3/30/11

1. Going for a run in the morning with BB (first run since the fall).
2. BB staying to eat breakfast with me and continue our discussion a bit.
3. Pod meeting ending early, including getting my main questions addressed, but also leaving time for me to ask the engineers to teach me a bit more about the rest of the features.
4. Picking up mended shoes from the cobbler and three books from the library.
5. Last class of fundamentals at CFH--went from 9:30 for the benchmark workout to 7:10! Also the instructor had gluten-free beers for us to all celebrate at the end.
6. Having some of Dan's pasta fagioli for dinner, quite satisfying.

A year ago today.

3/29/11

1. Booking a back-to-back chair massage.
2. Lunch with T and S (and MG) to discuss reporting UX.
3. Helping out on a few trivia questions and our team placing solidly in the middle of the pack.
4. Finding out that P on the training team also just started doing CrossFit recently and having an animated discussion with her and EM about it.
5. Getting to know some of the engineers a bit better as the trivia night wound down.
6. BB staying the night and chatting a bit about her career and wedding plans.

A year ago today.

3/28/11

1. Getting to see BB's engagement ring in person.
2. Attending a bunch of interesting meetings on forecasting.
3. Mediator receiving feedback I wanted to pass along pretty well.
4. Getting email from a blog reader offering invitation design services...at cost!!! I freaking love the internet.
5. Finishing all four rounds of shuttle runs pretty close within the target time window. Painful, but over with quickly.
6. Finishing off the rest of the beef noodle soup my mom made for us.

A year ago today.

3/27/11

1. Dan making pancakes for breakfast on our new griddle, a Christmas present from his dad.
2. Getting a massive amount of laundry and the weekly apartment cleaning done in the morning.
3. Putting together my sister's necklace for her bridesmaid attire.
4. Watching the BBC Jekyll mini-series while cutting out fabric for the green Crepe dress.
5. More of mom's food for lunch and dinner.
6. Getting to bed on time.

A year ago today.

3/26/11

1. Drifting in and out of sleep on the various drives throughout the day.
2. Getting brunch (stuffed French toast) at The Starving Artist in Ocean Grove and walking around afterwards with SR, AL, JH, RC, and Dan.
3. Shopping for sorely needed basics (underthings, socks).
4. First real wedding craft supplies trip to Michael's.
5. My aunt having walked the dogs after all since I was 2.5 hours later than I said I'd be to pick up the food my mom had left for me.
6. Dinner of food mom had made.

A year ago today.

3/25/11

1. Duck sweet potato hash at breakfast being quite good.
2. MT doing a dramatic smoky eye for me in 15 minutes.
3. Catching my breath a bit during the afternoon sewing class I led with AJ, and our students seeming to follow along reasonably well.
4. Dinner at Bombay Talkie with SS, TO, MG, and MF as well.
5. BB getting engaged!!!!!
6. Catching myself and going to bed a little later than I meant to but earlier than if I'd let myself go on surfing the internet obliviously, as often happens on the weekend.

A year ago today.

3/24/11

1. Manager giving me a good suggestion of how to deliver some feedback to a newbie.
2. Chair massage with AS.
3. Mostly free afternoon and then stayed a little late into the evening to get various little things done.
4. Making chicken quesadillas for myself for dinner.
5. Figuring out a new double happiness embroidery pattern that's simpler (and therefore faster) and reversible.
6. Remembering that we have some TJ's rice pudding the fridge for dessert.

A year ago today.

3/23/11

1. No phone shifts today and only the one meeting.
2. Learning the clean and power clean at CrossFit and picking it up pretty well.
3. Workout being pretty simple and quick tonight: 2 min burpees, 30s rest, 2 min sit ups, 30s rest, 2 min rowing.
4. Remembering to buy EM some tangerine fish oil from CFH.
5. Dan cleaning the bathroom.
6. Getting feedback for an interview candidate written up pretty quickly so I didn't stay up too much past my bedtime.

A year ago today.

3/22/11

1. Breakfast with MT and running my various invitation design ideas by her.
2. Meeting with JVC to discuss our pain points and what resources we need to help scale better.
3. Getting to the MAC store in time for AJ to pick out what she wanted and MT to quickly do MF's eye makeup with some awesome glittery green eyeliner.
4. Grabbing paper samples at Paper Presentation to start working out some ideas for invitations.
5. Dinner at Shake Shack with MF and MT.
6. Putting together the first invitation prototype.

A year ago today.

3/21/11

1. Getting to the office early enough that even though I forgot about the 9am phone shift and just hung out in the cafe eating breakfast as usual, I didn't totally miss the entire shift.
2. Finally getting to submitting some feedback that was actually due awhile ago.
3. Not having to switch rooms halfway through a team meeting.
4. Hiring committee agreeing with the candidate I interviewed last week and really wanted to push through.
5. Really struggling through today's CrossFit class and workout, but making it through in the end.
6. Finally getting my Google Resume and list of accomplishments for the quarter together.

A year ago today.

3/20/11

1. Waking up naturally at 7:30 again and feeling rested!
2. Fitting my muslin and transferring those markings back to the paper pattern.
3. Getting at least the bedroom and hallway done before the vacuum completely died on me.
4. Getting to Park Slope right on time to meet AJ and browse through a couple paper and craft supplies stores.
5. Delicious guacamole at dinner with AJ and MG.
6. Checking out AJ's amazing and spacious new apartment.

A year ago today.

3/19/11

1. Waking up naturally at 7:30. I'm trying to sleep better by having consistent bed and wake times.
2. Cleaning the areas of the apartment that generally get the most dust (bedroom, hallway) at least before the vacuum up and died on me.
3. Figuring out a way to piece together two scraps of the script fabric to cover the last window in the bedroom.
4. Getting some mending and hemming done.
5. Sewing up the bodice muslin finally for my first Crepe dress.
6. Lentil soup for dinner.

A year ago today.

3/18/11

1. Highs in the 70s today, plus sun.
2. Office hours with a really engaged and personable engineer.
3. Going with the first pair of glasses that the guy in the store picked out.
4. Me actually timing something really well, in terms of getting from optometrist appointment to the therapist's.
5. Second pre-marital counseling session.
6. Dinner from the Taco Truck place.

A year ago today.

3/17/11

1. Yellow scrambled eggs available at breakfast today.
2. Well-facilitated focus group session on gym subsidy vs. having on-site fitness center.
3. Warm enough outside today not to wear a coat on the walk home at all!
4. Feet not hurting after wearing my red booties the whole day, including walking to/from Hoboken PATH station.
5. Getting myself to the mobility class at CFH tonight.
6. Lentil soup made by Dan for dinner.

A year ago today.

3/16/11

1. Not getting any calls during my shift in the morning.
2. Meeting with IS went really well and only took 40 minutes, leaving me with plenty of time to go grab sushi for lunch.
3. Finally getting a pair of Birkenstocks from Zappos that I think I'll be keeping for the summer (Gizeh, white patent...inspired by the mother in our host family when WWOOFing in France many years ago).
4. Stopped raining out and the sun peaked through when I left work.
5. Debuting my new Kor water bottle at work and at the gym and finding that yes, they are really pleasant to drink out of. Not sure if they'd be worth full price to me, but good value with the Jasmere coupon.
6. Finishing the day's workout in just over ten minutes and using the women's barbell (33lbs.) for all 15 thrusters. Also, finding wall balls a lot easier this time around.

A year ago today.

3/15/11

1. My manager pulling me aside in the morning to check in and make sure I knew what our planned next steps were.
2. An amazing burger at lunch today from the DB Bistro Moderne people. Sirloin beef with foie gras filling, horseradish sauce, blanched tomato with skin peeled, and on an excellent bun that held it all together without being thick and still managing to be crispy on the outside.
3. Mostly free afternoon.
4. Finding that there are people who agree with me in my stance on a somewhat controversial work topic.
5. Finding a quick answer to an issue I thought would need a lot more digging around.
6. Dinner of roasted duck breast on an arugula salad. Good food day today.

A year ago today.

3/14/11

1. Saving half my avocado bagel for later after I took notice of my fullness cues at breakfast.
2. A talk I'd been nervous about having with my manager going over totally fine, actually.
3. Still light out when I left work at 6:30, and also when I got out of the PATH on the other side in Hoboken around 7:05ish.
4. Kor water bottles arrived and look very pretty! 
5. Feeling really good after working out at CrossFit class tonight.
6. Reading over a post Dan wrote for the wedding blog that will go up on Thursday.

A year ago today.

3/13/11

1. Daylight savings time switch = gets darker later!! We're in the home stretch of winter.
2. Falling back asleep for another 3 hours after getting up to wake JH up.
3. Finishing re-reading The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks.
4. Cleaning the apartment and doing a load of laundry, remembering to throw in the kitchen towels.
5. Not burning anyone or anything in making a loaf of very pretty no-knead bread.
6. Getting through our first dance lesson with my aunt without too much difficulty--I even had fun, actually. My mom was there too.

A year ago today.

3/12/11

1. Making a full breakfast with potatoes leftover from a couple weeks ago.
2. Finishing my taxes and finding that I'd set my withholding about right (not much of a refund).
3. Cleaning up some other money stuff, like paying a medical bill (now that I'm on an HSA) and putting money into my Roth IRA.
4. Picking up my hemmed workout pants from Lululemon.
5. Dinner made by AB almost entirely from scratch, including these mini-pizza appetizers and four (!) different pasta course dishes. Dan couldn't stop raving about how it was as good, if not better than Dan's Italian grandmother's cooking.
6. Hanging out and talking and laughing a lot at AB's with his partner, S, and AL/CH/JH/AD.

A year ago today.

3/11/11

1. Talking to BB/RC/EM and getting feedback on an email I sent to my manager about our meeting on Monday.
2. Making it to the Nets game right as they started, even though we left the office a half hour later than originally planned.
3. Silly non-game antics by mascots of various basketball teams, having come together to celebrate Sly Fox's birthday (the Nets mascot). In particular, the medley dance by the air-version of a few of the mascots.
4. Exciting finish to the game in overtime, Nets winning! Good time with EM and AM.
5. Trying out the Taco Truck place for the first time and finding that two soft tacos with chorizo, potatoes, and guacamole really hitting the spot. I'd stop here again for a quick meal.
6. Running into RC at Impasto's.

A year ago today.

3/10/11

1. Quite good Indian food at lunch, even though I needed to scarf it down quickly in order to go babysit (walk out) an interview candidate.
2. Chair massage with AS.
3. Cleaning up a few little work to do items from the last couple days.
4. SS stopping by my desk and sharing that she also uses the tactic of staying late at work when she's not feeling up to bringing herself to something she wants to do and knows is good for her--like the mobility class offered tonight at CFH. Oh well, maybe next week.
5. Grabbing dinner with coworkers.
6. Getting to the eyebrow threading place right before they closed for the night.

A year ago today.

3/9/11

1. Several helpful meetings around career development with SS and HJ.
2. Tempura shrimp sushi at lunch.
3. Getting time to ask me question at the performance rating roadshow about how much is appropriate to stress out about self-assessments.
4. IS helping me out with writing up interview feedback that was due today.
5. CrossFit coach complimenting me on my form for the dead lift.
6. Dan instructing me the in art of constructing a meatball sub with provolone cheese.

A year ago today.

3/8/11

1. MF fitting in some time for me to meet with her and exclaiming "YES you should totally do it!!" just as I finished my first sentence.
2. SS having a bottle of red wine at his desk and offering some to everyone.
3. EM accompanying me to Lululemon and advising me on pant styles.
4. Discovering that Lululemon has a free hemming service!
5. Finishing off the rest of the bread with the same dinner as last night.
6. Finishing watching To Kill a Mockingbird.

A year ago today.

3/7/11

1. EM also having a relaxed attitude to starting phone shifts right at 9.
2. No-meeting day, got a lot of ticket work done.
3. Catching up with MG and getting her advice on my career development.
4. Getting home with plenty of time to change clothes and a little bit extra to watch Jeopardy.
5. Starting the fundamentals class at CrossFit Hoboken and the instructor asking me to demo my squat form.
6. Dinner of chicken meatballs on a bed of spinach with some tomato sauce and bread in olive oil.

A year ago today.

3/6/11

1. Spending most of the morning and early afternoon lazing around on the couch.
2. Dan running out in the rain to buy groceries.
3. Remembering to start the bread in time to be finished for dinner.
4. Cleaning the apartment and cleaning up Dan's nightstand a bit, with all its various creams and lotions.
5. Timing dinner really quite well, with baked chicken meatballs, tomato sauce, pasta, and bread coming together quite nicely.
6. Watching the first half of To Kill a Mockingbird.

A year ago today.

3/5/11

1. Dan walking with me to the east side of town in the morning, helping me get past the horror of the St. Patrick's Day parade in Hoboken.
2. Small gathering of ladies for the second APW book club meet-up in a very cute bar, The Ginger Man, and just chatting it up as we discussed The Bitch in the House and our lives.
3. Getting to the Met right on time, despite leaving the book club meetup a little late and going to B&J Fabrics for more of the script fabric to cover the last window in the bedroom, only to find they don't have that fabric anymore.
4. Getting the hang of figuring out the clues for the murder mystery at the Met.
5. Our team tying for first place! (eventually lost on the tiebreaker question)
6. Getting dinner at Shake Shack, and trying the Shroom burger and the salted peanut butter hot chocolate for the first time. Life expectancy has been shortened but worth it.

A year ago today.

3/4/11

1. Finishing watching the first episode of Brick City while getting my teeth cleaned.
2. Co-workers coming around to commiserate with me and my news that I have two cavities that need to be filled (a couple other smaller ones that need to be sealed) and being cheered up by trying the chocolate flavored fish oil that EM bought.
3. Getting to the counseling session right on time.
4. Not feeling too awkward during our first pre-marital counseling session with RB.
5. Meatball sandwich from The Meatball Shop being just the right amount of delicious food, with a little salad.
6. Dan going to hang out with RC, leaving me alone in the apartment to finish reading the book for tomorrow's book club meetup.

A year ago today.

3/3/11

1. With Dan's help, getting up and out of the apartment early enough to be on time for an 8:30 meeting, with some time to grab breakfast, even!
2. 90 minute table massage with AS that was very relaxing and therapeutic.
3. Productive shadowing session with my manager, despite my not having prepared too much for it.
4. IS also attending a hiring committee meeting for the two of us to present our opinions together.
5. Catching up on forum-related work as I'm on duty this week.
6. Second Pose method running class with K at CFV and feeling really good after the workout, as tiring as it was, since I hadn't exercised in two weeks.

A year ago today.

3/2/11

1. Getting in to work actually...on time for my 9am phone shift.
2. Catching up with AC and having a very candid conversation.
3. Leaving work at the earliest time thus far this week to go shopping at Mood with AJ.
4. Having fun catching up with AJ and picking out potential wedding dress fabrics.
5. Mac & cheese for dinner fully satiating my hunger, even though I had felt ravenous.
6. Finally got to my loads of desperately needed to be done laundry! And no issues with the washers/dryers!

A year ago today.

3/1/11

1. Big breakfast with scrambled eggs and avocado.
2. Not feeling too harried as I ran from meeting to meeting to phone shifts to more meetings, etc.
3. Meeting with SS to learn some product planning-related tools.
4. Feeling like I got a good amount of work done through staying late.
5. Grabbing dinner at the office since I knew there wasn't much food at home.
6. Finishing reading Persuasion on my phone, instead of doing housework.

A year ago today.