Photo Credit: Caitlin Smith ’24

This is how Thanksgiving season has me feeling.

The worst part of the school year is approaching. Finals are being mentioned in class, college apps deadlines are practically here, sickness is being spread around like confetti… During this time also falls Thanksgiving: the holiday notoriously known for the food.

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I would like to express all of the things I am NOT thankful for during this season. This is not to say I don’t have things to be grateful for–I am eternally blessed; however, I will be writing this article as an outlet to rant about my miserable life. (I’m being dramatic). 

Here are some of the things I am NOT grateful for this Thanksgiving:

1. Harry Styles’ buzz cut
2. Single ply toilet paper
3. Homework
4. Finals
5. Literally anything to do with school (if my parents or colleges are reading this, I am so grateful for my educational opportunities… this is purley comedic)
6. College applications
7. Lack of common sense
8. The 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 cars on the road going to and from school everyday
9. Wind
10. Mosquitoes
11. My APES labs
12. Pimples
13. My unemployment and lack of income (especially in this economy)
14. The tupperware drawer at my house (I avoid it at all costs)
15. Politics
16. Being too short for the sun visor in the car
17. Not having heated seats in my car
18. Slow internet
19. Potholes in the road
20. People that stand in the middle of the hallways during passing period
21. People who put empty food containers back
22. People who chew with their mouths open 
23. My dad’s snoring
24. My sleep deprivation
25. School starting at the literal crack of dawn each morning
26. TV shows/movies that have inconsistent volume levels
27. Necklaces getting tangled together
28. Not living close to a Peet’s Coffee
29. Having a headache 100% of the time for no specific reason
30. Starbucks workers not being able to make my drink right
31. People who tell me to drink less caffeine
32. Overcrowded gyms
33. Gas prices
34. Frizzy hair
35. The minimum 10 hour line at Dutch Bros no matter what time of day
36. Humidity
37. My hip surgery and having to go to physical therapy
38. The occasional heart palpitations that make me think I am about to meet God
39. Having the back and knee pain of an ancient person
40. Clowns
41. Getting a nail in my tire
42. My daily atrotious stomach pain that has me doing breathing exercises in class
43. Air not wanting to enter my lungs 
44. Slow drivers
45. People who seem to not own any hygiene products
46. Accidentally biting my tongue
47. Cold In-N-Out fries 
48. Being wrong (I’ve never actually experienced this, but it seems like it would suck)
49. My nails breaking
50. People who breathe loudly

After writing this, I realize that I might come off as a very ungrateful and pessimistic person, which I think is somewhat true. However, there are many things I am grateful for, like the things that bring me the rare sprinkles of joy throughout my insufferable life. I’m grateful for my cat, Spider-Man, coffee, and Cait Smith ‘24. They make my life slightly less horrible.