10/27 Today I am grateful to Scott Zischerk, who helped me figure out my Outlook issues yesterday.

10/26 Today I am grateful for a rare opportunity to sleep in.

10/25 Today I am grateful to Jason Farrell, who introduced me to elk burgers last night.

10/24 Today I am grateful to wake up to this view.

10/23 Today I am grateful I was able to find a sweatshirt in my size downtown last night after the temperature plummeted and before my walk "home" across the river.

10/22 Today I am grateful for the hospitality and generosity of Charles Stacy Harris III. Thanks to him, I am not sleeping on the streets of Chicago.

10/21 Today I am grateful for my first day working in Chicago as a Technical Evangelist.

10/20 Today I am grateful for an enjoyable 4 days in Phoenix and the great community of FoxPro and XBase++ developers at Southwest Fox.

10/19 Today I am grateful that my brother-in-law Britt, whose liver began failing years ago, underwent a successful liver transplant last night.

10/18 Today I am grateful to the MVP program, which I had to leave when I joined Microsoft. I was honored to be a part of it and the MVP Summit remains one of my favourite events.

10/17 Today I am grateful for the opportunity to speak at Southwest Fox in Phoenix, AZ.

10/16 Today I am grateful that CodeMash has invite me back to speak again.

10/15 Today I am grateful for the information and mentoring of Jennifer Marsman, who is helping me to understand and adjust to life at Microsoft.

10/14 Today, I am grateful for new opportunities and past adventures and good changes.

10/13 Today I am grateful for the opportunity to work with the amazing, dedicated people on the INETA Board of Directors these past 2 years.

10/12 Today I am grateful for the support of Telerik and their Insiders Program, who sponsored so many of my presentations these past 4 years, allowing me to speak at many more events than I otherwise could have.

10/11 Today I am grateful for the support of Telerik and their Insiders Program, who sponsored so many of my presentations these past 4 years, allowing me to speak at many more events than I otherwise could have.

10/10 Today I am grateful that my son, who was rushed to the hospital Tuesday night with dizziness and an accelerated heart rate, is feeling better and appears to have recovered.

10/9 Today, I am grateful for all that I learned and all the great people I met and the great experiences I had and the interesting projects on which I worked and the customers that I respect during my 5+ years at Sogeti.

10/8 Today I am grateful for the outpouring of support and kind words following my announcement yesterday.

10/7 Today, I am grateful for the current team at my customer site - one of the best group of people with whom I have ever worked.

10/6 Today I am grateful to be going home. It has been a great trip, but I've been away a long time.

10/5 Today I am grateful to spend a weekend in Las Vegas with my son Nick, celebrating his college graduation.

10/4 Today I am grateful to Chander Dhall and to the team at Penton for putting on an excellent conference and for inviting me to speak at DevConnections

10/3 Today I am grateful that my DevConnections presentations are behind me and that they went well. I've been stressing over these for months.

10/2 Today I am grateful to those who came up to me after my presentation today and told me how much they enjoyed it.

10/1 Today I am grateful to Jose Mojica for giving me a ride to the airport yesterday and for a chance to see many old friends last night.