2/28/11

1. Dan not waking me up when he got up this morning.
2. Yellow rainboots, light blue floral vintage dress, pink belt, and purple leggings helping me combat the gloom of a rainy day.
3. Attending a meeting with engineering where they engaged in vigorous debate over a feature design. Fascinating.
4. Feeling like I caught up sufficiently by staying until 7:30, despite all the meetings that ran late today.
5. AJ coming back to the office after having gone to the gym, after which we walked out together, which got me to the library just in time to return/pick up books.
6. Just enough leftover risotto for dinner.

A year ago today.

2/27/11

1. Helping LW set up her Nook before going out for brunch.
2. Getting on the 2pm bus, which then arrived in NYC just about 4 hours later, no stops.
3. Dan having dinner (tomato and sausage risotto) timed just right for when I got home.
4. Watching the Oscars red carpet on mute to avoid the inane interviews and instructing Dan to let me know when a new dress came on screen.
5. Finishing up the last disc with episodes from Doctor Who season 5, filling in the gaps to what I'd caught on TV previously.
6. Didn't watch too many of the winners' speeches, but still enjoyed Tom Hooper's closing of "The lesson is, 'listen to your mother'" and Colin Firth talking about his head trying to tell his lower body to start dancing.

A year ago today.

2/26/11

1. LW driving by to bring DC, me, and my stuff over to her apartment.
2. Lunch at the crepe place in Coolidge Corner, where I got a brie & apples crepe, a cup of soup, and a Nutella crepe. Yum.
3. Browsing Paper Source for invitation ideas and later the Brookline Booksmith just in general.
4. Just hanging out and chatting with DC, LW, EN in very comfortable chairs at J.P. Licks.
5. Dinner at Zaftig's of two potato knishes, one potato pancake, and two matzoh balls.
6. Watching The King's Speech at the Coolidge Corner theater and finding it surprisingly funny with all its dry British humor.

A year ago today.

2/25/11

1. Just making it to the 8:12 #64 bus after having to walk a bit more than Google Maps had originally plotted out.
2. Taking a tour of the new 2nd floor with DRW and JA. The new floor is so neat, a lot of thought was put into its design. I was especially impressed by the tan carpet tiles with a swirly design to go with the 'beach' theme.
3. Being able to help LB and SP on a few issues in person.
4. Getting a haircut from Freddy at Zen Hair again! Love it, of course.
5. Cobbling together a decent dinner from DC's pantry and freezer supplies of spaghetti with sautéed vegetables and spices.
6. Sitting and catching up with DC and LW, drinking wine.

A year ago today.

2/24/11

1. My manager seeming to really value my opinion on the team dynamics.
2. Despite constantly running around feeling a bit overwhelmed, managed to find time to file a couple different bugs.
3. Particularly excellent chair massage from AS.
4. Nice seats on the BoltBus and minimal gross bus smell.
5. My phone holding out on battery charge as a source of entertainment to get through the boredom of the bus ride after not being able to fall asleep or do anything productive online from the incredibly slow connection.
6. DC picking me up in her car. Made so much more sense for why she insisted on coming to meet me, and why she kept wanting me to go outside of the station to meet her.

A year ago today.

2/23/11

1. No calls during my shift, which was a huge relief after the the 33rd St. line PATH trains were down and I had to go to WTC.
2. Tag teaming my first interviews with IS, who provided questions along with TE. Whew.
3. Lunch with SS to discuss a potential new opportunity and SS being really excellent about anticipating most of my concerns and candidly answering my other questions.
4. Pod meeting going really quickly, after spending 10 minutes talking about office decorating contests and ridiculousness related to that.
5. Artichoke pizza for dinner with BB, AJ, and BB's friend M.
6. Packing going pretty quickly.

A year ago today.

2/22/11

1. Getting in to work a bit on the early side for me and having plenty of time to scoop up avocado and yellow scrambled eggs for a leisurely breakfast.
2. Having a fun time during the sim calls, the newbies did pretty well.
3. Spending some time with one of the engineers (PL) just peppering him with questions about how their teams are set up and how our systems work, really enjoyable.
4. Banging out quite a few ticket responses in my last 20 minutes at work.
5. Finally getting to get my eyebrows/upper lip threaded.
6. Dinner at Eataly with AL and...AB! Who I haven't seen in years and years but is overall still very much the same, but cooler, as most of us have grown to be.

A year ago today.

2/21/11

1. Dan finding out that Monroe St. wasn't going to be plowed so he could park the car nearby and not have to hang around at Target for an hour after getting the car out from the garage.
2. Checking out the Courtyard by Marriott in Princeton, which is where we'll be staying the night of the wedding and what we recommend for others who'll be staying the night, and finding it to be very nice.
3. Productive and efficient tour of the venue with our caterer and day-of coordinator, settling quite a few questions about the catering contract and where things will be set up.
4. Also efficient tour of rental company's showroom to pick out linens (they have a new color, aqua, that's pretty close to the bridesmaids' dresses) and silverware and such.
5. My mom being pleased to see me when I dropped off her hemmed pants and picked up the gloves I'd left behind last time and mail.
6. Finally getting to finishing the one edge needed for the replacement orange polka dot tablecloth, finished off the denim skirt from class, prepared another vintage dress to be hemmed, and thread traced the muslin for the Crepe dress. Productive evening.

A year ago today.

2/20/11

1. Sleeping pretty soundly through the night, missing the random buzzes to our apartment at 3am that woke up Dan.
2. Making a big breakfast of home fries with onions, scrambled eggs with minced chives, and Spanish-style chorizo sausages from Dickson's Farmstand Meats. Black truffle salt also just makes everything better.
3. Thoroughly sweeping and vacuuming the apartment.
4. Getting started on the muslin for the Crepe dress!
5. Dan masterfully crafting a few sentences requested of me to describe an experience and its impact on my life.
6. Dinner of braised rolled beef navel (part of body, not the type of meat that's in a salt brine) with side vegetables coming out quite well.

A year ago today.

2/19/11

1. The warmer weather of late melting away most of the snow on the roads and sidewalks, so that Dan could park his car really close by and we didn't have to leave for his mom's 50th birthday shindig until 12:30.
2. Wearing my handmade maroon shift dress out and about for the first time.
3. The restaurant being mercifully close to the parking lot, as it was far colder and windier outside than I had expected.
4. Efficient shopping trip through Trader Joe's.
5. Breaking out the fancy cheese, black truffle salt, and olive oil that I purchased yesterday for dinner of quinoa with poached eggs, chives, and cherry tomatoes
6. Watching The Pianist and admiring its understatedness.

A year ago today.

2/18/11

1. Having a really fun time explaining client perspectives with MG to the UX team. They're clearly really smart and very dedicated to getting things right, not just passable.
2. Meetings/scheduled calls in the afternoon not taking up their entire scheduled time.
3. Work interaction with my former roommate KC!
4. Dinner with MG and AM, chatting and laughing.
5. Indulging in speciality grocery items in Chelsea Market, including cheese from Lucy's Whey, olive oil and fancy salt from the Filling Station, peanut butter from Manhattan Fruit Exchange, and meat from Dickson's Farmstand Meats.
6. Walking home in the 60 degree weather and not needing my coat!

A year ago today.

2/17/11

1. Yellow scrambled eggs and plenty of avocado at breakfast, plus tater tots!
2. Getting up the training room on 10th just after AJ and ES did with all the clients.
3. Feeling like I contributed pretty well as a TA, maybe talked a bit too much.
4. Remembered a meeting that overlapped but then I could still attend since the training ended early.
5. Hour-long table massage.
6. Keeping up during the free class on "Pose" running at CFV.

A year ago today.

2/16/11

1. Getting in to work pretty early, actually, *only* 15 minutes late to my 9am shift.
2. In-person meeting with MF with an excellent pep talk to stop stressing about not being too stressed.
3. Funny examples in training on the mobile SDK, and it only ran for half the time it was scheduled for.
4. Getting home in plenty of time to change and walk the 3 blocks to CrossFit Hoboken.
5. Feeling sufficiently challenged but not overwhelmed by the workout at CFH's free intro class.
6. Contributing $20 towards a wedding blogger project.

A year ago today.

2/15/11

1. Deciding that my hair was non-greasy enough to skip the morning shower in order to make up for having lay in bed for a bit too long, after waking up really tired.
2. Getting in in time to grab some avocado.
3. Re-reading the end of To Kill a Mockingbird at breakfast.
4. Catching up with MG over lunch.
5. Pretty light day, all things considered, just my phone shift and one meeting in the afternoon, which ended early.
6. Watson crushing Ken and Brad in Double Jeopardy tonight.

A year ago today.

2/14/11

1. Quite a warm day out today! I ran out in the afternoon to the post office and was fine without a coat.
2. Lunch with AD at the office--oh, I've missed her so.
3. Casual catch up meeting with VL where even though we don't know each other particularly well, we felt comfortable being really honest about how we're feeling about our current positions.
4. Getting home in time for Watson's debut on Jeopardy. So cool!!
5. Finishing up To Kill a Mockingbird.
6. Getting to bed early.

A year ago today.

2/13/11

1. Mixing in a big spoonful of sunflower seed butter in with my mac & cheese with pear slices for brunch and finding it quite delightfully creamy.
2. Watching Gosford Park on Netflix streaming in the morning.
3. Giving myself permission to do nothing for a second day.
4. Watching 101 Dalmatians on YouTube.
5. Dan making dinner for me for Valentine's Day: Thai BBQ chicken plus broccoli plus rice this year.
6. Watching A Very Long Engagement on Netflix streaming and finding it holding up well to a second viewing.

A year ago today.

2/12/11

1. Giving EN a hug before she set off for the day.
2. Dan's purchase of cinnamon Cheerios for breakfast.
3. Finishing up the mint slices from SP.
4. Finishing watching Downton Abbey on PBS' website. So good!
5. Mac & cheese & pears & slow roasted tomatoes from last week.
6. Watching Robin Hood on YouTube.

A year ago today.

2/11/11

1. Reading A Very Long Engagement while lingering over breakfast.
2. Efficient doctor's visit and learning that Gardasil is covered by my insurance.
3. RL joining EN and me for CrossFit and being really, really cool about it. When you have worked out with your boss' boss' boss' boss' boss? Yeah, thought so!
4. Completing my last on-ramp class at the CrossFit in Brooklyn and feeling really good after finishing at least one of the two workouts within the 5 minute window. Also, someone telling me that my form for the kettle bell swing was really good.
5. Finally tasting the Momofuku pork buns! I'm fan, though I think it is a bit on the expensive side for what you're getting.
6. Watching Extras with EN and both cringing at the awkwardness portrayed.

A year ago today.

2/10/11

1. Running into the cafe just in time to scoop up some eggs for breakfast.
2. My manager going through our ratings/calibration system very clearly and transparently and giving me good advice about how to manage what I do at this new promoted level.
3. Zero questions getting asked during a webinar I TA'ed.
4. Entirely strength-based workout tonight, bench presses and pull-ups. A nice break from workouts that are hard for me to finish due to not being able to catch my breath. Yay developing upper body strength!
5. B from my on-ramp class being my partner for the workout again and spotting me for the bench presses.
6. Dan coming home.

A year ago today.

2/9/11

1. IS not being annoyed with me (as far as I can tell) for my usual lateness to the 9am shift.
2. "Speed date" with JR on our EMEA team. Couldn't always understand what he was saying but hey it's fine, French accent!
3. Knitting through RL's fireside chat and the team meeting.
4. Someone leading the way to the happy hour bar through Chelsea market, avoiding the cold.
5. Chatting with SS and others at the happy hour.
6. Getting to the library just in time before closing to return my books.

A year ago today.

2/8/11

1. Waking up each day feeling noticeably better than the previous day.
2. Getting a compliment from the instructor on my homework of writing up an executive summary for this incomprehensible Orb memo.
3. EN encouraging me to go to class and complete it, even if I have to do it at a slower pace/lower intensity since I felt like I was still recovering from being sick.
4. Not needing to spend too  much time to catch up from being out the last two mornings for the training.
5. EN making sure to show us how to safely throw away the barbell if the weight got to be too much for our front squats.
6. Finishing the workout, even though it took me over 15 minutes and involved running around the block outside in the cold, and had this med ball sit-up portion afterwards.

A year ago today.

2/7/11

1. Arriving to the classroom after 9 but before it officially started.
2. Really engaging presenter teaching us about effective business writing. I had to be careful not to pay too much attention to his teaching style over his content.
3. Not too busy with tickets and such, so I could finish up a few things from last week and catch up from being out sick on Friday.
4. Meeting Sammy of Sammy D Vintage and her business partner, through AJ. 
5. Duck and arugula salad at dinner.
6. Raining lightly enough that I was ok walking home without my umbrella.

A year ago today.

2/6/11

1. Waking up feeling loads stronger, though still not quite at 100%.
2. Slow roasting grape tomatoes, with garlic as well.
3. Successfully rethreading my serger and labeling the different parts like Tilly did with my labeler. Love that thing.
4. Easily cleaning the microwave with this method by Apartment Therapy.
5. Watching the first episode of Downton Abbey and being drawn into it. 
6. Finally getting to some various hand sewing work (fixing a button, hemming a skirt) that had been lying around for a bit.

A year ago today.

2/5/11

1. Dozing after the alarms went off in the morning but still getting up in time to shower and all that to arrive at Back Forty for brunch in time.
2. Not too awkward brunch with JH, CH, & roommate BK to discuss me referring him for a job.
3. Cold medicine carrying me through to get myself to the Manhattan Vintage show with my free entrance ticket.
4. Gaining myself some good vintage-buying karma by giving my other free ticket to the show to the girl ahead of me in the line for tickets.
5. Picking up a (potentially first edition?) sewing book I've had the modern version of on my Amazon wishlist for awhile, for less than the cost of a new one.
6. Buying a candle on sale from Luxe and enjoying the cozy scent as I organized receipts and paid bills for the month.

A year ago today.

2/4/11

1. Calling in sick to work. A very good idea.
2. Watching Without a Trace with my mom at 5am when I wasn't falling asleep.
3. Sleeping in until 12:30ish.
4. Beef noodle soup for lunch.
5. Taking photos of a good number of knit items at home for Ravelry.
6. Cobbling together a warm and filling dinner from items in the pantry/freezer.

A year ago today.

2/3/11

1. Day-long training starting at 10, so plenty of time to grab breakfast.
2. Really excellent training, good pacing, plenty of time for questions and discussion. I feel like I really absorbed what was presented.
3. Cough drops from EM helping me not ravage my throat with coughing.
4. AJ deciding to cancel dinner plans.
5. Just making it onto the 6:32 train after getting to the station at 6:28, without a ticket, to get to parents' for Chinese New Year dinner.
6. Parents being sympathetic to my getting sick and sent me to bed w/o needing to wash up the dishes.

A year ago today.

2/2/11

1. Not falling as I more or less skated from the apartment to the PATH station, with all the sidewalks iced over.
2. Getting to the office in time to get breakfast, including avocado bagel, despite the PATH train being slower than usual.
3. Feeling like I was productive and shoved out a ton of information at the HC doc writers during our first working session meeting.
4. Crossfit Hoboken owner calling me back about the questions I'd submitted to their online form late last night.
5. Finishing today's killer workout: 5 rounds of 5 reps 100lb deadlift and 10 burpees. One at a time.
6. Going back to the office to get dinner and then finishing up some writing leftover from the last few days.

A year ago today.

2/1/11

1. Feeling inspired by what I've read so far of The Boss of You: Everything A Woman Needs to Know to Start, Run, and Maintain Her Own Business.
2. Getting to my doctor's appointment right on time.
3. Curried lamb meatloaf at lunch being tastier than I thought it would be.
4. Using EM's standing desk a bit more and quite liking it.
5. Struggling to finish the workout tonight, but finishing.
6. Telling Dan about my day with Gmail's video chat while cooking and eating dinner.

A year ago today.