So it is Friday.  The end of the week.   A student of mine was hit by a transport truck and lived – I am thankful for that and I am thankful to be in a situation where I care about what I am doing again.   I am also thankful for my follies and being able to laugh at myself.

I am thankful for my lovely wife and my lovely girls and my dog.

I am thankful for my family members.

I am thankful for Song’s Chopsticks and how civilized their food makes a Friday night.

I am thankful for the Russian chocolate a student gave me.

I an thankful for any and every good back scratch, especially the moment when ‘the spot’ gets scratched.