8/2
Today I am grateful for a walk around the Northwestern University campus yesterday.
8/3
Today I am grateful for my new dish rack
8/4
Today I am grateful for a celebration lunch playing virtual games with my team yesterday.
8/5
Today I am grateful for the opportunity to lead a Diversity & Inclusion workshop yesterday.
8/6
Today I am grateful to see Emmylou Harris and Los Lobos in concert last night.
8/7
Today I am grateful to break up last night's bike ride with a margarita and live music at a waterside café.
8/8
Today I am grateful for an outdoor movie in back of the Music Box Theatre last night.
8/9
Today I am grateful to hang out in Evanston, eating, drinking, and talking with friends in anticipation of a concert that was ultimately canceled due to severe weather.
8/10
Today I am grateful for a box full of supplies and replacement parts for my CPAP.
8/11
Today I am grateful to escape last night's storm by minutes.
8/12
Today I am grateful for my new electric toothbrush.
8/13
Today I am grateful to make it safely to Michigan late last night.
8/14
Today I am grateful to reconnect with many high school friends in Grosse Pointe last night.
8/15
Today I am grateful to attend my high school reunion last night.
8/16
Today I am grateful for lunch with Betsy yesterday.
8/17
Today I am grateful for a new docking station, mouse, keyboard, monitor, and headset to make it easier to develop on my work laptop.
8/18
Today I am grateful for new lights for my bike.
8/19
Today I am grateful to accidentally stumble upon a concert at the 31st Street Beach last night.
8/20
Today I am grateful for a negative COVID test yesterday.
8/21
Today I am grateful to attend the re-opening night of Buddy Guy's Legends blues club last nigh.
8/22
Today I am grateful to finish setting up the workspace in my home office yesterday.
8/23
Today I am grateful for a bike ride to and from Indiana yesterday.
8/24
Today I am grateful for my new Echo Dot.
8/25
Today I am grateful for dinner with Mike last night.
8/26
Today I am grateful for a conversation with Steve last night.
8/27
Today I am grateful for the taste of cashews.
8/28
Today I am grateful to see Mike Zito perform an excellent blues concert last night in Evanston.
8/29
Today I am grateful for dinner with John and Kim last night.
8/30
Today I am grateful for a productive day yesterday.
8/31
Today I am grateful my sons and I discovered a nearby deli with excellent sandwiches last night.
9/1
Today I am grateful that my son Nick is visiting me this week.
9/2
Today I am grateful to celebrate Tim's birthday last night in Logan Square.
9/3
Today I am grateful to see improv at my first visit to Laugh Factory.
9/4
Today I am grateful to witness a decisive Spartan victory in Evanston last night.
9/5
Today I am grateful to visit the Pullman National Monument yesterday on its opening day.