos,
and so on and so forth...

:)