I am thankful for my friends & family, and I am very thankful for all the sweet cats in this world. One main reason why I'm thankful for all the sweet cats in this world is because of the fact that my black cat Nubey was one of them. He was quite a silly cat. He was declawed, and was quite playful. He loved being held, loved being brushed, he also loved to talk to me.
He & I would hold short conversations, and he was very expressive. One thing that I loved about him the most was that he was (and currently is) the ONLY cat in my family to give me hugs. I remember that first hug he gave me as if it happened yesterday. This happened anywhere between just hours after he got used to me to within a day of getting used to me. I remember the look on his face. He came up to me, greeted me with a sweet chirpy meow, and hugged me. I'll never forget how I felt when it happened. I felt that his feelings towards me had taken over me, and I literally looked at him in utter disbelief. I was shocked beyond belief. After that, he rubbed against my legs, purred in my ear, and gave me kisses. I will never forget that moment. I was in my Junior year of high school when it happened. It took him less than a week to get used to me & my grandparents. He was indeed a lap cat. He would kiss me like there was no tomorrow, and he'd do the same thing as far as "kneading" goes. He made me laugh all the time, and seeing him put a smile to my face, and put a warm fuzzy feeling in my heart. I had gone to visit my family in Mobridge, SD during the summer at some point a few years ago, and I can't remember if my grandma had called me, or if I called her, but she did say that my cats missed me. When I came back home, both of my cats (Nubey, and my orange/white cat named Chico) were very happy to have me home. They missed me, and the night I was back home, they both slept in bed with me.
I am very thankful to be in a pinball league. For quite a long time, there was only one company in the world that made pinball machines (located in Chicago, IL, which isn't far from me), but in the last 3 or 4 years, pinball has made a huge comeback. There's a pinball machine called "The Wizard of Oz" by Jersey Jack pinball that has a huge video screen. Then there's something called P-ROC. If you go
HERE, you'll find out a LOT more about this amazing technology. Anyway, back to talking about my pinball league. I have done an extremely amazing job this year. In April, I did something NO-ONE on the league had ever done before. I had to play 5 games in a row in one night, and one of them I had to play twice. I ended up winning all 5 of them. I won a total of 35 points for doing so, and I posted some UNBELIEVABLE scores (and about maybe 3 or 2 of them were "run-away" scores, which means that I posted some incredible scores that were tough to beat, and I had 3 people on my team that night!) and this was within week 6 to week 8 of the spring session for this year when it happened. We usually have a 10 week session every spring & fall.
If you're curious about the 35 points I won in April of this year during one of the league meetings, this is how it works: Usually, we have teams of 4 people each. So basically, 1st gets 7 points, 2nd gets 5, 3rd gets 3, and 4th only gets 1 if there's a 4 person team. If a team consists of 3 people, 1st gets 7 points, but 2nd gets 4 and 3rd gets only 1. The missing team member has a week to make up their games and send their scores to our league founder. If they don't they lose the points for the week.
We had our final spring league tournament on April 30th of this year. I remember being in a very happy mood when I woke up. I knew that even though I wasn't sure of how well I was going to do, I felt that everyone on the league was a winner. But, there's something you won't believe........ I was in 2nd place in division B going into the final tournament (and it always takes a few hours because of double elimination) and I made it about halfway through before I was eliminated once. Then, one of the most amazing moments of my entire life happened...... Division B was almost finished, and there were only 2 people left standing... A friend of mine named Molly, and ME! (DUN DUN........ DUNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) I couldn't believe that I was forced into what I like to call an "AUTOMATIC WIN" situation. The reason why I had considered this as an automatic win situation is because of the fact that Molly & I were going to play for 1st & 2nd place for the B division. We both had to play 2 sets of 2 games each. I won the first 2 games, and my friend Molly had said she was somewhat scared of me. She couldn't believe how tough I was. I then won the 3rd game. Then it came to the final game. Within minutes, either Molly or I was going to become the Division B champion for the spring season. I thought to myself "You know what Nathan? You've fought a hard fight! You're an automatic winner no matter what.", and I decided, out of pure sportsmanship, to give my friend Molly the first place win. We both shook hands, and inside my brain, all sorts of sirens, buzzers & alarms were going off. I couldn't believe that I had my first ever automatic win in the history of me playing pinball. I was very excited, and proud of myself. Everyone who was still there were so happy for me & Molly. A lot of people are proud of the hard work I put in for the spring season. The fall season is just about over, and I think I have a chance to do it ALL over again!
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