1 00:00:00,539 --> 00:00:02,509 Yeah, I’m really excited for Thanksgiving. 2 00:00:02,509 --> 00:00:05,690 I’m excited to see my family again and be home with them for a little bit. 3 00:00:05,690 --> 00:00:09,150 Things are okay, it's been a little bit quiet on grounds as folks are starting to head home. 4 00:00:09,150 --> 00:00:12,280 I think everyone’s trying to relax after a rough semester. 5 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:16,460 It’s been a long two months, especially because we're nursing students, so we really 6 00:00:16,460 --> 00:00:17,500 haven't gotten a break yet. 7 00:00:17,500 --> 00:00:20,540 We all need a break from school, so. 8 00:00:20,540 --> 00:00:25,099 I'm excited to go home but also, I'm a little bit nervous about traveling. 9 00:00:25,099 --> 00:00:30,480 I also think there’s a lot of anxiety around going home because we've been here for so 10 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,060 long and then going home to family it’s a little nervous. 11 00:00:33,060 --> 00:00:38,720 I am a little sad about Thanksgiving this year because I can't be with my grandma or 12 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:40,520 my aunts and uncles which is a little disappointing. 13 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:45,490 I'm going to be spending Thanksgiving with my friends, my quarantine pod, and really 14 00:00:45,490 --> 00:00:48,730 being grateful for the people I have here at my second home. 15 00:00:48,730 --> 00:00:52,950 This is my dog, Penney, I’m watching her for a few days and I’m really grateful for 16 00:00:52,950 --> 00:00:53,950 her. 17 00:00:53,950 --> 00:00:59,720 I’m grateful that there's still a lot of stability in the world given the incredible 18 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:00,930 circumstances. 19 00:01:00,930 --> 00:01:04,989 As a scientist, it’s a super rewarding time to be doing infectious disease research. 20 00:01:04,989 --> 00:01:09,360 I'm just really happy with the news over the last week from Pfizer and Moderna that there's 21 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:11,700 a vaccine that’s more than 90% effective. 22 00:01:11,700 --> 00:01:16,406 I’m grateful I haven't gotten sick yet, I haven’t caught the Corona, been dipping 23 00:01:16,406 --> 00:01:17,406 and dodging. 24 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,650 I’m also really grateful that I'll be able to spend the holiday season with my family. 25 00:01:21,650 --> 00:01:26,240 I’m really grateful for my parents, they’re all the way out in California so I've just 26 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,460 been calling them a lot this year and it's been really nice. 27 00:01:29,460 --> 00:01:35,560 I think it's important to be grateful like, in general just like appreciate the small 28 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:36,560 things. 29 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:40,990 Given the vast majority of human history, we live in truly amazing times and I kind 30 00:01:40,990 --> 00:01:42,799 of forget about that a lot recently. 31 00:01:42,799 --> 00:01:48,370 Sometimes we don't recognize the things that we do have until we don't have them. 32 00:01:48,370 --> 00:01:52,670 We often talk about gratitude in our nursing classes about how it will lead to better resiliency, 33 00:01:52,670 --> 00:01:57,950 and how, you just live so much of your life not noticing the good, and when you are intentional 34 00:01:57,950 --> 00:02:00,619 about that gratitude, you actually realize that life’s not that bad. 35 00:02:00,619 --> 00:02:05,610 We have this chance to have this learning experience on Earth and like, everything around 36 00:02:05,610 --> 00:02:08,979 us is something that we can take and you know, try to make our communities better try to 37 00:02:08,979 --> 00:02:10,319 make ourselves better as people. 38 00:02:10,319 --> 00:02:11,989 I don’t know, I try to hold onto that. 39 00:02:11,989 --> 00:02:13,449 It’s easy to forget, sometimes.