1/31/17

1. Having time to run a load of laundry and take out trash.
2. Catching Google Maps error to head to Love Field instead of DFW. 
3. Getting a fair amount of work done at the airport.
4. Mango-passionfruit smoothie from a gelato place at the airport.
5. Dan running back to the airport to get my purse that I forgot on the plane.
6. Taking a Lyft home from the airport.

A year ago today.

1/30/17

1. Having blueberry muffins and an apple for breakfast.
2. Temperature going into the 70s!
3. Figuring out a good direction for a support ticket.
4. Going to an elotes (Mexican corn) stand outside a convenience store.
5. Cozy outdoor patio with fire pit.
6. Dan being there when I wasn’t feeling well.

A year ago today.

1/29/17

1. Getting up with plenty of time to shower etc. before heading out.
2. Trader Joe’s next to the brunch place to pick up snacks.
3. Hanging out with CC chatting while the others went to mass.
4. Feeling much better after an afternoon nap at CC’s house.
5. Seeing Texas longhorn cows…those horns are pretty absurd.
6. Tableside make-your-own s’mores at dinner, so fun.

A year ago today.

1/28/17

1. Having a whole row to ourselves on the flight, so I could take a nap.
2. First baby gift from CC, and best one overall probably.
3. Deep-fried chocolate chip cookies and sweet corn dish at Torchy’s Tacos.
4. Visiting the Bush presidential library.
5. Salmon and brussels sprouts for dinner.
6. Giant Jenga and arcade games at the bar after dinner.

A year ago today.

1/27/17

1. Hanging out with happyplacers for a bit at Mi Mero Mole.
2. Chinese New Year celebration at work had good attendance and actually kinda fun.
3. Making the cat sculpture at Feelings Friday.
4. SC adding me to his Uber back to NE.
5. Freezing the last portion of chili.
6. Reading Sorcerer to the Crown.

A year ago today.

1/26/17

1. Getting a Bowl of the Gods for lunch from Kure.
2. Getting a new work laptop, with little setup required from me!
3. Hanging out with MC.
4. Taking a nap.
5. Much improved progress on walking up the wall for handstand practice.
6. Fun gymnastics workout with deck pistol practice.

A year ago today.

1/25/17

1. No meetings during the day.
2. Having lunch by myself.
3. Getting BW's help at office hours.
4. Opening the pull request with the changes.
5. Opening a separate pull request for fixing viewing logs in bridged staging mode.
6. Quiet evening at home.

A year ago today.

1/24/17

1. Warming myself up with hot mint tea.
2. Watching a well put-together talk ("Tricking Out the Terminal") for LunchConf.
3. ID helpfully answer some of my initial questions on how to approach the refactoring.
4. Steady working throughout the afternoon, despite initial frustration with coming up with names.
5. Hiding out in one of the new rooms for quiet but not cold space.
6. Canceling gymnastics class to stay and finish up the work.

A year ago today.

1/23/17

1. Just enough seats together in a block when remembering to buy tickets at lunch.
2. Technical Book Club session of working through code refactoring going quite well.
3. Having the Salt & Straw chocolate waffle-taco ice cream sandwich for dinner.
4. Going to see Hidden Figures finally, and really enjoying it.
5. Dan coming to pick ZK and me up from the theater.
6. Having a second dinner at home.

A year ago today.

1/22/17

1. Sleeping in while Dan went with ZK to Costco.
2. Bringing the sunflower quilt over to Modern Domestic for quilting.
3. Store staff being ok with buying a gift card to make up the difference  for meeting a promotional sale.
4. Staff setting up another machine for me so I could continue working even with a class going on.
5. Catching up listening to podcasts while sewing.
6. Deciding to finish just as bobbin thread was all used up.

A year ago today.

1/21/17

1. Getting myself to the gym in the morning.
2. Making it to two dance classes.
3. Getting Swedish meatballs at the Ikea cafe.
4. Making beans in the pressure cooker.
5. Chili flavor turning out quite nicely.
6. Successfully assembling Ikea furniture in the end.

A year ago today.

1/20/17

1. Working from home for the day.
2. Not getting buzzed for time due to remote demo.
3. Noticing some cleanup to do at the same time as first PR to start dropping support for old versions.
4. Remembering to bring applesauce gift.
5. Rain holding off for getting to/from massage.
6. Getting the massage finally!

A year ago today.

1/19/17

1. Getting in ahead of 10am meeting.
2. Talking the team into getting lunch at Kenny & Zuke's.
3. Potato latkes with sour cream and applesauce.
4. Productive meeting about docs.
5. Making it to gymnastics class.
6. Trying out the new safety bar squat at the gym.

A year ago today.

1/18/17

1. Falling back asleep in the morning after waking up too early.
2. Staying indoors, where it's dry and ice-free.
3. Simple to assemble farro/pepper salad from Plenty.
4. Finishing two work tickets.
5. Cleaning up the living room.
6. Re-reading Words of Radiance.

A year ago today.

1/17/17

1. Productive team meeting.
2. SQL Developer setup ok to rest rest queries for script.
3. Walking up the wall handstand practice at gymnastics class.
4. Being able to stay at gym by myself after for open gym.
5. Getting into dry socks and pants at home.
6. Very satisfying ramen noodle and spinach/olives/fried eggs/sun-dried tomato dinner.

A year ago today.

1/16/17

1. Dan walking me over.
2. happyplace ladies brunch at ZK's new house.
3. Having an appetite for ZK's chicken tortilla soup.
4. KL walking me back.
5. Finishing ripping out quilting on sunflower quilt.
6. Laying out quilt layers.

A year ago today.

1/15/17

1. Sleeping in.
2. Making raspberry-lemon muffins.
3. Making fresh bread!
4. Defrosted old hotdogs smelling ok.
5. Working on the quilt some more.
6. ZK visiting and picking up her stuff.

A year ago today.

1/14/17

1. Skipping the gym and dance classes.
2. Sunny day out.
3. Watching food documentaries.
4. Working on quilt deconstruction.
5. Dan getting more groceries.
6. Watching The Imitation Game.

A year ago today.

1/13/17

1. Deciding against going in to the office with the buses being messed up.
2. Getting my bot to work for Node team.
3. Using TryCaviar coupon to have Verde Cocina delivered.
4. Upping my vegetable intake with lunch.
5. No meetings for the rest of the day.
6. Dan buying me watermelon.

A year ago today.

1/12/17

1. Heating up muffins for breakfast.
2. Making noodles for lunch.
3. Succeeding at fixing tests.
4. Ice shoes working well to get to the gym.
5. Fun jumping course at gymnastics class.
6. Staying at the gym to lift.

A year ago today.

1/11/17

1. Making pear ginger muffins.
2. Neighbor lending Dan an actual snow shovel.
3. Taking a late afternoon nap.
4. Having the last of the pasta fagioli.
5. Watching JC's Rack app class.
6. Watching The IT Crowd.

A year ago today.

1/10/17

1. Pairing with MW.
2. Blue Star donut walk.
3. Getting errands done despite the weather.
4. Getting fresh fruit and pita chips to tide me over.
5. Waiting for Dan at Whole Foods.
6. Watching Sherlock.

A year ago today.

1/9/17

1. WFH while it was icy out still.
2. Figuring out the redis ticket.
3. Meatballs for lunch and pasta fagioli for dinner.
4. Getting lifting program onto Heroku.
5. Getting to the library before it closed for the last book on hold.
6. Evening lifting.

A year ago today.

1/8/17

1. Making home fries for breakfast.
2. Taking an early afternoon nap.
3. Clearing out my email.
4. Finally doing Mint catchup for the last 3 months.
5. Browsing muffin recipes.
6. Saving the rest of my pasta dinner after I was full.

A year ago today.

1/7/17

1. Dan buttering my toast for me.
2. Having the time to take my work set on squat slowly.
3. Taking a nap in the early afternoon.
4. Rereading Sunshine and Uprooted.
5. Microwaving potatoes before roasting being quite effective.
6. Pressure cooker handling kale and sill frozen chicken stock.

A year ago today.

1/6/17

1. Lunch with KL.
2. Getting Github-Jira bot to work!
3. Feelings Friday with ND/KY.
4. Going to see The Eagle Huntress finally.
5. Great timing on buses home.
6. Going to bed early.

A year ago today.

1/5/17

1. Sunbutter toast with apples and ginger tea for breakfast.
2. Dealing with mail while waiting.
3. Dan giving me a ride in the morning.
4. Fixing performance test setup with MW and KN.
5. Better kick-up practice at the gym.
6. Deadlift feeling not bad despite the break.

A year ago today.

1/4/17

1. Broccoli/rice/char siu lunch working well.
2. Final Deep Work book club with KL.
3. Using Bose in-ear headphones at the office.
4. Banana and peanut butter for a snack.
5. AF back for Wednesday dance class.
6. Going to bed early.

A year ago today.

1/3/17

1. Having a bagel sandwich with grilled cheese and tomato soup.
2. Watching concurrency talk finally and following along.
3. Returning books to the library.
4. Going to gymnastics class.
5. Dan getting broccoli so I could throw together lunch for the week.
6. Sunbutter toast with an apple and ginger tea.

A year ago today.

1/2/17

1. My dad giving me peeled pommelo for the trip.
2. Seeing BBL/DL/WL!
3. Being able to check a 2nd bag.
4. Making the tight connection.
5. Dan making risotto.
6. Our luggage getting delivered safely.

A year ago today.

1/1/17

1. Sunny day out.
2. Getting squat and bench press and a shower in.
3. Going to The Grove, even if desired stores were closed.
4. My dad finding the prank red envelope in the tree.
5. My mom packing me dinner for sending Jackie off.
6. Managing packing everything into 2 suitcases.

A year ago today.

12/31/16

1. Getting dim sum in Flushing.
2. Actually having a fun time with our aunts/uncles and cousin.
3. Getting an acceptable bubble tea.
4. Hot pot for dinner with Wagyu beef so tender it melts in your mouth and noodles.
5. Dan learning how to play mahjong.
6. Finishing mahjong at a break even.

A year ago today.

Top good things in 2016:

1. Getting pregnant.
2. Taking a course with Sandi Metz.
3. Going to the Olympics.
4. Seeing Iguazu Falls.
5. Barcelona food and Gaudi.
6. Making friends with other women speakers at tech conferences.