June 7th

Today I'm grateful for home.

As much as I love traveling, one of the best parts is coming home (except for the unpacking). There's something about coming back to a familiar place, sleeping in your own bed, and having all of your things available and accessible. 

June 6th

Today I'm grateful for jazz music.

Not only did we visit at the perfect time of year weather wise, but we also hit Burlington during their annual Jazz Festival. Every time we were exploring or eating on Church Street there was live jazz music to be soaked in. I think we ate over half our meals outside on patios listening to music. It was lovely.

June 5th

Today I'm grateful for boat cruises.

As part of the conference we took a boat cruise on Lake Champlain. We got sprinkled on a few times near the beginning, but the sun persevered and we had a really beautiful tour of the lake. I love being near or on water and the cruise was such a pleasant (and gorgeous) way to end the day.   

So many shades of blue.

Lake Champlain Bluffs.

Mariko and I enjoying ourselves.

June 4th

Today I'm grateful for work conferences.

The primary reason for my trip is to attend a work conference. I'm having a great time traveling with my colleague, exploring a new city, learning lots of super helpful information, and meeting people in my field. Traveling and conferencing is pretty exhausting but in a satisfying way. This trip has been a perfect blend of business and pleasure.

June 3rd

Today I'm grateful for no sales tax.

As a native Oregonian I'm always startled when I go out of state and make my first purchase and the total is more than what the item said it was. I always forget about sales tax and I'm grateful I don't have to think about it in my daily life. I know they get us through other taxes, but I'm used to paying what's on the price tag. 

June 2nd

Today I'm grateful for easy packing.

I love traveling but don't really enjoy the packing and unpacking that is necessary on either end of trips. I had to pack for an upcoming five day work trip tonight and wanted to be completely ready as I have to get up at 4am to catch my flight. So of course I didn't start until after 8pm, but surprisingly (!) finished in under an hour. I was pro-active in that I started laundry prior to today but usually it takes me a lot longer to make decisions and I tend to over pack. Not this time!   

June 1st

Today I'm grateful for finding a roommate.

As I think I've mentioned, my house has been going through some transitions lately. I've always had quite good luck finding high quality roommates but this time around we came down to the wire. I'm glad we were able to find someone who seems like they will fit in nicely and in time to pay rent!