5/31/17

1. Having some time to go back to the hotel for a few more fresh cherries.
2. Going on the earlier bus to Athens.
3. Randomly buying chocolate wafer snacks that turned out to have Nutella in the filling.
4. Taking a nap after getting to our lodgings.
5. Getting 2 pairs of custom-fit Greek sandals.
6. Much cooler in the evening that it had been during the day.

A year ago today.

5/30/17

1. Snagging a bunch of lovely colors of Turkish towels from the gift shop at the Zagora town square.
2. Free lounge chairs and sunshades available for lying down and reading on the beach.
3. Group bus stop at the ATM on the way back.
4. Discovering that the wifi was much more usable when outside my room.
5. Free night to chill.
6. Going back to the same place for dinner as last night for their fried chickpea patties, garlicky tzatziki, and grilled peppers.

A year ago today.

5/29/17

1. Lying on the beach and reading Crown Duel.
2. Finding an open ice cream place to enjoy while in the sun.
3. Staying at the beach longer and getting a ride back with CC/KH/MB/MP.
4. Getting KH to Airdrop me photos from group trips.
5. Ordering many more plates of garlicky tzatziki to put on everything.
6. Finding that the cafe with Nutella ice cream was still open!

A year ago today.

5/28/17

1. Falling back asleep in the morning.
2. Finishing packing up right by 11:30.
3. Getting a ride down to Zagora from CC/KH.
4. Fitting all our luggage into the rental car without too much discomfort.
5. Ridiculously cute hotel.
6. Being able to switch rooms to a ground floor room instead.

A year ago today.

5/27/17

1. Hair and makeup being done quite well by Greek ladies, including false eyelashes.
2. Finally getting to an ATM.
3. Having passed on other gyro places to find the one from the food tour again successfully.
4. Shuttle saving us the walk and taking us from city hall to the reception venue.
5. Clouds clearing in time for lovely views of the pier.
6. Great cherries as part of the many dessert options.

A year ago today.

5/26/17

1. Waking up early enough to finish the table numbers project.
2. Making it to the food tour right on time with the taxi.
3. Pacing myself well enough throughout the food tour.
4. Taking a restorative late afternoon nap.
5. Breaking out my new wild colored maxi dress for the rehearsal dinner.
6. Finally finding an open ice cream place and getting pistachio and mastic-flavored ice creams.

A year ago today.

5/25/17

1. Mostly sleeping through the night.
2. Availability for booking a food tour despite the shorter notice.
3. Getting a seat on the bus.
4. Delicious lunch (with so many different formats of cheese) at To Elliniko.
5. Taking KH back to the same restaurant.
6. Getting a ride back to the apartment from EN.

A year ago today.

5/24/17

1. Successfully getting a couple stints of sleep in on the way to FRA.
2. Swapping seats on the FRA-SKG flight with KH to be able to talk to CC.
3. Getting a full meal on the FRA-SKG flight, with good desserts.
4. Feeling much better after succumbing to taking a late afternoon nap.
5. Delicious crepe with two different kinds of cheeses, corn, and tomatoes.
6. Showering off travel grime.

A year ago today.

5/23/17

1. Actually sleeping pretty well on EL's couch.
2. Making it to Mingalaba again for their house special coconut noodles and ginger lemonade.
3. Having exact change to take the bus to SFO.
4. Someone requesting a seat swap so I ended up with a forward-facing aisle seat after all.
5. Char siu duck and Swiss chard for dinner on the business class flight.
6. Bringing along my buckwheat pillow being totally worth it.

A year ago today.

5/22/17

1. Having the rest of salmon with farro/kale for lunch.
2. Nordstrom tailoring coming through on hemming my new wild colored maxi dress to bring on my trip with me.
3. Stopping by my glasses place to get them adjusted a bit again.
4. A/C in the living room cooling down the first floor pretty quickly.
5. Dan coming home early to give me a ride to the airport.
6. EL picking me up from SFO and letting me crash at her place for the evening.

A year ago today.

5/21/17

1. Finishing the library book I wouldn't be able to renew to bring on the trip (The Best of Adam Sharp).
2. Successfully fixing the toilet handle with Dan!
3. Eventually finding a new flight itinerary that was an improvement over the previous one.
4. Pan-fried salmon turning out beautifully, despite burning the skin a bit.
5. Swapping out the monitors for my desk setup finally.
6. Finding a ticket to the Harry Potter play for when I'll be in London!

A year ago today.

5/20/17

1. Going to open gym with Dan to do balance exercises again and some lifting.
2. Going to a dance class.
3. Finding hooks at Lowe's to make a hat rack with.
4. Surprisingly good bubble tea at the Washington Square mall's food court.
5. Cooking up all the vegetables in the fridge: kale, Swiss chard, spinach.
6. Watching The Founder and really enjoying it.

A year ago today.

5/19/17

1. Working from the Invision coworking space in the morning.
2. Happyplace lunch with TP back in town.
3. Catching up with LU at Cacao.
4. 90 minute massage.
5. Dinner at Bollywood Theater with MW/MM/MC/MS.
6. Thinking of having Dan bring over my nighttime biking gear.

A year ago today.

5/18/17

1. Biking in the sun.
2. Getting the call to pick up bridesmaid dress from the tailor while I was still downtown.
3. Successfully knocking off two items off the baby registry thanks to craigslist.
4. Fitting everything in my bike basket and backpack to get home.
5. Fun "balance beam" exercises at gymnastics class.
6. Getting dinner of xiao long bao and popcorn chicken at XLB again.

A year ago today.

5/17/17

1. Opening a couple PRs finally.
2. North Face red winter coat washing up beautifully.
3. Green smoothie of oat milk, pineapple, spinach, and cantaloupe working out quite well.
4. Not busy at all when I got to The Pencil Test, even though I went later than I meant to.
5. Getting dinner by myself at XLB.
6. Finishing assembling the baby registry.

A year ago today.

5/16/17

1. Dan giving me a ride to the doctor's so still got there on time.
2. Sunny outside as I walked to Grand Central Bakery and the library.
3. Sorting out how to fix an existing cleaner script with EL.
4. Enjoying the oat milk in today's green smoothie, with pineapple, spinach, and berries.
5. Making Swiss chard and bringing it with me on the way to class for dinner.
6. Stopping by the nearby Walgreens right after class to get the whooping cough vaccine.

A year ago today.

5/15/17

1. Pairing with MB in the morning.
2. Housekeeping service making the bathroom all shiny and clean.
3. Still watching a conference talk, just a bit later in the day.
4. Getting dinner with KM.
5. Realizing I could easily stop by New Seasons on the way back to pick up greens and fruit.
6. Not getting too wet on the bike ride home.

A year ago today.

5/14/17

1. Breakfast at Off the Waffle for Mother's Day.
2. Going to the farmers market for the first time this year.
3. Reading on the couch for a bit in the afternoon.
4. Didn't really take as long as I thought it might to finish KonMari-ing the bedroom.
5. Thinking to start the potatoes first before the roast chicken.
6. Cooking dinner for the two of us for the first time in months.

A year ago today.

5/13/17

1. Dan getting to feel the baby kick for the first time.
2. Going to dance class for the first time in a few months and loving it.
3. Finishing reading The Passage.
4. Making it on time to meet KL/KG for dinner.
5. KL surprising me with almond cookies for dessert.
6. Finishing off the rest of the watermelon.

A year ago today.

5/12/17

1. Having everything I needed for the day with me when I locked myself out.
2. HP lunch with Bunk sandwiches at Bailey's.
3. Cacao's wifi being quite good and working from there in the afternoon.
4. Getting a 30min massage entirely focused on neck/shoulders.
5. Finding Ruby Jewel ice cream sandwiches on sale at New Seasons and in the right flavors at Whole Foods.
6. Hanging out with KY/EA.

A year ago today.

5/11/17

1. Clearing out the closet and re-arranging my dresser to put away winter clothes and clothes that won't fit again for awhile.
2. Keeping up LunchConf on my own and watching a really good talk on middleware by one of my new teammates.
3. Finally bringing my old personal laptop to Gadget Fix for them to try to resuscitate it.
4. Getting to the gym.
5. Coming home to find that Dan had gotten me a watermelon, and it was quite good too.
6. First meeting with our doula.

A year ago today.

5/10/17

1. Making scrambled eggs on toast with tomato caramelized onion jam and fermented hot sauce.
2. Delicious acai bowl packed with protein for lunch.
3. Getting positive feedback on a document I pulled together outlining the different goals and concerns around a process problem.
4. Relieved to find out that my backup harddrive can still load.
5. Only a couple hours to get my hair recolored and trimmed by several inches.
6. Having the Target coupons with me when going there to pick up plastic storage bins.

A year ago today.

5/9/17

1. Biking down Going St. in the sunshine.
2. Getting to Old Salt Marketplace just as DM was also arriving.
3. Surprisingly good salad with roasted vegetables that had good char flavor on them.
4. Working out just fine for both Dan and me to be working from home.
5. Staying awake enough to get through the Baby Sleep Basics class.
6. The class being shorter than I had expected, so could get some stuff done before falling asleep.

A year ago today.

5/8/17

1. KonMari-ed the bathroom after getting up at 6:30.
2. Making myself breakfast and washing dishes and going for a walk around the block before starting my first day of working remotely.
3. Biking over to The Whole Bowl to have lunch while sitting outside and not looking at my phone.
4. Getting dinner with ZK at the grilled cheese cart.
5. Dropping off the hoodie for SE on my way home.
6. Productive working session with AL.

A year ago today.

5/7/17

1. Fitting everything into my carry-on still.
2. Getting to the airport in plenty of time.
3. Wendy's chicken nuggets being quite good.
4. Picking up a batch of books from the library.
5. Broccoli rabe and sausage pasta.
6. KonMari-ing all of the downstairs.

A year ago today.

5/6/17

1. Getting more dev environment setup done on my computer in the morning.
2. Hanging out with AL.
3. Filoli gardens being pretty amazing.
4. Taking a nap in the afternoon.
5. Our cohort's 4th annual reunion!
6. Snacking on the dates in the swag bag from EL.

A year ago today.

5/5/17

1. Pairing with EL more and discovering a bug in the existing code.
2. Getting another bubble tea with KL, this time in a larger size.
3. Getting the umbrella swag and a box to ship my stuff home.
4. Hanging out with JG and SN.
5. Excellent Korean bibimbap and spicy tofu soup for dinner.
6. Authentic and interesting Asian dessert place.

A year ago today.

5/4/17

1. Getting an overview of a recent small PR from EL.
2. Soft-shell crab sandwich at lunch.
3. Trying out yoga nidra meditation at the office.
4. Getting bubble tea with KL.
5. Thoroughly enjoyable ranting with EL.
6. Making out to Golden Gate Park to see SB.

A year ago today.

5/3/17

1. Discovering the watermelon-cucumber juice in the fridges.
2. Getting lunch with the other Hackbrighters at the office, including CD.
3. Succeeding at swapping out the icon for Sublime Text.
4. Delicious paratha bread and coconut noodles at Mingalaba.
5. Catching up with RC/AQ/JQ.
6. Managing to talk to Dan for a bit before not being able to stay awake any longer.

A year ago today.

5/2/17

1. 8am meeting actually being tomorrow, not today.
2. People being really friendly and welcoming at the Heroku office.
3. Excellent snacks and drinks (avocado on toasted bagel, berries galore, spa water, coconut water, bottled iced chai).
4. Getting a jasmine bubble tea from Boba Guys.
5. Informative window shopping for backpacks at the nearby Nordstroms.
6. Videochatting with Dan.

A year ago today.

5/1/17

1. Having put on makeup and new badge photo coming out pretty well, despite me not thinking about how they'd probably take a badge photo.
2. Managing to win the second prize for the Aloha Bingo game, via targeted efficiency.
3. Good snacks (chocolate-covered pretzels, kettle chips, Tropicana OJ).
4. Getting a laptop again.
5. Family friend's son recognizing me when I happened to stick around at that office for a bit after orientation was over.
6. Getting dinner with CF.

A year ago today.

4/30/17

1. Getting showering/packing/heating breakfast done and still getting to the hospital for maternity ward tour on time.
2. Having enough time back at home to make noodles for lunch and puree up the fermented hot sauce.
3. Catching up with LW while waiting to board.
4. Surprisingly large room at a hotel with spa water in the lobby.
5. Catching up with my cousin and her family over pho for dinner.
6. Black sesame and horchata-ish flavored ice creams.

A year ago today.

4/29/17

1. Going back to sleep for a bit on the morning.
2. Reading Winter Tide.
3. Making noodles for a later lunch.
4. Using $5 coupon at New Seasons and picking up Ruby Jewel ice cream sandwiches.
5. Visiting KHM/MHM and coming away with extra baby stuff from them.
6. Watching That Thing You Do.

A year ago today.