3/31/14

1. Not an overwhelming amount of tickets from over the weekend.
2. Just enough cash left for bibimbap for lunch.
3. Getting an update on our taxes and not owing a lot like we did last year.
4. Grabbing the last slice of pizza from the after-work event that was in the office.
5. Having my rain jacket on to help ward against the rain on the way home.
6. Making a wild rice and kale gratin for lunch for the rest of the week.

A year ago today.

3/30/14

1. Buying and reading the Veronica Mars book.
2. Rereading Days of Blood and Starlight.
3. Still light out when I headed out for DC's birthday celebration.
4. Dropping off the movies on my way over.
5. Trying a Moscow mule for the first time and quite enjoying it.
6. Bar was only at 33rd, which meant no uphill climb for the bike ride back.

A year ago today.

3/29/14

1. Sleeping in in the morning until around 11.
2. Cooking up scrambled eggs and avocado on toast for breakfast.
3. Delicious sandwiches from The Italian Market food truck: broccoli rabe and roast pork, meatballs.
4. Finding Anastasia at the movie rental place in the Don Bluth section.
5. Finishing rewatching Veronica Mars season 1.
6. Watching Anastasia.

A year ago today.

3/28/14

1. Wearing my peach silk crepe vintage dress since I wasn't biking.
2. Taking the bus in since it was relatively heavy rain out.
3. Dinner at Deschutes getting covered.
4. Noticing the gorgeous rainbow outside the Aladdin Theater before making it in.
5. Quite enjoying the music part of the evening with Paul & Storm, a comedy-musical duo, before the main event of Patrick Rothfuss.
6. Dan coming to pick me up from the theater.

A year ago today.

3/27/14

1. Layering my floral dress with a floral print button-down shirt.
2. Getting compliments on my dress that it was like a Monet painting. 
3. AG coming by not too long after I realized my keycard wasn't programmed for access to the office on 21.
4. The support folks being really welcoming and appreciative that I had come down to sit with them for the day while on support hero duty.
5. Bibimbap for lunch again.
6. Going to pick up my new glasses.

A year ago today.

3/26/14

1. Getting in in the morning with a couple minutes to spare before the 10am meeting.
2. Having some time before the 11am meeting to eat my yogurt/granola breakfast.
3. Getting bibimbap for lunch, good to get some vegetables in.
4. Figuring out how to tear some blank pieces of paper when we needed some extra blank cards.
5. Still somewhat light out when I head out, even though it was close to 7:30.
6. Reading Ella Enchanted.

A year ago today.

3/25/14

1. Dragging myself out of bed in time to dial in to an 8am meeting.
2. Unpacking and putting away a bunch of clothes.
3. Rain stopping for the most part after I got past the library.
4. Seeing an amazing rainbow stretching across the river on the other side of the building.
5. Grabbing a handful of snacks before heading out from the office to stave off my hunger.
6. Using another girl's shaving cream for grip during class.

A year ago today.

3/24/14

1. Seriously beautiful sunny day, did not need a coat outside at all.
2. Getting more positive comments on the Hackbright visit from last week.
3. Greens at Boxer Ramen being surprisingly tasty even though raw.
4. Thinking to bring my laptop home for early morning meeting tomorrow.
5. Ziti for dinner.
6. Reading Call the Midwife.

A year ago today.

3/23/14

1. Amazing delicious brunch food of lemon ricotta pancakes/crispy potatoes/biscuits and gravy.
2. Catching up with SH/SB/AQ.
3. Chocolate chip cookie stuffed with Nutella and salt on top.
4. JL’s baby shower being a fun time with crafts and just lots of talking to catch up, instead of any shower games.
5. Getting a whole row to myself on the plane since it was a pretty empty flight.
6. Dan having baked ziti at home for dinner.

A year ago today.

3/22/14

1. Realizing I forgot my phone before getting too far in the morning.
2. Putting down the $400 embroidered silk blazer at the Vintage Expo.
3. Walking up Valencia in the Mission and getting a pupusa, an alfajor cookie, and Mexican vanilla ice cream.
4. Catching up with CW/BH.
5. Roast chicken and bread salad at Zuni.
6. Getting dropped off by CW/BH's Uber ride.

A year ago today.

3/21/14

1. Bus coming right after I made my way to the stop.
2. KM picking me up the world’s most amazing muffin: bacon, scallions, cheese, soft-boiled egg inside.
3. Great fig and pork sandwich for lunch from EL’s recommendation.
4. Catching up with a bunch of people from my class including EL/LC, just hanging out at Hackbright with alcohol and food ordered in instead of going out.
5. CF making a surprise appearance at the end of the night.
6. Staying up late catching up with MW some more.

A year ago today.

3/20/14

1. Slept well and caught up from not enough the night before.
2. Getting in to the office early to get everything set up for the Hackbright visit.
3. Hackbright visit going pretty smoothly.
4. Hanging out with coworkers at happy hour and later dinner.
5. Amazing truffle oil mushroom pizza.
6. Not waiting too long for a bus to come.

A year ago today.

3/19/14

1. Warm breakfast sandwich from Starbucks that was surprisingly good.
2. Sleeping the whole flight down to SF.
3. Lunch with the BE team.
4. Getting a rough set of my slides together.
5. KR coming over on Uber even with her knee just to hang out.
6. Getting sushi for dinner.

A year ago today.

3/18/14

1. Being able to pull together a list of accomplishments for my 6-month review before it started.
2. Getting a bunch of logistics confirmed for the Hackbright visit.
3. Booking the flight and hotel for my trip to Chicago in a month.
4. Getting at least some of the spins at class tonight.
5. Not too bad a bike ride home after class.
6. Getting my thoughts done for a blog post.

A year ago today.

3/17/14

1. Rain holding back when I needed to be outside for biking/walking to restaurant for lunch.
2. Sloppy tacos for lunch...mmm smoked lamb.
3. Dan picking me up from the office to give me a ride over to the restaurant.
4. Fun time hanging out with LM and his partner S, out at dinner with Dan too.
5. Delicious red wine and tagliatelle pasta with sausage and vegetables.
6. Watching a couple more episodes of Veronica Mars before going to bed.

A year ago today.

3/16/14

1. Giving EN advice on picking mutual funds and generally catching up over the phone.
2. Watching the Veronica Mars movie! Totally a love letter to all the fans.
3. Getting a load of laundry done.
4. Buying Veronica Mars season 1 and watching a few episodes.
5. Remembering to switch to the TV for Once Upon a Time in time.
6. Going to bed early to get sleep schedule back on track.

A year ago today.

3/15/14

1. Waking up just before my alarm went off at 9, despite not falling asleep until 3am.
2. Getting dim sum with my parents and sister.
3. Getting another dose of bubble tea.
4. Amazingly fast time to check my bag and get through security—only took about 15 minutes total.
5. Getting a lot of writing and reading done on the plane.
6. Dan having dinner ready not too long after we got home.

A year ago today.

3/14/14

1. More pork/chive dumplings for breakfast.
2. Visiting HTHS for career day to give a talk; had packed rooms for my first couple of sessions.
3. Catching up with various HTHS teachers like MR/RE/JB.
4. Getting bubble tea and visiting my grandma.
5. Red roast duck curry and chayote for dinner.
6. Playing mahjong with my sister and parents in the evening.

A year ago today.

3/13/14

1. Pork & chive dumplings for breakfast.
2. Pulling together my slides for the High Tech Career Day tomorrow.
3. Seeing AJ and EM!
4. Delicious bar snacks/appetizers at The Spotted Pig: chicken liver on toast, deviled eggs, bacon-wrapped prunes, carrot/avocado salad...yum!
5. Not waiting long to catch the next NJTransit train home.
6. Phone dying without too much time on the train left.

A year ago today.

3/12/14

1. Phoenix-Newark flight going by pretty quickly.
2. Organizing my thoughts for various talks I need to give.
3. Finding a power outlet to charge my phone while waiting for my dad.
4. Sleeping for about 6 hours before dialing in to work meetings.
5. Catching up on Once Upon a Time and early season 2 episodes of The Mindy Project thanks to EM.
6. Not going to bed too late.

A year ago today.

3/11/14

1. Pretty quick to pack in the morning, made the bus after the one I would usually take.
2. Finishing up all the leftover food I'd had in the fridge.
3. Going out with the group for a coffee walk in the sun.
4. Indulging in McDonald's for dinner.
5. Having a whole row to myself on the flight to Phoenix!
6. Getting in some sleep on that flight.

A year ago today.

3/10/14

1. Morning meeting being canceled.
2. KR calling a meeting in the afternoon for a quick pull request audit (therefore I wouldn't need to do this myself).
3. Only needing 30 minutes to talk through the prep needed for the Hackbright visit next week with  my volunteers.
4. Meatballs and pasta for dinner.
5. Deciding to pack in the morning instead.
6. Going to bed fairly early to catch up on sleep.

A year ago today.

3/9/14

1. Cooking up breakfast of scrambled eggs with avocado and toast.
2. Re-reading the last few sections of Words of Radiance.
3. Getting a chance to do dishes, take out recycling/compost, and blanch bok choy to pack lunch for tomorrow.
4. Hair dryer at the new salon helping significantly shorten the time needed to dye my hair.
5. Reading the last Mr. Darcy's perspective P&P book.
6. Dinner of pasta and meatballs.

A year ago today.

3/8/14

1. Dan giving me a ride downtown to pick up my bike from the office.
2. Rain holding off pretty well on my bike ride to the studio and from there home.
3. Having a bit more success in practicing the moves from Tuesday's class.
4. Friendly girl helping me in the partner stretches and sharing some of her shaving cream for better grip.
5. Spending all day reading Words of Radiance.
6. Dan making meatballs for dinner.

A year ago today.

3/7/14

1. Pie and meeting to wrap up the week on a positive note.
2. Getting a ride from KY from the office to Beaverton.
3. Finding a single seat pretty close to the front, despite the room already being pretty full by the time we got there (an hour ahead of time!)
4. Sanderson being an engaging and interesting speaker.
5. Dan picking me up from Powell's.
6. Buying Words of Radiance and starting it on my Kindle.

A year ago today.

3/6/14

1. Putting some of my excess lunch away.
2. Getting really awesome exciting news!!
3. Everyone not minding the interruption and expressing congratulations/support.
4. Sorting out a bunch of stuff for the Hackbright visit.
5. Talking JK/KM/JVP into walking to American Apparel with me for my errand.
6. Learning to play the board game Ticket to Ride with VM/KL/K/Dan and having a great time.

A year ago today.

3/5/14

1. Doctor seeing me early.
2. Lunch being ordered for the team to work through lunch.
3. Getting the Python kata to work with A’s help.
4. Ginger mint mimosa at happy hour.
5. In-depth conversations at and after happy hour.
6. Dan coming to pick me up late at night.

A year ago today.

3/4/14

1. Thoughtful All-Hands with our director.
2. Helping DC’s practice his lightning talk.
3. Grabbing some pizza from the office for a quick dinner.
4. Dan giving me a ride to class.
5. Grippy stuff helping a bit.
6. Figuring out at least one spin with the spinning pole.

A year ago today.

3/3/14

1. Going back to the discards pile and changing my mind on a pair of frames that the shop assistant had picked out.
2. Dan's risotto for lunch being delicious.
3. Pairing with SE in the afternoon after dilation made me unable to read things for awhile.
4. Pretty quick to assemble dinner by cooking up noodles and bok choy to with the beef noodle soup that had been marinating overnight.
5. Cooking up Swiss chard for lunch the next day.
6. Going to bed on the early side to have time to finish up reading An Assembly Such As This but still fall asleep at a reasonable time

A year ago today.

3/2/14

1. Sleeping in a bit (though not overly so) after yesterday's ridiculously early wakeup time.
2. Going out to the Asian Food Center in Beaverton with a Groupon to stock up on Asian pantry staples. It's quite nice there!
3. Calling my mom and sister and talking to them for a bit.
4. Coordinating switching off with Dan for using the kitchen to cook up 3 different meals.
5. Throwing in a quick load of laundry.
6. Clearing out my backlog of interesting articles/blog posts to share on Twitter.

A year ago today.

3/1/14

1. Waking up randomly at 5:30 but catching up on Feedly/Twitter and having lots of really creatively productive thinking time.
2. Cooking up two rounds of dumplings to make up for not having eaten since lunch yesterday.
3. Surprisingly not needing a nap in the afternoon.
4. Putting on a few episodes from Mad Men season 3, which I somehow missed a lot of.
5. Turkey burgers coming together in the end, despite not looking very pretty and falling apart a bit initially.
6. Watching The Help with Dan.

A year ago today.