December 2025 Gratitudes

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Today I am grateful to face 2026 with optimism.

1/3
Today I am grateful to catch up on sleep yesterday.

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Today I am grateful for lunch with Dan and Charity yesterday.

1/1
Today I am grateful:
- for an amazing few days in Las Vegas
- for the hospitality of Jay and Christina
- to attend New Year's Rockin' Eve last night, featuring Chance the Rapper and Shemekia Copeland
- to celebrate the New Year at the Renaissance with Charity's family last night/this morning

12/31
Today I am grateful for breakfast yesterday with Jay, Christina, Matthew, and Heather.

12/30
Today I am grateful to see "The Wizard of Oz" at the Las Vegas Sphere last night.

12/29
Today I am grateful to see KÀ last night - my first Cirque du Soleil experience!

12/28
Today I am grateful for my first visit to Allegiant Stadium to see the Raiders and Giants battle for last place yesterday.

12/27
Today I am grateful to arrive safely in Las Vegas.

12/26
Today I am grateful for:
- Christmas with my family yesterday
- video calls with my siblings in Sydney and Kaui

12/25
Today I am grateful for a Polish Christmas Eve celebration last night.

12/24
Today I am grateful to achieve Premiere Gold status on United Airlines before the end of the year.

12/23
Today I am grateful for the hospitality and generosity of Joseph and Deidre

12/22
Today I am grateful to attend a fun Cardinals - Falcons game yesterday on my first visit to State Farm Stadium.

12/21
Today I am grateful to play parlor games with Joseph, Deidre, and their friends yesterday.

12/20
Today I am grateful for nachos and margaritas with Joseph last night in Arizona.

12/19
Today I am grateful:
- deliver a presentation at the Chicago Python User Group yesterday
- to attend a Copilot Mingle and CHI Tech Days yesterday
- to host the Gopher Security Startup meetup last night

12/18
Today I am grateful to host many user groups this past month.

12/17
Today I am grateful to see "Christmas with C.S. Lewis" last night at the Broadway Playhouse.

12/16
Today I am grateful to participate in the Mock Interview session with interns graduating from i.c. stars

12/15
Today I am grateful to see an exciting Chiefs - Chargers game yesterday in Kansas City.

12/14
Today I am grateful to attend my building's holiday party last night.

12/13
Today I am grateful:
- to help distribute Christmas gifts to elementary school students in Little Village yesterday
- to see "Elf: The Musical" last night

12/12
Today I am grateful to see Sogol for the first time in years at the AI Collective meetup last night.

12/11
Today I am grateful to attend an Open House at Fitzgerald's Night Club in Berwyn last night.

12/10
Today I am grateful for our best cloud computing user group meeting so far.

12/9
Today I am grateful to host and attend AI Camp last night.

12/8
Today I am grateful to see violinist Damien Escobar in concert last night.