12/30/15

1. Getting most of the packing done in the morning.
2. Hanging out with AS at the Google office again.
3. Getting lunch with SD.
4. Wifi at the NYPL being quite good, for working through the afternoon.
5. Enjoying talking to JPH/VL/AH.
6. Getting the calves liver for dinner.

A year ago today.

12/29/15

1. Dan getting the other Chase Southwest card approved.
2. Going out for lunch with my dad.
3. Heading over to West Lake when it turned out that the soup bun place was closed.
4. Getting the various meats roasted for my mom.
5. Roasted chicken wings to supplement the leftover beef noodles.
6. Not in fact burning the bottom of the pan in my attempt to cook up tapioca pearls for homemade bubble tea.

A year ago today.

12/28/15

1. Getting a nice long uninterrupted day of work in.
2. JH volunteering to take care of the LunchConf tomorrow.
3. Playing Dominion with my sister and Dan.
4. ES coming out to bowling with us.
5. Killing time with games in the bowling alley's arcade.
6. Getting better as the game went on.

A year ago today.

12/27/15

1. Putting in a photo print order to CVS online.
2. Going for dim sum again, just with my sister.
3. Hanging out with RC/SR/AL at a diner.
4. SR having brought Tim Tams!
5. Going to the outlets with my sister.
6. Playing mahjong again, this time doing better on strategy.

A year ago today.

12/26/15

1. Going with my mom, aunt, and sister to King Spa.
2. Playing chess with my sister.
3. Getting a body scrub for the first time in awhile.
4. Dozing on the drive back home.
5. Good pizza at my sister-in-law's graduation celebration dinner.
6. Going for a walk around Red Bank with Dan afterwards.

A year ago today.

12/25/15

1. Going for dim sum with my family.
2. Enough time to buy a last gift before Dan came to pick me up.
3. Passing time with a family newsletter reciting.
4. Snoozing on the drive back.
5. Hotpot for dinner.
6. Playing mahjong.

A year ago today.

12/24/15

1. Yaki-soba for breakfast.
2. Wrapping up the remaining gifts that got delivered.
3. Seeing a Starbucks at the Jersey Gardens mall.
4. Duck wraps for dinner.
5. Handling the drive from Holmdel to Shrewsbury.
6. Playing Dominion with my sister.

A year ago today.

12/23/15

1. Sleeping 11 hours!
2. Dan giving me a ride to Clifton.
3. Walking in to the movie theater right on time.
4. Going to see Spectre finally.
5. Hanging out with DC at the Barnes & Noble.
6. Getting on NJTransit home.

A year ago today.

12/22/15

1. Dumplings for breakfast again!
2. Taking a later train in in the morning.
3. Hanging out with AT/EM for the whole day.
4. Getting some coding done still.
5. Timing it well for getting on the train home.
6. Going to bed really early.

A year ago today.

12/21/15

1. Dumplings for breakfast.
2. Leftover red roast duck curry for lunch.
3. Solved the two remaining support tickets.
4. Getting a lot of coding done.
5. Jackie's roast turkey turning out well.
6. Getting a long walk in in the evening while catching up with Technically Speaking webinars.

A year ago today.

12/20/15

1. Waking up at 8am feeling not too tired, despite the late arrival.
2. Getting lunch at home.
3. Helping my dad with a couple sewing projects.
4. Going for a walk over to the Bell Labs complex to get my steps in for the day before it got dark.
5. Papaya salad and red duck curry for dinner.
6. Getting a bunch of Christmas cards written and gifts wrapped up.

A year ago today.

12/19/15

1. Finishing up packing and pre-trip cleaning tasks.
2. Guy at the post office letting me cut in front of him.
3. Grabbing an Über to the airport.
4. Dan packing us sandwiches for the flights.
5. Watching a couple technical talks I'd missed in LunchConf.
6. Having a free drink on Southwest coupon for Dan to use.

A year ago today.

12/18/15

1. Chicken stew and biscuits for lunch.
2. Walking over to the Star Wars movie.
3. Line didn’t take too long at the post office.
4. KY saving me a seat at the theater.
5. Another happy hour with ZK and the txns.
6. Running into a really cute and friendly cat and white and gray cat on my walk home.

A year ago today.

12/17/15

1. Delivering the rest of my office gifts.
2. Using flat-rate envelopes for some Christmas gift mailing.
3. Team volunteering event to help people pick out Christmas gifts and clothes for their kids.
4. Leftover Reuben reheating well.
5. Inviting myself along with ZK to happy hour with KM and DC.
6. Dan giving me a ride home.

A year ago today.

12/16/15

1. Team lunch at Swagat, a new-to-me Indian restaurant with very tasty curries.
2. Getting peppermint mocha ice cream at Salt & Straw for dessert.
3. Engaging Business Time case study discussion.
4. Happy hour with ZK and txns.
5. Getting latkes and a non-greasy Reuben at Kenny & Zuke’s with RK.
6. Doing some Christmas shopping at Powell’s.

A year ago today.

12/15/15

1. Starting a new strategy of sending over a cat gif before asking for help from MW.
2. Succeeding in pulling data.
3. Getting steps in by afternoon with walking to a volunteer orientation at a local women’s shelter.
4. Getting an appointment for my eyebrows done on the same day.
5. Sorting out my Christmas plans.
6. Getting complimented on an Ask a Manager comment from Alison herself!

A year ago today.

12/14/15

1. Picking up canning jar labels after forgetting to do it last week.
2. Solving support tickets with MW.
3. #14 coming by not long after reaching the bus stop.
4. Switching my hair colors to purples!
5. Overall hair didn't take too long, out of there by 10pm.
6. Dan picking me up.

A year ago today.

12/13/15

1. Sleeping in in the morning, after having woken up initially thinking it was Monday.
2. Making myself a lunch of noodles, cherry tomatoes and greens from the freezer, kalamata olives, and a few fried eggs on top.
3. Keeping warm with vest, wristwarmers, and wool vest.
4. Dan keeping me company on my walk.
5. Visiting a tea shop and a salt shop on Mississippi as part of the afternoon walk.
6. Getting a bunch more cooking done, including setting up sauerkraut and fermented dilly beans.

A year ago today.

12/12/15

1. Catching with CP over Skype.
2. Getting the house back in order after visits and trips.
3. Getting several loads of laundry done.
4. Washing my makeup brushes.
5. Getting my steps in for a day with a long walk to the library and over to New Seasons.
6. Watching Spaceballs.

A year ago today.

12/11/15

1. Getting two different kinds of grilled cheese sandwiches from Supa for lunch.
2. Going out with MW for ice cream and coffee in the afternoon, despite the horrid weather.
3. Getting the SQL obfuscation tests to pass!
4. Dry weather out for biking home.
5. Taking myself out to dinner of fried chicken at Tasty & Sons and reading Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone.
6. Watching various animated movies on Netflix.

A year ago today.

12/10/15

1. Only light rain as I went out to meet someone for coffee.
2. Impressive preparation by JR for a panel Code Fellows is going to host in January.
3. Bringing the disco ball to share our release party with the support team.
4. Putting contacts and makeup on for the party.
5. Fun sparkly drinks at the holiday party.
6. Going to sleep as soon as we got home.

A year ago today.

12/9/15

1. Making it onto the morning bus in time.
2. Bake sale in at the girls’ high school to get some stuff for a breakfast.
3. Getting in most of the points I wanted to make at the panels.
4. Picking up bibimbap on my way back to the office for lunch.
5. Catching up with MW and KS.
6. Yo-Yo Ma concert!

A year ago today.

12/8/15

1. Taking Uber to the Hackbright office so I wouldn’t have to drag my luggage up the hill.
2. Coffee chat with new HB CEO, meeting J, catching up with CD.
3. Lunch with SN.
4. Strong Tui-Na massage to work out kinks in the usual problem areas.
5. Attending the HB board meeting in person, along with MC who was also visiting from Oregon.
6. Realizing I could just take BART to the airport.

A year ago today.

12/7/15

1. Lunch at Google SF with SB.
2. Giving my Ask vs. Guess Cultures lightning talk to the current HB cohort and answering questions for a couple hours.
3. Random link I found answering BG’s question.
4. Pictionary and cupcakes birthday celebration with SF office people.
5. Dinner with AL (and got there exactly on time!)
6. Getting fancy boba at The Boba Guys.

A year ago today.

12/6/15

1. Dan giving me a ride to the airport in the morning, despite the early time.
2. Brunch with SH/MF/AQ!
3. Randomly going to open houses with the RCs.
4. Coffee with KR and CF.
5. Pho for dinner with my cousin, her husband, and my aunt & uncle.
6. Seeing my cousin's apartment.

A year ago today.

12/5/15

1. Re-reading Shadow Puppets.
2. Taking a nap on the couch.
3. Going for a walk to go pick up new books from the library.
4. Dan running my laundry load for me.
5. Dryer finishing up before it was too particularly late.
6. Pretty quick to pack for the trip.

A year ago today.

12/4/15

1. Having lunch with the consultant, JS.
2. Making some progress on understanding what to do to update the SQL obfuscation.
3. Timing it well for leaving the office to return some pants to J.Crew and walk over to Deschutes.
4. Pork belly burger for dinner at Deschutes, with ZW & J visiting.
5. Managing to fit everything on my bike.
6. Biking home for the first time in awhile.

A year ago today.

12/3/15

1. Grabbing a couple hard-boiled eggs for breakfast.
2. AG asking about processes around getting Legal's approval for conference talks.
3. Pairing with BW/EB to figure out EB's code problem, which was very productive and clear and educational on debugging steps!
4. Starting to dig into something code-related again.
5. Dan coming to give me a ride home.
6. Meatballs and spaghetti for dinner.

A year ago today.

12/2/15

1. Biscuits & gravy and chicken liver pate for lunch at Mother's.
2. PD being really open to my suggestions for pulling together a list of accomplishments and such.
3. Really energizing mentoring session through Technically Speaking anniversary celebration.
4. Dan giving me a ride home.
5. Making noodles to go with the rest of my leftover Thai curry.
6. Listening to the Invisibalia podcast on rejection therapy while on my evening walk.

A year ago today.

12/1/15

1. Dan giving EL a ride to the airport at an ungodly hour in the morning.
2. Setting up my desk in a new spot in the cube.
3. Sizzle Pie pizza for dinner.
4. Long chatty happy hour with KL/ZK/EA/EB.
5. Dan coming to give me a ride home.
6. Watching The Mindy Project with Dan.

A year ago today.