Thankful Thursday

Since I've been "out and about" the last 2 weeks, I thought I'd start at the beginning with the pictures. Sadly, I only took 1 picture in Vegas, and 1 picture in Scottsdale. But it's better than nothing! Vegas was great, of course, but involved very long meetings, and massive amounts of work to catch up on afterwards. But there were definite bright spots. Like dinner at Wolfgang Puck's at the MGM with a few of my Texas colleagues:
Friday was my last day working with my colleague Michelle, who is going off into the world to have a new adventure. So we went out to lunch, and on the way back, I FINALLY found the Curry Up Now truck that Nolan and I had been hunting in Sunnyvale on Valentine's Day. Bummer.


As a parting gift, my coworker willed me her Dwight bobblehead for my cube. When I first started working here, I saw it on her desk and told her that I literally was in the middle of buying one for myself and had to cancel it because we couldn't both have one. I guess she remembered, and so Dwight now has a new home.


The one picture I took in Scottsdale was of the first dinner I had there. My coworker told me I should go to this place for dinner because they had the best meat, and it was THE BEST MEAT I've had in my life. I also had a salad, but that didn't last very long and so it isn't in this picture :) I don't know if it was the charms of the meat, but the wine was also an especially delicious Malbec.


Can you guess what I'm thankful for this week?

1. I'm thankful to be home for a couple weeks. I can't imagine how folks who travel all the time do it. It's fun, but...I miss my husband and cat, I hate having a billion receipts for every little thing, my feet hurt, I'm tired of being behind on work emails, and my nose has been bleeding from the dry airplane and hotel air. At least the next time I'm travelling (in 2 weeks) will be WITH Nolan and I'll have a jar of vaseline to stick in my nostrils
2. I'm thankful that it was a quiet day in the office today, and I could wear comfy shoes and my pullover.
3. I'm thankful for the experiences of the last 2 weeks - exploring new places (LOVE Arizona!), trying new foods, getting to know new people...it's been fun.
4. I'm thankful for the longer, warmer days. Last weekend before I took off again, I spent an afternoon riding my bike to Menlo Park in the sunshine, browsing a bookstore for a book on Scotland, then coming home to eat a freshly baked cranberry orange bran muffin and laying in the patch of sun on our floor reading my new book with Milo on my chest before heading out for a mani-pedi. Bliss.
5. I'm thankful for Nolan (this should be a permanent item on my list). I love coming home to him, and cuddling and reading with him before bed. I love that he saves me the last muffin because they're my favourite. I love that he consistently sets his alarm to a volume level so loud that he yells "WHOA!" as he wakes up each morning (the other morning it was "Mercy" on the radio and it was SCARY). I love our little family.

What are you thankful for?