6/30/13

1. Finishing off the rest of last night's Swiss chard & onion panade for breakfast and dinner.
2. Not succumbing to wanting to take a nap in the afternoon.
3. Dan bringing back a new watermelon for the week.
4. Booking a bunch of flights with rewards points.
5. Making khao man gai for dinner.
6. Getting gift cards in order.

A year ago today.

6/29/13

1. Getting to sleep in as much as I wanted.
2. Making use of CSA herbs with the scrambled eggs I made for breakfast.
3. Making the Swiss chard and onion panade recipe again, this time following the stovetop steps as well. Came out very differently, but still very delicious!
4. Making strawberry rhubarb crumble with CSA strawberries and rhubarb.
5. Finishing a bunch of small sewing fixes that had been lying around for months.
6. SR/RC coming over to hang out.

A year ago today.

6/28/13

1. Watching the replay of yesterday's TGIF on diversity, very smooth presentations.
2. French onion and mushroom grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch.
3. Meeting a couple really nice women over VC.
4. Talking DC into coming back to Hoboken for dinner and so I could give her the birthday present I got for her months ago.
5. Peanut butter and pretzel ice cream from Ben & Jerry's.
6. Only light rain while I was out and about.

A year ago today.

6/27/13

1. Having food at home to keep me satiated while working from home in the morning.
2. Ice cream and cupcakes at a surprise baby shower for SR.
3. Slipping away from a training after the first hour since I got what I needed to out of it.
4. Getting to the CSA pickup before an actual line formed.
5. Checking out diamonds and clothes with AJ and EM.
6. Going to bed pretty early with not having an evening event and having leftovers for dinner.

A year ago today.

6/26/13

1. Lunch with AJ/EM/ST.
2. Running out for a couple errands.
3. Catching the crowd on the 4th floor before they all headed out.
4. Only getting a few showers of light rain.
5. Hanging out with some of the Boston folks and AJ on the deck of the ship.
6. Having a second dinner at home after I got back and was still a bit hungry.

A year ago today.

6/25/13

1. Getting to my sister's match not too late, only 1 game had finished.
2. Getting some saltwater duck/roast chicken wings from my mom.
3. Getting to the office in time to still do a bit of work before the dinner reservations.
4. Dinner with SF and her husband.
5. Food at Union Square Cafe being quite delicious.
6. Biking home from the PATH station.

A year ago today.

6/24/13

1. Cleaning up the kitchen a bit before I headed out for the day.
2. Breakfast of scrambled eggs with nicely ripe avocado.
3. Massage with AS.
4. Lunch with SF.
5. Getting advice from SH.
6. Finally making up a couple gratins using kale and Swiss chard from the CSA.

A year ago today.

6/23/13

1. Yaki-soba for breakfast.
2. My sister pulling it out to beat the #1 seed!
3. Surprisingly authentic-tasting tacos from a local deli.
4. My sister pulling off another win relatively easily.
5. Dan picking up a nicely crisp and heavy watermelon.
6. Watching TV while lying on the couch to recover from the heat of the day.

A year ago today.

6/22/13

1. Making it to the Mercer County Tennis Center with 10 minutes to spare before my sister's match started.
2. Jackie winning her match with double bagels (6-0, 6-0).
3. Going for dim sum with my parents afterwards.
4. Dropping in on a yard sale with my mom.
5. Having dinner outside on the porch.
6. Watching TV in the evening.

A year ago today.

6/21/13

1. Getting in on time to grab a bit of breakfast still.
2. Talking to another girl, CK, about Hackbright.
3. Dropping off a couple dresses at the tailor and picking up a replacement pepper mill from Bed Bath & Beyond.
4. Pleasant walk through Central Park to get to the Met.
5. Being right that we get free admission to the Met through a corporate membership.
6. Seeing the PUNK: Chaos to Couture exhibit at the Met with AJ/EM/MM. 

A year ago today.

6/20/13

1. Meeting with a few people over VC to discuss how to develop an immersive technical training experience at work.
2. Another CSA delivery with delicious strawberries and more kale/chard that I can add to the gratins I was going to make with last week's haul.
3. Meeting other female developers as KR's +1 to the Write/Speak/Code conference's opening night party.
4. Successfully biking everything back home.
5. Chopping up most of last week's veggies for worm food and planted the cilantro plants.
6. Finally catching up what was released while I was on sabbatical.

A year ago today.

6/19/13

1. Lunch with AJ/EM.
2. Meeting with JB, introduced to me by AR.
3. Finally finishing coding the merge sort algorithm.
4. Coding out a presentation scheduler problem that Dan posed to me and knocking it out in a couple hours in the evening, very satisfying.
5. Dan making me meatballs with pasta and spinach for dinner.
6. Watching an episode of Jeopardy.

A year ago today.

6/18/13

1. Breakfast of scrambled eggs and mini-samosas.
2. Catching up with AS.
3. Re-sending a few faxes with a fax machine that's actually capable of sending faxes and getting confirmation messages that they went through.
4. Lunch with EM.
5. Getting my replacement ergonomic electronics at work finally!
6. Dan making meatballs for dinner.

A year ago today.

6/17/13

1. Having banana bread in the morning for breakfast.
2. Gentleman sitting next to me letting me know I could stay on until the next stop.
3. Healthy and delicious chickpea/quinoa salad for lunch.
4. Dan picking me up at the New Brunswick train station so I didn't have to go all the way back to Newark.
5. Leftover roast chicken, dark meat was delicious.
6. Catching up on Sunday's Mad Men episode.

A year ago today.

6/16/13

1. Making baked eggs for breakfast after getting the ramekins for them awhile ago.
2. Father's Day BBQ with Dan's side of the family in Shrewsbury.
3. Dan vacuuming the apartment.
4. Cracking into the new watermelon Dan got from Costco.
5. Clearing out the freezer a bit and making banana bread.
6. Finally re-organizing and putting away winter clothes/blankets.

A year ago today.

6/15/13

1. Getting multiple loads of laundry done for winter blankets to put them away.
2. Picking up books on hold from the library.
3. Remembering to stop by the office to get some stuff I'd accidentally forgotten to bring home.
4. Making a same-day appointment to get my vision checked.
5. Making a spatchcocked roast chicken and having it turn out quite well, white and dark meat both juicy!
6. Reading a new novel (Alloy of Law) in the evening.

A year ago today.

6/14/13

1. Getting in to the office in time for a sit-down breakfast.
2. Helping check in guests for the resume workshop volunteering event.
3. Getting to help a vet that's studying computer science and wants to be a developer.
4. Talking to a couple NR people and getting very helpful info.
5. Talking to AR and actually getting help on finding some contacts in our org.
6. Grabbing dinner at the Taco Truck.

A year ago today.

6/13/13

1. Remembering to bring a couple plastic bags with me for the CSA pickup.
2. Grabbing breakfast in time before heading to a phone room for a morning call.
3. Catching up with RS and telling her all about Hackbright.
4. First CSA pickup of the season, had strawberries!
5. Grabbing onion rings from TGIAF.
6. Catching up with EM, back at work.

A year ago today.

6/12/13

1. Getting in in time for breakfast.
2. Catching up with MF and having a bit of a reverse mentoring situation with her.
3. Getting back to the office in time to wrap up some email work.
4. Going out for dinner with SH.
5. Delicious pizza from Co., lived up to expectations.
6. Ginger-cilantro sorbet for dessert being quite tasty.

A year ago today.

6/11/13

1. Pretty quick follow-up visit at the doctor's office.
2. Lunch with JL.
3. Timing the subway ride to be right on time.
4. Not too long a wait at the other doctor's office.
5. Taking a cab home.
6. Lying on the couch for most of the evening watching bad TV.

A year ago today.

6/10/13

1. Walking with Dan to the PATH station in the morning.
2. Getting breakfast of scrambled eggs with nicely ripe avocado.
3. Staying mostly dry in the rain on the way home.
4. Leftover khao man gai for dinner and watermelon.
5. Finishing a re-read of the Mistborn trilogy.
6. Rain cooling off the weather enough to sleep without any A/C on.

A year ago today.

6/9/13

1. Sleeping in and getting a solid 8-9 hours of uninterrupted sleep for the first time in several days.
2. Excellent breakfast of biscuits and omelette at the Four Brothers Diner.
3. Stopping by Trader Joe's in Princeton.
4. Getting 2 watermelons and the ingredients to make Nong's Khao Man Gai.
5. Getting a couple loads of laundry done.
6. Making Nong's Khao Man Gai for dinner (first real meal I've cooked since getting back from CA!) and having it turn out quite well, the bottled sauce is just as delicious as the one from the food truck.

A year ago today.

6/8/13

1. Getting brunch in Lansdowne with BB and DL!
2. Delicious Jewish wedding soup (with matzoh balls) and a leek knish.
3. Many girls at AJ's bridal shower wearing bright dresses and big fascinators.
4. Hanging out with AJ and her friends from high school and college, and finding them to be a hoot.
5. Wearing my maxi dress out for dinner when it was a bit cooler than I had expected.
6. Dan coming to pick me up to spend the night in the same hotel together.

A year ago today.

6/7/13

1. Getting in just in time to grab some hot breakfast (scrambled eggs, biscuits with sausage gravy, hash browns) for both KR and me.
2. Helping KR with interview practice.
3. Lunch with AJ.
4. Doing demos of my Hackbright project at a General Assembly happy hour with JT's friend RC.
5. Shake Shack for dinner.
6. Taking a cab home from the PATH station since Dan was drenched without an umbrella in the rain.

A year ago today.

6/6/13

1. Sleeping in a bit in the morning since I'd been up too late the night before.
2. Getting lunch with MM and catching up.
3. Attending a screening of The Internship and surprisingly enjoying myself, as formulaic and full of stereotypes (some offensive) as it was.
4. Going home after the movie and catching up on work email from home.
5. Meeting CK's girlfriend L.
6. Quite good bruschetta pizza for dinner.

A year ago today.

6/5/13

1. Getting in in time to get breakfast before 9am meeting.
2. Having lunch by myself and reading my Kindle.
3. Sinking in the last hole from an unlikely position to win mini-golf in our half of the group.
4. Delicious porchetta sandwich for dinner.
5. Nice walk to the Wall St. PATH station.
6. Making it home without falling asleep.

A year ago today.

6/4/13

1. COMFORTABLE WEATHER FINALLY, low 70s, sunny, not humid!
2. Walking with Dan to the PATH station in the morning.
3. Breakfast of scrambled eggs, avocado, potato pancakes, and mini-samosas.
4. Making some more progress on the Coursera Algorithms class while on the walking treadmill desk.
5. Dinner and good conversation with AB at the office.
6. Just catching the Python meetup group as they migrated from the original location to another bar.

A year ago today.

6/3/13

1. Realizing I still had enough time to mail the boxes of Girl Scout cookies to my colleague while she's still in Mountain View this week.
2. Finding ST very easy to talk to over the phone plus she was very honest.
3. Chair massage with AS focusing on my left shoulder.
4. Realizing I could swap my damp socks from the wet morning for dry socks sourced from the boxes of stuff I shipped back to myself from CA.
5. Getting enough done in the afternoon to not bring my work laptop home.
6. Accomplishing all my evening errands.

A year ago today.

6/2/13

1. Sleeping in in the morning.
2. Watching classic Disney movies on ABC Family while lounging around on the couch.
3. Dan bringing back for me the first watermelon of the year!
4. Dan making pesto chicken penne pasta for dinner.
5. Getting up the energy to do the swap out of summer for winter clothes, mostly.
6. Pumping up my bike tires in preparation for biking to PATH again.

A year ago today.

6/1/13

1. Getting to the West Lake restaurant just a couple minutes before my dad.
2. Dim sum with my dad. 
3. Picking up mail from my parents' and finding a few cards I'd been waiting for.
4. Watching Star Trek: Into the Darkness with AL.
5. Picking up a pair of minimalistic flat sandals from Nordstroms.
6. Seeing Dan's family, even though it was for a sad reason.

A year ago today.

5/31/13

1. Really nice doctor at a new-to-me medical practice in Hoboken.
2. Going to Paper Presentation and not having too much trouble picking out craft supplies to use up two Google Offers deals I had that were expiring.
3. Calling my mom and catching up with her a bit.
4. Lunch at Market Cafe with AJ/ST/EM/RC.
5. Getting my eyebrows done for the first time since before I left for CA.
6. Dinner over at CS/PB's, pepperoni bread and nicely crusty deep dish pizza.

A year ago today.