Gratitude is always important, but we recently celebrated an entire day dedicated to it. And there are lots of things to love: turkeys, colorful leaves, family…the usual.
We at 4E have compiled a list of 101 things that Georgetown students are and should always be grateful for:
That one time my professor tore into that know-it-all when she said wrong things
Professors who ignore the instructional continuity policy
Roommates who don’t suck
The Instagram “gufreshmendoingthings”
Inattentive student guards
Free food
Free t-shirts
Student discounts
Getting a table in lau
Leaving lau
Not having to go to lau
Club Lau
The really nice security guard in lau who doesn’t judge me for always leaving lau really late
Netflix
Netflix and chill
What happens after Netflix and chill
Being featured in Georgetown’s Instagram
The girl who lends me a chair from her table so that I can put my feet up
Dogs
Let me say that again: dogs
T Sweets
Christmas lights
The “share location indefinitely” feature on the iPhone
Brown house
Slutty brownies
Friends who distract you via text message while you’re in a boring class
Georgetown basketball
Professors who are chill
Professors who care
Free Chipotle
When the guy at Chipotle doesn’t remind me that the guacamole costs extra
Guacamole
Beyonce
Friends who make you food
Friends who actually return the stuff they “borrow”
When the pasta line at Leo’s isn’t eight miles long
The “doge” meme
First dates
Second dates
What even is a third date?
Brunch
Drunk brunch
Not throwing up at drunk brunch
The friend that patted my back after throwing up at drunk brunch
Tequila
The Harbin security guard that let me back in without a GoCard when I left the building in my pajamas to pick up the Mai Thai I had ordered for the fourth time that week
Happy hour(s)
Nutella
When the Metro is on time
When the GUTS bus is on time #rare
Finding your wallet and purse safe and your phone fully charged despite not knowing how you got home
Losing your phone and having someone you don’t know find it in their freezer
Awkward times in class when you are placed in a group project with a Tinder match
Cancelled classes
Todd Olson
Jack DeGioia
When the other person cancels plans first so you don’t have to
Sweetgreen
The bread at Sweetgreen
Parks and Recreation
Donald Trump’s hairspray
When the professor forgets to pass around the attendance sheet the day you skip
Heely’s
Hoverboards
Friends with free MSB printing
Kylie Jenner’s Snapchat stories
When your Safeway order shows up on time
When they don’t include rotten avocados in your Safeway order
The one crazy dude who carries on class discussions in Problem of God
Georgetown sunsets
When randos let you pet their dogs
2000’s era Cartoon Network/Disney/Teen Nick channels
4E (duh)
Ducking autocorrect
Double stuffed Oreos
When your favorite elliptical/treadmill/bike at Yates is free
The fact that in New York they actually put cream cheese on your bagel
The Lau geo-tag
People who studied abroad but don’t start every sentence with, “When I was studying abroad…”
When you see a former hookup but you look super hot
Chick Fil A not having E. coli
The smoothies at Leo’s brunch
Yahoo answers
When somehow ace a pop quiz without doing the reading
The kid who dropped a dish in Leo’s last week and it shattered
DFMOs
Group texts
When you put your music on shuffle and all of the songs you like come on
Professors who don’t give a sit-down final
When the Corp’s coffee isn’t burned
The new athletic facility that we all get to use #loljk
The cops who didn’t arrest me when I threw my fake ID at them
Social justice Facebook posters
When random organizations give out free food and you pretend to be interested just for the candy
Rumchata
#Jesuits
Intramural battle ship
Epi’s lax refill policy
Epi’s quesadillas
Drunk Epi
Epi
And just for fun, here are the few things we are not thankful for:
Epi buffet prices
Group texts
Georgetown basketball
Kylie Jenner’s ability to inspire an entire generation
The cops who arrested my friend for using his fake at Towne
The guy tapping his foot really loudly in the cubicle next to me in Lau
The new GUTS routes
The thin Oreos
Happy Thanksgiving, Hoyas!
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