Fun surprises

Today I traveled to Indiana to attend a conference for work. I was expecting to only know one other person (who I'm not very close with). I was pleasantly surprised when a friend showed up at the airport, headed to the same conference. There's just something about having someone you know along for the ride. Makes traveling alone a little less intimidating. 

No make up

I'm thankful I could just stay home today and not even bother to put on make-up. I leaving tomorrow morning to attend a conference out of town. I slept in and then spent a good chunk of the day doing laundry and packing. Later in the afternoon I got to hang out with baby J. I'm alway thankful for his snuggles, especially when he falls asleep on me! 

Davis county visits

I'm so thankful I live in Draper. It has been one of the best changes I've ever made in my life. The only problem is now Davis county is kind of far away! I had the opportunity to go up to Kaysville and visit a dear friend who is in town from Oregon. I'm thankful I made the cut and got to visit! She was only in town for a couple days and didn't have much time to visit all her friends. I'm also thankful I could make the most of the drive up there and visit my own family too! It was definitely a late drive home, but it was worth it! 

Book flights

I'm going to Austalia and Fiji and (hopefully) New Zealand!! It's an incredible opportunity and I am so stoked! Even though I have to wait 6 months, today I'm thankful the flights are booked. It just makes it feel more real. 

Whole Foods

I have a serious love/hate relationship with Whole Foods. I love it because I can find good food I can actually eat there (gluten free, dairy free, egg free, iodized salt free). I hate it because I stop on my way home from work for 2 things and end up with $50 worth of food! And I also end up baking vegan coconut blueberry muffins at 9:00pm when I should be getting ready for bed (12-hour work day tomorrow, yuck!). Regardless, I'm thankful for Whole Foods and I'm thankful there's one a mile away from my house. 

Immediate blessings

Sometimes you have to be super consistent for a long time before you get to see the pay-off. And sometimes you don't. Today was such a great day! And honestly, I feel like it was just one big blessing. I feel like Heavenly Father wants me to be happy and all it took was a little change in my mindset to be able to see all the blessings around me! I know that's cheesy and I know everyday isn't going to be as great as today, but that's okay. I'm thankful for the immediate blessings I saw today! 

Restarts

Whenever I call someone for help with my computer (my brother for my personal computer or IT for my work computer), they ALWAYS ask, "Have you tried restarting it?" I feel like that's what I had to do with this record. It wasn't working right. It wasn't accomplishing what I wanted it to. So I shut it down. But lately I've thought a lot about it. I found this thought a few days ago and it just seemed to scream, "It's time!!" It's time to be thankful. It's time to record that gratitude. It's time to restart. And so here I am, restarting, and desperately hoping it open the door!!