1/31/16

1. Sleeping in.
2. Watching more Miss Fisher.
3. Finding a Safeway next to the Bank of America ATM.
4. The far Bank of America ATM being good for getting steps in.
5. Removing my gel mani and having short nails again.
6. Dan making me hot chocolate.

A year ago today.

1/30/16

1. Walking over to Alberta for ice cream and to check out Alberta Eye Care.
2. Dan giving us rides.
3. Seeing the Oscar-nominated animated short films for free at a theater in Vancouver.
4. Sun and blue skies coming out for a walk to the library.
5. KY bringing over a chocolate cake.
6. Getting introduced to Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries!

A year ago today.

1/29/16

1. Cleaning the bathroom in the morning.
2. Figuring out how to pull in a remote pull request.
3. A fun Feelings Friday.
4. Amazingly fragrant and delicious Thai food at Kuhn Pic's Bahn Thai.
5. EL having enough cash to cover us for dinner.
6. Dan giving us rides back to the office and home.

A year ago today.

1/28/16

1. Enough lentils left for me to bring as lunch.
2. Having an umbrella with me when it started raining between the two morning buses.
3. Having time to do an Android "Hello World" app before class.
4. Well-prepared iOS workshop.
5. Artisan Jewish Deli book already delivered to Powell's.
6. Dan picking me up.

A year ago today.

1/27/16

1. Lunch with KL to discuss agent team onboarding challenges.
2. Mediterranean food for lunch.
3. Making steady progress on solving tickets.
4. Running errands after work.
5. Finding a copy of Artisan Jewish Deli at Mi Mero Mole to flip through.
6. Dan giving me a ride home.

A year ago today.

1/26/15

1. Fast connections on buses to work.
2. Getting help from MW on tickets.
3. Getting to do some pullup exercises in the Strongman class.
4. Dealing with the lack of spaghetti by making a meatball sub.
5. Catching Agent Carter on TV.
6. Not rushing to finish evening walk.

A year ago today.

1/25/16

1. Rice pudding for breakfast.
2. High school students coming in with great questions.
3. Re-roasted chicken in the toaster oven turning out great.
4. Bus coming quickly to get home.
5. Walking to the dance class from work and still making it on time.
6. Catching up on TV: The Mindy Project, Agent Carter.

A year ago today.

1/24/16

1. EM's news!
2. Not getting in a bike accident when I accidentally left without a helmet.
3. Accessible hiphop class, even with the crowdedness of the room.
4. Changing out of damp, sweaty clothes.
5. Not too many late tool calls to make, got them done even with TV on in the background.
6. Slow cooker rice pudding turning out well.

A year ago today.

1/23/16

1. Successfully puffing up tortillas!
2. Walking to the library while there were blue skies out.
3. Reading Dreaming Void.
4. Awesome Chopin piano concerto.
5. Finding recaps for the rest of the Void trilogy.
6. Snacking on carrots and hummus after the concert.

A year ago today.

1/22/16

1. Getting steak frites for lunch after reading healthy eating articles in the morning.
2. Happy hour with txns.
3. Taking a hiphop and Bollywood class back-to-back.
4. Meeting Dan's young adult Catholic adults.
5. Getting a pesto mozzarella sandwich for dinner.
6. Getting my bike home on the bus.

A year ago today.

1/21/16

1. Getting complimented on my triangle stud boots.
2. Going to Los Gorditos with txns for lunch.
3. Going to the first of the mobile development workshops.
4. Having the leftover tortillas with dinner.
5. Getting a ride from Dan.
6. Short evening walk.

A year ago today.

1/20/16

1. Making it in for 10:30 meeting.
2. Finishing the article reading at lunch.
3. Fun discussion of the Tesla case study.
4. Figuring out the support ticket on how to instrument a background job.
5. Really fun hiphop class with the moves broken down well.
6. Didn't take too long to set up for the workshop.

A year ago today.

1/19/16

1. Wearing my off-white dress with gray sweater tights, long mint cardigan, heart pendant, and brown oxfords.
2. Avocado toast and tea for breakfast.
3. Figuring out the SQL error change.
4. Not getting too wet on my bike rides.
5. Dan's pasta fagioli to heat up quickly for dinner.
6. Mostly dry out for my evening walk.

A year ago today.

1/18/16

1. Seeing AC's new pink hair at lunch.
2. Making steady progress on my code explorations.
3. Having fun at the hiphop class despite the fast pace.
4. Taking the bus back from the dance studio.
5. No rain out for my evening walk.
6. Reading All The Light We Cannot See.

A year ago today.

1/17/16

1. My braids holding up overnight.
2. Reading The Ghost Bride.
3. Pumpkin pie and guac with chips for breakfast.
4. Dan taking care of the rest of the dirty dishes.
5. Lounging on the couch for most of the day.
6. Napping on the couch.

A year ago today.

1/16/16

1. Blue skies out for my walk to the library.
2. Proving that the sold Jawbone band worked just fine.
3. Hanging up art in the guest room.
4. Taco party with my team!
5. Caramel sauce, vanilla bean ice cream, and pumpkin pie for dessert.
6. Getting the rest of my steps in after everyone had left.

A year ago today.

1/15/16

1. Going to Luc Lac for lunch.
2. Taking the Bollywood dance class.
3. Biking home.
4. Having dumplings for dinner.
5. Dan not being home when I set off the smoke alarm.
6. Prepping the slow cookers for tacos.

A year ago today.

1/14/16

1. Trying out new brow gel and mascara.
2. Biking in under clear skies.
3. Picking up a blanket from Anthropologie.
4. Hackbright walk to Cacao.
5. Having a Lardo sandwich before the Code Fellows panel.
6. Dan picking me up.

A year ago today.

1/13/16

1. Wearing a floral dress and yellow rainboots to combat the rain and gray.
2. Making the bus connection despite overshooting the stop.
3. Having lunch with MGP still.
4. Finding those hightops to be on sale.
5. Sun was out during the afternoon coffee walk.
6. Making up a groceries list for the weekend.

A year ago today.

1/12/16

1. Getting a ticket to a POODR class!!
2. Wearing my waterproof hightops for the rain.
3. Salsa verde chicken + rajas + microwaved potatoes + kale working out quite well as a lunch.
4. Getting the post office errand over and done with.
5. Making a dinner from stuff in the freezer.
6. Reading the third Ancillary Justice book, Ancillary Mercy.

A year ago today.

1/11/16

1. Shawl had already dried from blocking it last night.
2. Timing the buses really well, so the heavier rain wasn't so bad.
3. Lunch at Rabbits Cafe, the new Sonny Bowl but right in the building.
4. Taking care of my various packages and mail.
5. Walking over to return stuff at Walgreens and Powell's.
6. Cooking up a lunch of salsa verde chicken with rajas, all stuff from pantry/freezer!

A year ago today.

1/10/16

1. Getting a new set of luggage from Costco, hard cases with 4 spinny wheels.
2. Reading a couple books I checked out from the library onto my Kindle.
3. Getting my steps in with a walk to the library, Grand Central Bakery, and New Seasons.
4. Finding apple turnovers at Grand Central Bakery again.
5. Clearing out lots of clothes and other random household stuff to be donated.
6. Watching Galavant and Downton Abbey while knitting.

A year ago today.

1/9/16

1. Finding a nail salon we could get gel manis at on Hawthorne.
2. Amazingly delicious grilled butternut squash at Bollywood Theater.
3. Getting a tasting flight of 4 ice cream flavors at Salt & Straw.
4. Finding a bunch of holiday cards on sale at Powell's.
5. Playing Dominion with Dan and CC.
6. Watching Breaking Dawn Part II with CC.

A year ago today.

1/8/16

1. Getting a bit of work done in the morning to update my PR and status.
2. Sunny and blue skies and not too cold out.
3. Fried chicken skin still available at Nong's Khao Man Gai.
4. Long talks with CC.
5. Returning some online purchases to Nordstrom, but then finding the plain brown oxfords I'd been looking for for awhile.
6. Dan picking us up from Shigezo.

A year ago today.

1/7/16

1. Making it in for the 9am meeting.
2. Didn't take too long to set up the new benchmark tests.
3. Blue skies out for our afternoon coffee walk.
4. Meeting CS at Cacao.
5. Remembering to look for CC's boots delivered to the office.
6. CC visiting!

A year ago today.

1/6/16

1. Wearing my cape coat and my gray quilted baseball cap for Sherlock-themed-ness.
2. Catching myself before slipping on ice in walking to the bus stop.
3. Getting some more regex testing in.
4. Eating the rest of my lunch leftovers for dinner, since I realized I wouldn't need it for Friday lunch.
5. Going to see the Sherlock Christmas special, The Abominable Bride!
6. Getting a ride home from JG and his wife.

A year ago today.

1/5/16

1. Getting my various packages that had been delivered to the office in the last 2 weeks.
2. Pairing with BW to figured out the impact of freezing strings in different Ruby versions.
3. LunchConf talk turning out to only be 35 minutes long, not 50 minutes.
4. 1:1 with my manager bringing insightful questions.
5. Happy hour at upstairs Bailey's with txns.
6. Dan giving me a ride home.

A year ago today.

1/4/16

1. Frying up some eggs to have on toast for breakfast again.
2. Working from home for the day due to the Icepocalypse.
3. Keeping just plain hot water in the vacuum jug, to have different teas throughout the day.
4. Making progress on benchmarking regexes.
5. Heating up the red roast duck curry for dinner.
6. Google Hangout with SP on code schools.

A year ago today.

1/3/16

1. Making fried eggs with jam on toast for breakfast.
2. Getting all the cooking for dinner tonight and lunch next week done in the morning, while watching a webinar.
3. Handy.com cleaner still coming, despite the snow.
4. Once the main part was done, not time-consuming to make up the beef noodle soup.
5. Dan making me hot chocolate.
6. Seeing that Galavant and Downton Abbey were back on.

A year ago today.

1/2/16

1. Making fried eggs with jam on toast for breakfast.
2. Finishing reading The Story of a New Name.
3. Helping paint a mural at the SEPTL!
4. Not needing to wait too long for the bus after walking over to Grand.
5. Watching Master of None and knitting.
6. Watching Notting Hill and knitting.

A year ago today.

1/1/16

1. Catching up on sleep.
2. Having a long weekend to just be at home.
3. Not too long to get the unpacking done.
4. Pulling a dinner together of noodles and freezer items.
5. Getting the bills/receipts together.
6. Watching Aziz Ansari's most recent standup special.

A year ago today.

12/31/15

1. Getting through the 7 houses in Havertown and Drexel Hill.
2. Lunch at the Avenue Delicatessen with BBL/DL.
3. Getting the checked bags just under the 50lb. weight limit.
4. Reading the books I'd saved for these flights home.
5. Bags coming out pretty quickly.
6. Taking a cab to get home sooner.

A year ago today.

Top good things in 2015:

1. Joining the Ruby agent team, with TK as my boss.
2. Trip to South Africa with AB.
3. KonMari-ing all of my belongings, in the Great Spring Purge of 2015.
4. Moving to a bigger place with an open kitchen layout and separate spaces for Dan's desk and my craft area.
5. Seeing my friends in various widespread locations: NYC, Philly, Boston, SF, Seattle, and even Hamburg.
6. Getting 3 new talks accepted, written, and delivered, in 3 different states and 2 different countries.