2/27/13

1. Getting in to the office in time for breakfast.
2. Meeting KR, a fellow Hackbright attendee.
3. Going to zumba class one last time with MT and running into AL there.
4. Running into EM/AM in the cafe.
5. Dropping off books at the library.
6. Chatting with Dan and learning about the sequester while eating dinner.

A year ago today.

2/26/13

1. Sleeping for most of the flight from New Orleans to D.C.
2. Getting a whole row to myself on the D.C. to NYC flight.
3. Coming home to Dan having propped my Valentine's Day Uglydoll gift on the couch, tucked underneath blankets, holding a remote control, to make it be like him.
4. Having some of Dan's baked ziti for dinner.
5. Catching up on Jeopardy with Dan.
6. Deciding to go to bed relatively early.

A year ago today.

2/25/13

1. Making a breakfast spread in the morning: fried eggs on toast with nutella, yogurt with pear vanilla jam, more toast with Nutella.
2. Feeling not too sore and no shin pain.
3. Excellent pho and fresh shrimp rolls from a local Vietnamese place.
4. Having the leftover fresh roll for dinner.
5. AL getting some cookies from a local coffee shop, including a nice ginger molasses one.
6. Getting another 10 Python exercises mostly done.

A year ago today.

2/24/13

1. Enormous crowds and energy at the start of the race.
2. Not missing AL's race number being called at during the relay transition.
3. AL thinking to go get food from Mother's after the race.
4. Shower and afternoon nap.
5. Working through Learn Python the Hard Way some more for Hackbright.
6. Watching the Oscar performances and Seth McFarlane's quips.

A year ago today.

2/23/13

1. AB coming up to hang out in the morning with AL and me.
2. Breakfast of shrimp & grits, biscuits with sausage gravy, and freshly squeezed OJ at Surrey's.
3. Getting onto a bus and street car back before it really started raining.
4. Corn pudding at Voodoo BBQ.
5. Short & sweet afternoon nap.
6. Biking around the Marigny neighborhood.

A year ago today.

2/22/13

1. Packet pickup going quite quickly once the doors opened.
2. Getting a muffaletta sandwich from Central Grocery, great bread and nicely olive-y.
3. Beignets from Cafe Beignet.
4. Homemade ginger syrup soda and alligator sausage hot dog at Dat Dog.
5. The owner giving us free refills on our drinks to make up for the order being delayed.
6. Watching the last episode of Sense & Sensibility.

A year ago today.

2/21/13

1. Sleeping pretty soundly to catch up on the night of 2 hours of sleep.
2. Figuring out how to open canned jam with the handle of a table knife.
3. AL going out to pick up lunch.
4. Slow-roasted juicy pork + broccoli rabe + mozzarella sandwich from local deli.
5. AL having schoolwork to do as well while I did work-work.
6. Watching the first two episodes of the version of Sense & Sensibility with Dan Stevens. That hair! Those eyes!

A year ago today.

2/20/13

1. Dan dropping me off at Newport so I wouldn't have to walk all the way with my luggage.
2. Really short wait time in the morning with TurboTax support and getting a refund on the TT fees from the very nice gentleman due to the bug preventing e-filing our NJ return. Also, he thinks we should have a flat tax.
3. Last lunch with AJ before heading out to SF.
4. Getting whisked into the express security lane at JFK after delays from AirTrain.
5. Free wi-fi and comfy chairs in the US Airways club in Charlotte during my layover.
6. The driver of the airport shuttle bus giving a bit of a friendly narrative tour as we went through the various hotel stops in downtown.

A year ago today.

2/19/13

1. Grabbing breakfast in the morning.
2. CN, someone I met at the networking panel a few weeks ago, coming in for lunch.
3. No fuss review with SH and JM of the coverage plan.
4. Not getting too wet in the light rain on the way home.
5. Getting back to Hoboken in time to pick up wash&fold laundry (mostly for the pink winter duvet cover to be folded really neatly and compactly).
6. Last tax-related form came in the mail finally so could square those away.

A year ago today.

2/18/13

1. Waking up feeling quite rested at 9.
2. Getting out of the apartment in the afternoon to run errands at the frame shop (bringing the Missed Connections subway print to get framed), hardware store, and Ricky's.
3. Realizing I needed more eggs and butter for the shaker lemon pie and stopped to pick them up at Shop Rite.
4. Successfully hanging the Ikea Enje roller shade, wasn't too hard and it fit in the hallway window perfectly. I'll be able to figure out the dimensions to hang shades in the other windows now too so it won't be so hot during the summer after I took down all the really ugly blinds the apartment came with.
5. Making Star Wars pancakes with Dan for dinner.
6. Dan helping re-dye my purple streaks.

A year ago today.

2/17/13

1. Making Star Wars pancakes on the griddle.
2. Dan rubbing my tummy to soothe my cramps. 
3. Making Meyer lemon marmalades, whole lemon tart, salted preserved lemons, and lemon curd.
4. Dan running out to get more butter for those baked goods.
5. SP coming over to hang out for a bit.
6. Watching Once Upon a Time and the Downton Abbey Christmas special. :(

A year ago today.

2/16/13

1. Bridesmaids' brunch at my sister-in-law's.
2. Making Dan's lentil-sausage stew in the slow cooker.
3. Catching up on last two weeks of Downton Abbey.
4. Catching up on Once Upon a Time.
5. Catching up on Jeopardy with Dan.
6. Watching the car into helicopter, "I ran out of bullets" scene in Die Hard 4. (It was pretty TV-heavy day.)

A year ago today.

2/15/13

1. Running into MS on the PATH in the morning.
2. Getting to the office in time to sit and eat breakfast before volunteering at 8:30.
3. My parents getting to the office just fine despite me missing their calls.
4. Meeting EA in the afternoon and finding her to be really warm and friendly.
5. Taking the evening off from working.
6. Eventually getting off the couch to make ginger scones.

A year ago today.

2/14/13

1. Getting in to the office in time for breakfast.
2. Catching up with SF.
3. Dan coming with me to the Missed Connections party at Grand Central Station.
4. A girl at the event works at J.Crew herself complimenting me on my lace sweatshirt top.
5. Meeting the illustrator Sophie Blackall and getting my Missed Connections subway poster signed!
6. Dan telling me what he wanted to get me for Valentine's Day (a teddy bear to remind me of him and bring with me to CA) to let me pick out which one I wanted.

A year ago today.

2/13/13

1. Finishing up My Berlin Kitchen in the morning.
2. Finding a Goodwill bin next to where MM set up her eyebrows station, so I didn't need to make an extra stop on the way back.
3. Several plates of mussels in a delicious tomato-onion sauce and steamed rainbow Swiss chard for lunch.
4. Getting a good amount done on the manual I'm writing for people covering for me while I'm gone.
5. Getting to the library literally one minute before they closed to return some books.
6. Completing a few more Python exercises in the evening.

A year ago today.

2/12/13

1. Making it in time to grab breakfast.
2. Relatively meeting-free day, got a good amount of random tasks done.
3. Getting past the point in My Berlin Kitchen to when her love story seems to work out.
4. Chatting with a recruiter friend of JW's, KS and finding her to be pretty easy to talk to.
5. Getting to the tailor's in time before they closed.
6. Picking up an Amazon package from the locker at the 7/11.

A year ago today.

2/11/13

1. Taking the morning 8am meeting from home.
2. Yellow rainboots keeping me dry.
3. Coming up with the idea of researching Florida-Costa Rica cruises to help BG with a destination wedding conflict with her future mother-in-law.
4. Chatting with ML and learning a lot about the technical qualifications needed.
5. Second Time Around taking a few of my things.
6. Mock interview with PC.

A year ago today.

2/10/13

1. Waking up naturally around 8 in the morning.
2. Tempers intact despite getting a bit lost on the way to the Korean spa.
3. My dad teaching me a new, simple game using Go pieces.
4. Coming up with the idea to pre-order lunch and have my dad wait for it while my mom and I took in one more sauna.
5. Having lentils with leftover nachos from a couple weeks ago.
6. Watching The Mighty Ducks with Dan and finding it rather charming.

A year ago today.

2/9/13

1. Waking up feeling refreshed.
2. Hanging noodles to dry on the clothing rack (covered with wax paper) working out quite well.
3. Getting started on taxes. 
4. Dan going to get the car from Newark so we could drive down instead of taking the train.
5. Chinese New Year dinner at my parents' (whole fish and shrimp!) with Dan bringing his own lentils.
6. Going through pretty much all of the Command Line Crash Course for Hackbright prep.

A year ago today.

2/8/13

1. Wearing my purple snow boots in preparation for the storm.
2. Going to Grand Central Station to pick up the Missed Connection poster from the NYC Transit museum shop there.
3. Lunch with AJ.
4. Getting to the Strand and library before heading home.
5. Box of Meyer lemons from California arrived!
6. Rest of mozzarella-stuffed meatballs and garlic bread for dinner.

A year ago today.

2/7/13

1. Sleeping in a bit after a late night working.
2. Lunch with ML/PD/SH.
3. Successfully selling at least one item to Beacon's Closet.
4. Picking up a couple used cookbooks from the Strand, Marmalade and A Girl and Her Pig.
5. Finishing off the last of the J.Crew/Madewell returns.
6. Dan heating up dinner (mozzarella meatballs) for me.

A year ago today.

2/6/13

1. Putting together an avocado bagel for breakfast.
2. Sharing the leave and Hackbright news with my teams and finding them all to be really supportive. 
3. AJ coming to our area to chat with PD and me for a bit.
4. Catching a bit of ES' town hall and being amused by some of the comments.
5. Dinner at the Spotted Pig with barely a wait. Amazingly delicious mulled wine and appetizers (deviled eggs, devils on horseback, chicken liver pate toast).
6. Catching up on work in the evening.

A year ago today.

2/5/13

1. Breaking out the wool cape and bringing it to down to show AJ.
2. Getting a backpack for carrying around my work laptop.
3. Fixing up the presentation slide for our team project.
4. Successfully finding a Duane Reade to get gloves for SH.
5. Dinner at the Breslin with a perfectly fried and soft Scotch egg, not greasy at all!
6. Long, honest talk with SH over dinner.

A year ago today.

2/4/13

1. Wearing the J.Crew chambray shirtdress with dark red leather belt and brown boots.
2. Grabbing breakfast before a 9am meeting.
3. Lunch with SH.
4. SR taking my ideas for the workflow analysis project pretty well.
5. Eventually succeeding at finding the others at the beer garden.
6. Catching up with LW over the phone.

A year ago today.

2/3/13

1. Dan bringing me breakfast (slow cooker pumpkin steel cut oats) in bed again.
2. Catching up on finances for the month.
3. Leftover spaghetti with chili re-heating quite well.
4. Cleaning up the books on my Kindle.
5. Trying on the new gray constellation duvet cover and finding it to fit the comforter just fine.
6. Finishing 4 loads of laundry and no issues with the dryers at all! Color me impressed.

A year ago today.

2/2/13

1. Dan making me breakfast (scrambled eggs, bacon, toast) in bed.
2. Researching and booking flights to California and Prague using points!
3. Catching up with DC on the phone for over an hour.
4. Making it to the Manhattan Vintage show an hour before the end and picking up a cape, capelet, and vest.
5. Deciding not to run my errand to Madewell and then catching the same PATH train that SD was on, found him after getting out at Hoboken.
6. Heading over to RC's with Dan to hang out with him and AB(f) for awhile.

A year ago today.

2/1/13

1. Eventually winning over the surly receptionist at the doctor's office.
2. Stopping by the library and bank on the way to work.
3. Lunch with AJ, discussing career plans and more contacts to reach out to.
4. MS complimenting the question I posted on the dory for the All-Hands.
5. Fun Polynesian cooking class with CS.
6. Dan picking us up to give us a ride to Carlstadt.

A year ago today.

1/31/13

1. Picking up a package from Amazon that the dry cleaners across the way graciously accepted for me.
2. Having lunch with AT after meeting him at the panel on Tuesday night and getting some great advice and guidance from him, really felt like he was a kindred spirit.
3. Caught up with SL, who I hadn't talked to in a couple years but hasn't changed and who was also very encouraging and supportive.
4. Running the first knitting group at the office and getting a few people going on learning to knit.
5. Eventually succeeding at getting a doctor's appointment scheduled for tomorrow morning.
6. Getting some really, really good news from my boss.

A year ago today.

1/30/13

1. Lunch with AJ.
2. Skipping a couple meetings to catch up on email.
3. My boss not seeming to mind my nervous updates to her.
4. Eventually getting approved for a Chase business credit card.
5. Zumba class with new songs. This week was hard!
6. Stopping by the library in time before they closed to return a book.

A year ago today.

1/29/13

1. Getting breakfast with scrambled eggs, avocado, and samosas.
2. Team video-conference ambush of SH to give her the baby gifts we'd gotten for her a couple months ago.
3. Second and final interview for Hackbright going really well!
4. Bhangra class being canceled so I didn't have to feel bad about skipping to catch up on work.
5. Attending a panel on what it's like to become and work as a programmer and finding the viewpoints to be diverse and thoughtful and the panel well-moderated.
6. Putting myself out there to do a bit of networking and talk to people.

A year ago today.