7/29/13

1. Really comfortable temperature/humidity outside in the morning.
2. Plenty of avocado left at breakfast.
3. Running a bunch of errands on the way home, return book to library, got cash, picked up Amazon package from locker.
4. UPS delivering my package just before I was about to give up on waiting for them and head over to the gym.
5. Succeeding at 5x5x45 overhead press! Felt much easier than it did last week when I failed on the last rep.
6. Making up burgers with bacon for dinner.

A year ago today.

7/28/13

1. Doubling back to stop at Panera for a breakfast bagel sandwich.
2. Meeting AL for breakfast in Monmouth Battlefield State Park.
3. J.Crew store associate finding the necklace I was looking for off a manikin, so no need to go to the Grove in Shrewsbury again.
4. Dumplings for lunch.
5. No real snarky comments at Dan's work offsite about the move.
6. Figuring out how to run the programming homework to get the right answer without running as many trials as I initially thought necessary.

A year ago today.

7/27/13

1. Waking up in time to run over for a lifting workout.
2. Making Swiss chard with olive oil from A Girl and Her Pig, very simple but delicious, "elevated" by the small touches.
3. Having enough time to clean up the apartment a bit before heading out.
4. Getting very specific instructions at the rehearsal and learning that we won't have to be standing the whole time.
5. The surprise of Mr. Met stopping by at CS/PB's rehearsal dinner.
6. Going through the remaining boxes of stuff I have at my parents' and cutting it down by about half.

A year ago today.

7/26/13

1. Reading Tiny Beautiful Things.
2. AM coming in for lunch with EM/AJ. Last grilled cheese!
3. Surprisingly comfortable temperature out, very pleasant for open air dining at Malatesta with EM/AJ.
4. EM lending me some cash to cover for dinner and gelato when I ran out.
5. Getting hazelnut and Nutella gelato.
6. Stopping by CVS to return a bunch of hair accessories.

A year ago today.

7/25/13

1. One of my favorite breakfasts: biscuits with sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, avocado.
2. Finding a set of Shun knives on Woot to get as a birthday present for my mom.
3. Lunch with YW and having a heart-to-heart.
4. Picking up a book at the library and a couple canning books from Strand.
5. Good real food at TGIAF, chicken wings with peanut sauce, shriveled up green beans, and yellow curry. 
6. Stopping by EM's desk to chat for a bit and get spin pins back from her.

A year ago today.

7/24/13

1. JE bringing in delicious cherries from the other microkitchen.
2. Particularly excellent massage from AS.
3. Dan getting me a watermelon during a mid-week Costco run.
4. Getting all the questions right on my second attempt for the week 3 problem set.
5. Japanese turnips indeed being nicely sweet, sliced thin and stir-fried with eggs.
6. Indulging in watching A Walk to Remember on Lifetime.

A year ago today.

7/23/13

1. Stopping at CVS to pick up a few more hair items.
2. Watching videos for the algorithms class on PATH using the tablet actually working out quite well.
3. Practicing the updo again in the morning and having it not fall out over the course of the day.
4. Watching some more YouTube tutorials on hairstyles and makeup for Asian hair and eyes.
5. Lunch with AJ.
6. Getting to the gym to lift.

A year ago today.

7/22/13

1. Eventually successfully picking up temporary no parking signs for the move.
2. PA seeing me in the cafe at lunch and coming over to congratulate me on the new job.
3. Not taking too long to run a bunch of errands: picked up stuff from tailor, bought hair stuff, picked up my teal glasses with new lenses, stopped at Madewell/J.Crew, picked up book from the library.
4. Showering off the stickiness from an incredibly humid day.
5. Trying out a few potential updo hairstyles for CS' wedding.
6. Finally using the spin pins that EM had lent me months ago and finding them to be magic in holding in a bun, even with my slippery hair.

A year ago today.

7/21/13

1. Not feeling too tired in the morning despite the alarm going off at 6:30.
2. Having a fun time at the Color Me Rad 5K with AB and RC, talking AB through running it.
3. Starting the Stronglifts 5x5 lifting program and finding the barbell row not too bad.
4. Dan making lentils for dinner.
5. Working on the programming question for the week while watching episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
6. Pulling together the list of stuff to sell to the next tenant.

A year ago today.

7/20/13

1. Sleeping most of the way on the bus back in the morning.
2. Having a few hours in the afternoon to chill out on the couch after getting back.
3. Sleeping on the drive down to Ocean Grove.
4. Fun games and not too large a group at CS' bachelorette party.
5. Delicious chocolate pretzel shot.
6. Trying out breaking in the shoes I bought for the wedding and not finding any spots that rubbed.

A year ago today.

7/19/13

1. Showering at the office (post-sweaty morning commute) and getting all the grime off.
2. Getting a refreshing watermelon cocktail and clam chowder at the Legal Seafoods with what remains of ADS4, DRW/SH/ADB.
3. Inexpensive dinner thanks to LW's gift certificate.
4. Browsing at the Brookline Booksmith.
5. Getting to sleep in LW's roommate's air-conditioned office!!
6. Finishing A Casual Vacancy.

A year ago today.

7/18/13

1. Getting a haircut in the morning and having it thinned out a lot, much more comfortable in this heat.
2. Lunch with the Boston crew.
3. Starting to tell all teams about my leaving Google.
4. Talking over career development options with LM.
5. Indian food for dinner with DC and LW.
6. Seeing Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing at the Coolidge Corner theater.

A year ago today.

7/17/13

1. Avocado bagel in the morning, stopping just after I was full.
2. Spending the early morning catching up on week 2's videos for the algorithms class.
3. Figuring out the last problem while waiting for the Boltbus and submitting my algorithms class problem set on my phone.
4. Bonine kicking in pretty well for the bus ride.
5. Catching up on a bunch of the optional and review video lectures.
6. LW picking me up from Harvard Square.

A year ago today.

7/16/13

1. Finalizing our decisions about the moving company.
2. No jars or Pyrex dishes breaking when they fell off the back rack after I turned my bike around to find a post to lock it to. 
3. Finding yesterday's muffins mostly gone after putting them out in the microkitchen and distributing lemon bars without too much difficulty.
4. Lunch w/ EM/ST.
5. Getting a call from our landlord to confirm that ~45 days notice for leaving the apartment is fine.
6. Doing a Google Hangout with MB about Hackbright!

A year ago today.

7/15/13

1. Calling the moving company and confirming where the final numbers came from in the estimate.
2. Zappos box coming in the early afternoon to be able to make a decision on the shoes I want to wear to CS' wedding.
3. Bringing everything down to the mailroom at once, on my way out.
4. Going to the gym for 2nd day of lifting.
5. Orzo with CSA sausage, kale, onions, and pesto for dinner.
6. Going to bed really early, at 9:30.

A year ago today.

7/14/13

1. Leftover porridge re-heating up quite well.
2. A few of Dan's aunts coming over at the bridal shower to discuss the move and were really supportive.
3. Being able to help out at CS' bridal shower.
4. Getting complimented by CS' soon-to-be mother-in-law on my gift box consolidation.
5. Delivering our wedding present to CS/PB as well.
6. Breaking into the watermelon to recover from dehydration.

A year ago today.

7/13/13

1. Made great stovetop oatmeal for breakfast, April Bloomfield's recipe from her A Girl and Her Pig cookbook.
2. Went lifting at Crossfit Hoboken for the first time in over a year.
3. Making linguine with pesto and mozzarella with lunch.
4. Starting to pack away and take down stuff in the apartment.
5. Making muffins and lemon bars with AL, with RC and Dan as ready consumers.
6. Discovering the Animal Planet show My Cat From Hell. Amazingness.

A year ago today.

7/12/13

1. Lunch with EM/AJ.
2. Keeping my desk in standing mode all day.
3. Getting ginger ice cream at Ronnybrook Milk Bar.
4. Seeing KB and her husband!
5. No fuss to get the tag removed from a Lululemon running jacket I bought last year and brought it to the tailor.
6. Making a salad with deliciously milky and creamy fresh mozzarella from the Italian market in Chelsea Market, CSA tomatoes, lettuce, and basil.

A year ago today.

7/11/13

1. Getting AJ's opinion on potential shoes and hairstyles for CS' wedding.
2. Lunch with EM/ST/ME.
3. Getting tutored by AO on the math needed for this week's algorithms class problem set.
4. Grabbing extra tomatoes, garlic scapes, basil, and eggs after the CSA pickup was over.
5. Figuring out how to use the wheelchair lift to roll the whiteboard to my desk for safekeeping.
6. Submitting the problem set and getting 5/5!

A year ago today.

7/10/13

1. Being able to sleep in since I was working from home.
2. Cobbling together lunch from leftover corned beef (no more bread for Reubens) and different kinds of pickles.
3. Getting a couple loads of laundry done and vacuuming.
4. Dan giving up his parking spot and driving me over to the Bed Bath & Beyond in Jersey City.
5. Remember to pick out a couple cards as well while there.
6. Orzo, red pepper, olive, sun-dried tomato, green onion, and mozzarella salad for dinner.

A year ago today.

7/9/13

1. Walking to the PATH station in the morning with Dan.
2. Lunch with EM.
3. Spending about half the afternoon standing at my desk.
4. Picking up a book from the library.
5. Finding my place in the hardcopy of Founders at Work quite accurately.
6. Dan making me another Reuben for dinner.

A year ago today.

7/8/13

1. Biking to the PATH station in the morning.
2. Catching lunch with EM/AM/AJ.
3. Meetings in the afternoon going smoothly.
4. Chair massage with AS.
5. Hanging out with EM/AJ in the afternoon.
6. Dinner with RC(f).

A year ago today.

7/7/13

1. Buying a copy of The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks to re-read.
2. Lunch at CS's, pepperoni bread, arugula salad, penne with vodka sauce.
3. Helping with making bouquets along with the other sisters-in-law.
4. Briefly napping on the couch.
5. Dan making Reubens for dinner.
6. Finishing up mending a dress and patching up and setting up the hem for another.

A year ago today.

7/6/13

1. Dan running out to get me eggs after I was unsuccessful in separating the yolks from the whites cleanly on the 2 left in the fridge.
2. Making baked eggs in a nest and having it turn out just like in the photo.
3. Using the couples massage that Dan's mom got us last Christmas.
4. Getting everything we needed at Trader Joe's.
5. Making a Reuben for late lunch/dinner.
6. Watching The A-Team movie on TV and surprisingly quite enjoying it.

A year ago today.

7/5/13

1. Cleaning up the apartment.
2. Cleaning out and organizing craft supplies a bit.
3. Fixing up my Luna sandals to have a smaller knot underneath.
4. Using up gift cards to the Hoboken Cheese Store to stock up on cheeses and olives.
5. Getting through many episodes of How the States Got Their Shapes while sewing.
6. Successfully slimming the sleeves of a knit sweater, included using my serger.

A year ago today.

7/4/13

1. Sleeping in.
2. Air conditioning + fan in the living room keeping the temperature bearable.
3. Watching random TV.
4. Taking Dan's youngest sister ES out to dinner for her graduation.
5. Super thin and crispy pizza at Federici's.
6. Dan driving us back to Hoboken, so we didn't have to take the PATH

A year ago today.

7/3/13

1. Really quiet day at work.
2. Lunch with EM/ST.
3. Picking up dresses and Dan's suit from the tailors.
4. Tailor being very patient about charging the balance to different prepaid gift cards I wanted to use up.
5. Getting to the shower first after getting home.
6. Finishing up the last of the khao man gai for dinner.

A year ago today.

7/2/13

1. Getting it together to still walk up the stairs to the 10th floor.
2. Realizing the rip in the underarm of my dress myself before someone else did.
3. Grabbing lunch before the cafe closed.
4. Getting some helpful tips on the algorithms course from someone who had gone through it before. 
5. Leaving work laptop at the office.
6. Khao man gai for dinner.

A year ago today.

7/1/13

1. Getting in for breakfast of scrambled eggs with avocado.
2. Meetings for the short week being canceled left and right in the morning.
3. Getting a bunch of phone calls done.
4. Grabbing lunch before the cafe closed.
5. Helping Dan draft up a response we were both happy with.
6. Getting finances in order for last month.

A year ago today.