12/31/18

1. Getting a couple loads of laundry done.
2. Arriving to the massage place on time.
3. Getting a massage.
4. Getting a head start on finances for the month during Nico's nap.
5. Pretty chill afternoon with Nico.
6. Getting to talk to CH for a bit.

A year ago today.

Top good things in 2018:

1. Nico getting into solids with only an allergy to eggs.
2. Nico sleeping through the night.
3. Nico getting to develop relationships with family members.
4. Making it to 1 year+ of breastfeeding.
5. Giving a talk at RubyConf.
6. Getting rid of so much stuff as part of the move.

12/30/18

1. Being there to notice when Nico figured out how to climb onto the shelves in his room.
2. Dan's mom coming over to babysit Nico for a few hours in the afternoon.
3. Catching up with EN.
4. The Metuchen library happening to be open on a Sunday so we could go in and check it out.
5. Dan's chicken gumbo turning out really well.
6. Doing more research into Doylestown.

A year ago today.

12/29/18

1. Getting the load of laundry started before I headed out.
2. Making it to yoga class on time.
3. CB visiting Nico and reading him some books.
4. Getting a vindicating house update from our realtor.
5. Having plenty of leftovers for dinner.
6. Watching a couple episodes of Meteor Garden and mostly understanding the Chinese.

A year ago today.

12/28/18

1. Finishing vacuuming and thoroughly cleaning the bathroom.
2. Really good roti at the Trinidadian restaurant I found.
3. Catching up with SD.
4. Nico waking up as we got back, so good timing.
5. Getting paged only after SD had headed out.
6. Watching The Martian in the evening.

A year ago today.

12/27/18

1. Getting it together to shower and get dressed before AL arrived.
2. Ordering the potato pancakes as a side rather than a main.
3. Catching up with AL.
4. Being productive in the afternoon.
5. My mom visiting and bringing more food.
6. Enjoying the two chocolate peppermint Christmas cookies.

A year ago today.

12/26/18

1. Being able to cover the day when AM called out sick.
2. Taking Nico outside in the sunshine for a bit.
3. Finding my keys!
4. Getting to read for a bit while Nico napped.
5. Making it to the playground in the afternoon.
6. No pages or pings from work oncall while on childcare oncall.

A year ago today.

12/25/18

1. Nico warming up to the new environment and having a good time.
2. Pasta being available for Nico's afternoon snack.
3. RC having brought over a high chair that Nico could use.
4. Nico enjoying the family newsletter reading tradition as storytime.
5. Dan's shortened afternoon nap plan working out.
6. Sorting through Nico's library with Dan.

A year ago today.

12/24/18

1. My mom having copied the whiteboard meal plan from me.
2. Hot pot for lunch.
3. Nico falling asleep for the nap despite my having forgotten to pack the white noise machine.
4. Nico having a fun time running around at my parents' place.
5. Nico have a fun time running around at Dan's aunt's place.
6. Making it back and getting through bedtime successfully even with the late timing.

A year ago today.

12/23/18

1. Going to see two houses in the train neighborhood.
2. Stopping by the Kids Kingdom playground for a bit.
3. Dan driving through the various roads I had wanted to scope out a bit more.
4. Dan's mom coming over for a visit and playing with Nico.
5. Making another batch of breakfast burritos.
6. Making fried rice for dinner.

A year ago today.

12/22/18

1. Making it to yoga class in the morning.
2. Nico's nap wakeup and snack timing working out to not be rushed.
3. Going to check out the apartment complex behind the split-level neighborhood.
4. Nico doing well in playing outside (not eating the wood chips) while we waited for Dan.
5. Skipping the line for Christmas lights and heading home instead.
6. Dan's chicken/sausage/white bean soup turning out well in the slow cooker.

A year ago today.

12/21/18

1. Successfully debugging a few situations.
2. AU taking care of the security remediations needed.
3. Getting the necessary deploys out and done with by the afternoon.
4. Finding a place to read Night and Silence online.
5. Taking some time to read and have lunch.
6. Booking tours for a couple new houses to look at in the train neighborhood.

A year ago today.

12/20/18

1. Noticing the new errors after the first morning deploy.
2. JC being around to follow up on his PRs.
3. Resolving the deploy thrash with a rollback.
4. AU being nice about the deploy thrash.
5. Not many PRs remaining in the queue.
6. Having a quiet evening.

A year ago today.

12/19/18

1. Pretty quiet work day.
2. Dialing in to the podcast recording on single parenting.
3. Not being too late to the house tour despite unexpectedly having to take Nico with us.
4. Both of my parents being able to come on the evening house tours.
5. Dan keeping an eye on Nico as he ran around and explored the houses.
6. My mom having brought over more food.

A year ago today.

12/18/18

1. Productive skip-level 1:1.
2. Dan going on a grocery run again.
3. Quiet PR review queue.
4. Finding that errors that others were running into weren't due to my code but other setup issues.
5. Seeing the page pretty quickly.
6. Pulling together the car seats/stroller for twins recommendations for MB.

A year ago today.

12/17/18

1. Working on more PRs rather than documents.
2. Finding times to schedule other 1:1s with the quieter pre-holiday week.
3. Clearing out and organizing the freezer a bit.
4. Dan taking out the recycling that had piled up.
5. Getting a dry rub onto the ribs and packaging them up to be frozen.
6. Going to bed at a more reasonable hour.

A year ago today.

12/16/18

1. Feeling rested after waking up.
2. Getting to Newtown with time to check out the walking path.
3. Finding that the stuff on the basement floor probably wasn't mold but efflorescence instead.
4. Making it to all four open houses in Yardley that I'd bookmarked.
5. Dan's mom staying a bit later to hang out with Nico and giving us some time to get other stuff done.
6. Finally figuring out the bug in my code for Advent of Code Day 13!

A year ago today.

12/15/18

1. Making it over to yoga class for the first time in a month.
2. Nico eventually settling down for the nap while I sat by the door.
3. Dan picking up some Christmas gifts.
4. Getting several loads of laundry done.
5. Dan giving Nico his dinner when the dinner I was making wouldn't be ready in time.
6. Turning out well to use the oven for fully cooking most of the burrito filling for more breakfast burritos.

A year ago today.

12/14/18

1. Having enough meatball curry left after my lunch for another serving.
2. Getting my big pull request for the week reviewed and merged in.
3. Leaving notes for myself for where to pick up on the refactoring on Monday.
4. Finding an office hours slot at the end of the day.
5. Fitting in an episode of Jeopardy.
6. Watching an episode of Fixer Upper before going to bed.

A year ago today.

12/13/18

1. Doing some Advent of Code coding while on the train.
2. Getting to the ramen restaurant right on time.
3. Lunch with KL/KG and KL's mom.
4. Walking off a bit of the extra batch noodles.
5. Only waiting about 10 min for the train to get back home.
6. Getting the answer to Day 13A.

A year ago today.

12/12/18

1. Microwaving then toasting burrito in cast iron pan working out really well.
2. Not needing to interact with the doctor to be able to get this round of vaccines.
3. Succeeding at flipping out the piece of carrot out of Nico's mouth using a tongue depressor.
4. Having time to watch most of the recording of last week's Ops Review meeting before my next scheduled meeting.
5. Getting a pull request opened right before dinner time.
6. Feeling up to going to back to watching Fixer Upper again.

A year ago today.

12/11/18

1. Not overheating the tortilla today so was better able to make a breakfast burrito.
2. Enough time to sit down for breakfast.
3. Getting a basic version of the suggestion task working.
4. My mom and sister bringing over a ton more food.
5. Being able to get a 5pm tour of the farmhouse.
6. Cooked up potatoes and eggs to assemble breakfast burritos for the next week.

A year ago today.

12/10/18

1. Nanny from backup care service being ok with a pretty quiet and chill day overall.
2. Dan handling the nap.
3. Getting DA's support on switching up the kind of project I'd be working on.
4. Nothing come up while covering secondary oncall for JD.
5. Nico's bedtime being pretty smooth even with the short nap.
6. Finishing the second season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

A year ago today.

12/9/18

1. Dan letting me sleep in a lot for my birthday.
2. Making it on time to the forest preschool's open house.
3. Picking up takeout from the local Filipino restaurant for lunch.
4. Nico handling nap wakeup with a different person just fine.
5. Remembering to make chicken en adobo in the Instant Pot.
6. Watching more of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

A year ago today.

12/8/18

1. Less of a challenge to keep Nico awake on the drive this time.
2. Going to dim sum with my sister being in town again.
3. Nico getting a pretty solid nap in again.
4. Getting a nap myself and feeling much more caught up on sleep afterwards.
5. Having dinner at my parents'.
6. Bedtime going off without a hitch despite being out later than usual.

A year ago today.

12/7/18

1. Dental hygienist actually being rather complimentary about the state of my teeth.
2. Remembering that there was a Bank of America ATM in downtown Yardley.
3. Eventually succeeding at activating my Provident debit card.
4. Going for a drive around the train neighborhood area on the way back.
5. Finishing off the rest of the ribs as tacos for lunch.
6. Finishing the refactoring I had in mind.

A year ago today.

12/6/18

1. Making on time to the place for lunch.
2. Catching up with our wedding photographer.
3. Pretty easy drive there and back.
4. Not getting too hungry in the afternoon despite lunch being vegan.
5. Reading Lethal White.
6. Going to bed early.

A year ago today.

12/5/18

1. Getting a meditation session in before a 1:1 meeting.
2. Taking time for lunch after that 1:1.
3. Finding speed improvements for Advent of Code Day 5's puzzle.
4. Dialing in to the podcast recording on self-care.
5. Finishing reviewing finances for the past month.
6. Starting the new season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and taking a break from Fixer Upper.

A year ago today.

12/4/18

1. Feeling pretty full even with slightly fewer dumplings than usual.
2. The seller making it a fairly black & white decision.
3. Finally finishing the day's Advent of Code puzzle.
4. Ribs turning out really well, with the longer cook time and higher temperature.
5. Soothing myself by reading stories on reddit about house buying negotiations.
6. Having baby carrots with hummus and some of the guac for a late makeshift dinner.

A year ago today.

12/3/18

1. Making dumplings for lunch.
2. Nico not freaking out when Katie was the one to get him up from his nap.
3. Getting the work task working by the end of the day.
4. Dan giving me time to try to make more progress on Advent of Code before bathtime.
5. Remembering to marinate the ribs still.
6. Not being too wired from coding to fall asleep.

A year ago today.

12/2/18

1. Nico clearly distinguishing between "Mama" and "Dada" for the first time.
2. Nico playing around and on me while Dan went to mass.
3. Having stuffing for lunch.
4. Having enough time during the nap to do all of Day 2 of Advent of Code.
5. Dan taking my random grumpiness in stride.
6. Not reading in bed, just doing some meditation and then falling asleep on the earlier side.

A year ago today.

12/1/18

1. Making it over to the church's Christmas bazaar, where there were lots of friendly folks.
2. Catching a mistake in which document version our realtor had uploaded.
3. Being able to sit on the other side of the gate for the nap process.
4. My mom not chastising us that much when I gave her a house update.
5. Doing day 1 of Advent of Code.
6. Nico getting a full dinner in on attempt #2.

A year ago today.

11/30/18

1. Finishing reading Muse of Nightmares pretty quickly.
2. Several of my suggestions in the weekly retro being taken well.
3. Getting the updated structural inspection report back.
4. Actually digging into a technical problem and starting to work with the Splunk API.
5. Nico going to bed pretty early.
6. Dan making me a cup of ginger tea to have instead of snacking on chips.

A year ago today.

11/29/18

1. Feeling amazing after getting a lot more sleep.
2. Having the structural engineering report available when I woke up.
3. Getting to talk to the contractor for 30 min to go through the report.
4. Pairing with AG on some Ruby code.
5. Productive document writing pairing with KG.
6. Nico's demeanor seeming to suggest that continuing to hold off on antibiotics would be all right.

A year ago today.

11/28/18

1. Getting to the doctor's office right on time.
2. Dan being offended on my behalf.
3. Nico taking an extremely long nap to help with recovering from his cold.
4. Persuading Dan to take a wait-and-see approach on using antibiotics for the ear infection.
5. Nico not protesting the usual bedtime, even with the late nap wakeup.
6. Going to bed early, even though that meant pausing on a TV episode.

A year ago today.

11/27/18

1. Successfully driving to and from Yardley by myself.
2. Following along with the structural inspection.
3. Not being too late to a 9am meeting I'd forgotten about.
4. Pre-interview sync meeting ending up being a good idea.
5. Something clicking and understanding how to finish the document I'd been working on pretty quickly.
6. Learning more about the context for a big work initiative from DA and AU.

A year ago today.

11/26/18

1. Getting an update from our realtor early in the morning.
2. Taking time to have a quiet lunch.
3. AM being able to stay until Nico was up from his nap.
4. Succeeding at resolving some communication concerns on my squad.
5. My mom and sister taking Nico out to Costco without incident.
6. Moving up the structural engineering inspection to Tuesday morning.

A year ago today.

11/25/18

1. Nico being really chill in his playpen while Dan was out at mass.
2. Getting a book update from RC.
3. Very minimal and no cry-out nap again, luckily.
4. Reading the third Lady Sherlock book.
5. Going to visit my grandma and PY's infant daughter.
6. Having oxtail noodle soup for dinner.

A year ago today.

11/24/18

1. Feeling better rested in the morning than I have in the last few days.
2. Dan taking Nico all morning.
3. Reading the situation to give Nico a shot at handling his own drinking cup and having it work!
4. Nico refraining from liberating Fuzzy Panda even as he ping-ponged around his crib before settling down for the nap.
5. Dan taking Nico out in the afternoon for some fresh air before it got dark.
6. Dan making his sweet potato curry again.

A year ago today.

11/23/18

1. Nico being able to toddle around a bit in the bear fleece suit when the puffy suit was too restrictive.
2. No cryout during the nap.
3. Getting out of the house to go into Princeton.
4. The leasing office having more paper to print out the rest of the inspection report.
5. Having enough leftovers to get through the day without cooking.
6. Going to bed earlier than I have been in the last week.

A year ago today.

11/22/18

1. Succeeding at keeping Nico awake on the drive over.
2. Going to dim sum with my family.
3. Finding another blackout curtain panel and being able to hang it up to darken the room further.
4. Nico taking a great crib nap even in the different location.
5. Thanksgiving dinner cooking being less hectic that I had expected.
6. Finding my old wallet at the bottom of the diaper bag!

A year ago today.

11/21/18

1. Getting the inspection report in the morning.
2. Having time to eat lunch before the interview.
3. TP having time to field some questions about termites.
4. Nico waiting patiently for his dinner.
5. PG visiting.
6. Managing the adult social time without needing to attend to cryouts.

A year ago today.

11/20/18

1. Friendly home inspector that was cool with us following him around.
2. Picking up the photo from JCPenney.
3. Getting back in time for a Q&A session with our SVP.
4. Making dumplings for lunch again.
5. Finishing up the fried rice not too late.
6. Having time to watch Jeopardy before the whole bedtime routine.

A year ago today.

11/19/18

1. Getting through to enough people to confirm that the phone call this morning was a scam.
2. Catching up on work email.
3. SC giving me more updates on what I missed last week.
4. Getting my expense report and a mandatory training done.
5. Enough risotto left for all of us to have it for dinner.
6. Watching Fixer Upper again.

A year ago today.

11/18/18

1. Dan getting Nico up for the day without me.
2. Pretty low-key and minimalist nap start.
3. Making dumplings for lunch again.
4. Dan finding working VHS tapes and VCR.
5. Remembering the laundry I had started.
6. Finally trying out the peanut butter oatmeal cup recipes I'd bookmarked awhile back.

A year ago today.

11/17/18

1. Going back to bed after helping with Nico's breakfast.
2. Getting a good long nap from Nico.
3. Making dumplings for lunch.
4. Dan taking Nico out to mass.
5. Getting both batches of chicken en adobo made.
6. Getting back to watching Fixer Upper.

A year ago today.

11/16/18

1. Flight not being too delayed in its departure.
2. Finally letting myself read Pachinko.
3. Snoozing for a bit on the ride home from the airport.
4. Nico lighting up smiling and pointing at me when I got home.
5. Turning to frozen Swedish meatballs to supplement broccoli rabe toast for dinner.
6. Finding Ocean's 8 available to rent for free On Demand to be able to finish watching it.

A year ago today.

11/15/18

1. Having another salmon/avocado crepe.
2. Doing an in-person recording of the podcast with JS as our guest.
3. Awesome shiatsu massage.
4. Getting matcha soft serve ice cream.
5. RC taking me out on a taco tour at locations I would definitely not have made it to on my own.
6. Needing to get another hotel key made actually working out well by running into some folks in the lobby going out for a drink.

A year ago today.

11/14/18

1. Picking up an acai bowl for breakfast.
2. Taking my Scholar out to Grand Central Market for lunch.
3. Running into people I didn't get a chance to talk enough with the day before.
4. Going to Parks BBQ again!
5. Hanging out with KN/MW. 
6. Finding karaoke rooms with enthusiastic groups.

A year ago today.

11/13/18

1. Getting a smoked salmon and avocado crepe for breakfast.
2. Finishing up my slides with enough time to do a run-through, grab lunch, and make it to JS' talk.
3. Getting another crepe for lunch.
4. Getting through the talk.
5. Hanging out and chatting with AM after the closing keynote.
6. Tagging along with SC and JY to a really excellent Korean BBQ place.

A year ago today.

11/12/18

1. Nico sleeping in until 7:30!
2. Getting to say goodbye Nico while he was playing outside.
3. Making it to the airport in plenty of time.
4. Random sandwich I picked up actually being quite good.
5. Making it to the Scholar/Guide reception before it ended.
6. Meeting up with Ruby conference friends.

A year ago today.

11/11/18

1. Sunny day out.
2. Nico having a grand time outside.
3. Finding coupon codes for additional discounts when buying some winter clothes for Nico.
4. Noticing that there was mortgage application paperwork that would need to be printed out.
5. Finally settling on a slide design set for my talk.
6. Nico falling asleep independently after some minor protest.

A year ago today.

11/10/18

1. Going to yoga class.
2. Nico ending up taking a long nap even with a cry out after an hour.
3. Dan picking up a pegging toy I found on Facebook marketplace for 1/4 of the price on Amazon...still sealed in packaging!
4. Making it to mass in Yardley, where Nico had a grand time walking all around the foyer.
5. Cobbling together Swedish meatballs with egg noodles and broccoli for dinner.
6. Dan doing a bit of sleep training that worked within 10 minutes.

A year ago today.

11/9/18

1. Dan having unplugged the baby monitor so I slept in a bit more in the morning.
2. Getting a deploy out.
3. 1:1 with our VP of eng going well.
4. Performance review with AM not feeling awkward.
5. Having noodles with lamb and broccoli for lunch.
6. First team watercooler in awhile.

A year ago today.

11/8/18

1. Nico playing more contentedly in the living room playpen.
2. Actually hearing back from the sellers in a timely fashion.
3. Starting Nico's dinner first.
4. Using WeChat to talk to my parents about house stuff.
5. CP visiting!
6. Indulging in lime chips.

A year ago today.

11/7/18

1. Getting a replacement driver's license only taking about half an hour.
2. Picking up a Lyft that was just about to drop someone else off at the DMV.
3. Sunny day outside.
4. Being able to order a replacement debit card now that I had my driver's license ID again.
5. Enough time for Jeopardy in the evening, even after making a frittata.
6. Passing time in the evening by reading Slate's parenting advice column.

A year ago today.

11/6/18

1. Pretty quick and efficient process at the polling location to vote this morning.
2. Succeeding at figuring out which endpoints to make charts for.
3. Finishing up rough draft of slides before my scheduled practice run.
4. Hitting the timing pretty well on the first run-through.
5. Dan thinking to making rice for dinner.
6. Taking the night off from worrying about my talk, now that I had set of draft slides.

A year ago today.

11/5/18

1. Getting around to filing my expense report.
2. Extended working sessions actually being quite helpful.
3. Dan covering shorter childcare coverage days this week.
4. One more dinner of oxtail with noodles.
5. Watching an episode of Fixer Upper as a break from working on the talk.
6. Calling it a night after getting an extended outline done for my talk.

A year ago today.

11/4/18

1. Dan letting me get a bit more sleep in the morning.
2. Sunny day outside.
3. Taking Nico out to walk and crawl around on the sidewalks.
4. Taking a quick nap myself.
5. Dan's family visiting and helping watch Nico in the afternoon while I tried to work on my talk.
6. Dan's new sweet potato, chickpea, and turkey curry coming out well.

A year ago today.

11/3/18

1. Making it to yoga class.
2. Quite sunny outside, even if windy.
3. Eventually succeeding at buying the Groupon for the photo studio.
4. Getting to the Fairless Hills open house in plenty of time.
5. Getting a few good family photos at JCPenney.
6. Oxtail with noodles for dinner.

A year ago today.

11/2/18

1. Chicken with chestnuts and rice for lunch.
2. My mom coming over and bringing food.
3. Nico not having the same startle reaction as the last couple visits from my mom.
4. Touring a couple more houses in Yardley.
5. Having oxtails and stewed lamb for dinner.
6. Being able to calm Nico down after a very tough bedtime.

A year ago today.

11/1/18

1. Sleeping in myself until 7.
2. No meeting day.
3. Having chicken with chestnuts and rice for lunch.
4. Unintentionally leaving Dan enough rice for lunch still.
5. Finding the third fuzzy panda behind the plastic storage bins.
6. Getting a load of laundry done.

A year ago today.

10/31/18

1. Beautifully sunny day out.
2. Meeting up with MB and EN for lunch in Philly.
3. Having an outlet near our tableto charge my phone.
4. Quite good spicy pork soup dumplings.
5. Picking up a jasmine bubble tea around the corner.
6. KS bringing over accessories to dress up Nico as Harry Potter for Halloween.

A year ago today.

10/30/18

1. Having the remaining bulgogi from my mom with kimchi and grits for breakfast.
2. Getting seen pretty quickly at the Quest lab even though we were late.
3. Successfully accomplishing Nico's blood draw!!!
4. Fitting in quick yoga and meditation before retro meeting started.
5. Comparing notes with MB.
6. Calmly figuring out better communication strategies with Dan together.

A year ago today.

10/29/18

1. Pretty quick and easy to get the first nap.
2. Dan and my meeting schedules working out to be opposing times across the day.
3. Getting positive feedback on the direction I steered the meeting conversation into.
4. Back gate to the apartment complex being unlocked so was able to go on a more interesting neighborhood walk.
5. Succeeding at getting a second nap in the stroller.
6. Trying out a quick yoga video available on Amazon Prime.

A year ago today.

10/28/18

1. Nico having a lot of fun with his push walker.
2. Dan getting back earlier than I had expected.
3. Succeeding at getting Nico back to sleep for his nap after a rough transition.
4. Dan's Sunday Sauce from his grandma turning out well.
5. Getting the bok choy blanched and ready for the week.
6. Watching some more TV.

A year ago today.

10/27/18

1. Waking up feeling rested.
2. Making it to yoga class.
3. Taking an afternoon nap to make up for the disrupted sleep while traveling.
4. My mom dropping off even more food and bringing my aunt and uncle by.
5. KS stopping by with her friend.
6. Watching HGTV and Jeopardy with Dan after Nico's early bedtime.

A year ago today.

10/26/18

1. Little traffic in the morning so ok to take a Lyft to the airport.
2. Getting a breakfast torta from Tortas Frontera for breakfast.
3. Holding off to not feel too full even though the food was so good.
4. Snoozing in the car ride home.
5. Getting back to Nico.
6. My mom bringing food over.

A year ago today.

10/25/18

1. Getting downstairs in time not to rush breakfast.
2. Making it to the Art Institute.
3. SR joining me at the museum.
4. Delicious food at dinner.
5. Holding back from finishing the entire donut.
6. Going to bed early.

A year ago today.

10/24/18

1. Watching HGTV to pass time in the early morning.
2. Coming up with a sensible idea for how to address an incident.
3. Doing a Google Hangout with Dan and Nico for a bit before heading out to dinner.
4. Fun tapas for dinner.
5. Getting some good conversation over dinner.
6. Watching some more HGTV before falling asleep.

A year ago today.

10/23/18

1. Taking some time in the morning to write out my lightning talk.
2. Making it downstairs in time to grab a few bites of breakfast.
3. Getting through the talk successfully.
4. Having my vest to help with the cold room.
5. Catching the elevator even with running back to get my coat.
6. Getting to chat with BBL while on my way to the restaurant.

A year ago today.

10/22/18

1. Folding laundry while hanging out with Nico in his room.
2. Having the remaining goat curry with noodles for lunch.
3. Not taking too long to pack.
4. Getting to PHL in plenty of time.
5. Getting a Frontera torta for dinner.
6. My phone's battery holding out until I made it to the hotel.

A year ago today.

10/21/18

1. Getting back to sleep eventually even after the middle of the night awake time.
2. Not too much difficulty with the first nap.
3. Hearing back from our realtor before the very end of the day, for once.
4. Eventually succeeding at getting to the Grounds for Sculpture to meet CB/PB.
5. Comfortable warmth outside when the sun was out.
6. Feeling so much better after taking an afternoon nap.

A year ago today.

10/20/18

1. Making it to yoga class.
2. Finishing the last of the chicken salad.
3. Buying Nico's first pair of shoes.
4. Getting my eyebrows done.
5. Playground being surprisingly empty despite the nice weather.
6. Getting a call from our realtor with an explanation for the lack of a response yesterday evening.

A year ago today.

10/19/18

1. AU taking care of getting a couple deploys out.
2. Chatting with CE.
3. Catching an error and fixing it.
4. Chatting with BD.
5. Finally getting around to making the Instant Pot chicken.
6. Going to bed rather after hitting a wall.

A year ago today.

10/18/18

1. Being able to help with the incident.
2. Dan taking over any household communications necessary.
3. Eventually helping Nico calm down.
4. My mom bringing lots of delicious food over.
5. Early enough night still to fit in an episode of Jeopardy.
6. Stopping from eating the rest of the noodles when I felt full.

A year ago today.

10/17/18

1. Reading The Tethered Mage.
2. Learning that our vintage chairs actually had sold and we had funds owed to us.
3. Beautiful pink sky at sunset.
4. At least getting Nico home before it was too late for his dinner, even if the shopping trip was unsuccessful.
5. At least hearing back our realtor before it got to be too late.
6. Putting my phone away before going to bed.

A year ago today.

10/16/18

1. Noticing that I needed to put the wet rub in for the ribs.
2. Submitting our second house offer.
3. Getting to talk to RB since he happened to be working on ET.
4. Chatting about house and software architecture with DA.
5. Being able to start the ribs early enough that dinner wouldn't be too late just yet.
6. Thinking to ask about the vintage chairs we put up for consignment in Portland.

A year ago today.

10/15/18

1. Deciding to make just one sandwich for myself for lunch and leave the additional pieces of bread for Dan, finishing with carrots and hummus instead.
2. Amazing eBay score!
3. Catching a date correction needed on the offer paperwork.
4. Getting a good amount of the grease off of my mom's cast iron grill pan.
5. Not feeling too bad throughout the day despite my early wakeup.
6. Relaxing by organizing and editing my Pinterest boards.

A year ago today.

10/14/18

1. Sorting through the stored larger size baby clothes and finding enough that Dan could skip going to the consignment store.
2. Not forgetting the wet laundry for too long.
3. My dad approving of the materials quality of the current potential house.
4. My mom finding the backyard to be far too wet at the estate sale house.
5. My mom prepping ribs for us.
6. Much better sleep day for Nico than yesterday.

A year ago today.

10/13/18

1. Making it to the local yoga class again.
2. All my sisters-in-law making it to the family event.
3. Enjoying the burrata with my lunch order.
4. Friendly waitstaff letting us set up the pop-up playard to help Nico get some wiggles out.
5. Nico content to play by himself while I hung out in his room with him and Dan made dinner.
6. Dan settling Nico after difficult bedtime.

A year ago today.

10/12/18

1. Advil kicking in pretty quickly for my headache.
2. Dialing in for at least the first half of the webinar.
3. Learning that a few others also feel the lack of project guidance.
4. Coming up with our own project plan.
5. Baked potatoes still having enough time in the oven despite starting later than I had meant to.
6. Not going to bed too late.

A year ago today.

10/11/18

1. Remembering I had a training scheduled for 11am.
2. Cooking up vegetables bought at H Mart.
3. Helping MW with his dashboard.
4. Making the remaining edits needed before the meeting on Monday.
5. Cobbling together dinner from disparate cuisines (leftover roast chickpeas and sweet potatoes, noodles, bok choy, and meatballs).
6. Discovering that there was another A Girl and Her Fed book released.

A year ago today.

10/10/18

1. Prioritizing correctly to succeed at being ready to leave on time.
2. Being able to schedule an HVAC contractor to come give an estimate on the gas conversion.
3. Seeing a Montessori classroom in action.
4. Checking out the Levittown H Mart.
5. Making it back in time to dial in for my squad's presentation to Demo Day.
6. Watching Nico take more wobbly steps around.

A year ago today.

10/9/18

1. Having just enough lu ro fan left for lunch.
2. Later nap cutoff times seeming to work out.
3. Having a productive doc review meeting.
4. Nico seeming fully recovered with all his activity.
5. Fitting in an episode of Jeopardy.
6. Remembering to confirm the Montessori school tour for tomorrow.

A year ago today.

10/8/18

1. Being able to get some work done during the first nap.
2. Taking Nico over to the Grounds for Sculpture in the afternoon.
3. Actually getting the second nap in the crib without issue!
4. Instant Pot chickpeas turning out really well!
5. Making a tahini-free hummus from scratch.
6. Getting the cooking done in time for dinner.

A year ago today.

10/7/18

1. Productive use of the first nap to clean the toilets, shower, and finish organizing breastfeeding supplies to put in storage.
2. Remembering to make rice.
3. Nice afternoon with my mom being over.
4. Not taking too long for Nico to fall asleep in the stroller, even with the longer first nap.
5. Having food from my mom for dinner.
6. Marinating chicken to cook tomorrow.

A year ago today.

10/6/18

1. Making the healthy choice at breakfast of a veggie breakfast sandwich but feeling full thanks to the nut butter smoothie.
2. No issues at all with my first flight on Frontier.
3. Dan and Nico coming to pick me up from Trenton airport.
4. Unpacking quickly.
5. Leftovers available for dinner.
6. Getting a couple loads of laundry done.

A year ago today.

10/5/18

1. Having a chance to ask SM some follow-up questions about yesterday's design exercise.
2. Steamed broccoli available at lunch to offset the pork cutlets smothered in mustard sauce.
3. Stopping by the nearby vintage store and picking up on a round tablecloth.
4. Getting a massage.
5. Trying a poke bowl for the first time finally.
6. Going to see Crazy Rich Asians.

A year ago today.

10/4/18

1. Falling back asleep at 4:30am and actually being woken up by my alarm at 7.
2. Noticing a coop nearby to pick up some hand soap.
3. Getting to class in plenty of time despite leaving the house later than I had intended.
4. Coming up with the idea to fold a fortune teller for our presentation.
5. Surprisingly good fish tacos and fried okra at the bar.
6. Showering off the humidity.

A year ago today.

10/3/18

1. Getting a grits bowl with veggies from Grub Durham for breakfast.
2. Making it to class in plenty of time.
3. Finding a nice park area with benches and tables to get some alone time with lunch.
4. Resisting the temptation to order the Korean Fried Chicken.
5. Really delicious ramen at M Kokko.
6. Deciding to shower off the humidity before going to bed.

A year ago today.

10/2/18

1. Packing quickly and lightly.
2. Getting an appointment at the pediatrician's.
3. Pediatrician having a solid answer of what was going on.
4. Snoozing a bit during the flight.
5. Luggage and Lyft coming pretty quickly.
6. Finding a well-reviewed restaurant right by where my AirBnB is located.

A year ago today.

10/1/18

1. KS succeeding at getting a morning nap in the crib.
2. Really fast response to the public records request from Lower Makefield Township.
3. Yardley post office not yet gone for lunch when we arrived.
4. Red roast duck curry for lunch.
5. Having baby Tylenol on hand still.
6. Nico at least falling asleep early for the night while nursing.

A year ago today.

9/30/18

1. Quiet morning to myself while Dan and Nico went to mass.
2. Not much struggle for the morning nap.
3. Not needing to cook with all the food my mom brought over.
4. Taking Nico to the park with my mom.
5. Dan unloading the dishwasher while we were out.
6. Taking a nap myself after getting back.

A year ago today.

9/29/18

1. Getting the chicken thighs in the Instant Pot before heading out.
2. Really enjoying the yoga class! Good stretching and slightly challenging but not too much.
3. Taking an early afternoon nap myself.
4. Lovely weather outside.
5. Meeting up with BBL & family.
6. Dan making good time getting home so that dinner wasn't too late.

A year ago today.

9/28/18

1. Having my breakfast before needing to go hang out with Nico.
2. Going to the gym to walk on the treadmill while listening to a webinar.
3. Nico falling asleep in his crib for the second nap.
4. Getting most of the charts assembled.
5. Revisiting a house in the desired neighborhood.
6. Nico giggling up a storm at his joke of offering food to me and then taking it away.

A year ago today.

9/27/18

1. Having Dan back to not be solely responsible in the morning.
2. Getting a couple loads of laundry done.
3. Finally getting around to making a phone call to the pediatrician to figure out our options with finding a new doctor.
4. KS getting Nico's second nap in the stroller.
5. Going to the gym for a bit.
6. Getting dinner prepped in time before Dan and Nico got back.

A year ago today.

9/26/18

1. Realizing a problem with the previous metric definitions.
2. Pairing with MW on trying to figure out how to correctly calculate throughput instead.
3. Getting helpful answers from the Librato folks.
4. Quite productive work day overall.
5. Being able to make fried rice to have for tomorrow with my mother-in-law over in the evening.
6. One nap day and early bedtime working out, making up for the early morning wakeup.

A year ago today.

9/25/18

1. Nico eventually calming down enough to go back to sleep for a bit after an early wakeup.
2. Being able to step away for long enough to prep Nico's breakfast and my own.
3. Not forgetting the frittata in the oven.
4. AM eventually succeeding with stroller second nap despite rain outside.
5. Having ES' help in the evening and being able to cook up a kale side dish.
6. Pretty tranquil bedtime after nursing.

A year ago today.

9/24/18

1. Still being able to have breakfast by myself in the morning, before AM arrived.
2. Nothing urgent going on at work when I wasn't feeling well myself.
3. Getting a shower in before AM was gone for the day.
4. Nico playing independently while I read.
5. Bedtime being pretty easygoing despite the late wakeup from the second nap.
6. Going to bed early myself.

A year ago today.

9/23/18

1. Not too difficult to get the first nap.
2. Relaxing and reading during the downtime.
3. Checking out a couple open houses.
4. Making it back in plenty of time before the second nap.
5. Taking an afternoon nap myself.
6. Dan taking out all the trash before his trip.

A year ago today.

9/22/18

1. Getting the first batch of chicken en adobo into the Instant Pot.
2. Dan giving Nico the chance to fall asleep on his own for the first nap and it actually working out!
3. Organizing my pantry shelves.
4. Nico falling asleep in his crib for the second nap as well!
5. Dan's mom coming over to help out with having VC in our charge.
6. Evening actually going quite smoothly.

A year ago today.

9/21/18

1. Making a custom map to get a better sense of the target area.
2. AM also having trouble with the second nap, so it wasn't just me yesterday.
3. Nursing at least helping Nico calm down.
4. Chatting with APG and getting a good sense of what to work on for Monday.
5. Bedtime going very smoothly.
6. Reading old Dear Prudence columns.

A year ago today.

9/20/18

1. Spending some time hanging out with Nico by the pond.
2. Nico settling back down into the nap after I left the room a little too early but then went back in.
3. Having some quiet time for my lunch.
4. Resolving a discussion with Dan.
5. Taking Nico to the playground.
6. Nico offering me some Chex from his pre-dinner snack as well.

A year ago today.

9/19/17

1. Figuring out where I went wrong in actually finishing booking flights.
2. Talking through metrics with APG.
3. Succeeding at getting the second nap in the crib, without nursing.
4. Putting together a Splunk query for the availability SLI.
5. Dan picking up a bag of onions while he was out.
6. Having enough rice left for both of us to have ground turkey curry for dinner.

A year ago today.

9/18/17

1. Making basil scrambled eggs to go with grits for breakfast.
2. Parchment paper even without cooking spray working great for nonstick frittata pieces.
3. Improvised leftover peanut butter banana muffin in a different baking pan working out pretty well.
4. Not needing to nurse in the afternoon for the second nap.
5. Talking things over with MB.
6. Not going through with an offer that my parents would have disapproved of.

A year ago today.

9/17/18

1. Catching a mistake on the offer paperwork.
2. Submitting our first offer on a house!
3. Not needing to nurse in the afternoon for the second nap.
4. Getting a response back pretty quickly.
5. Talking through our house offer strategy with Dan.
6. Going to bed rather than staying up cooking.

A year ago today.

9/16/18

1. Getting Nico down for the morning nap not taking too long.
2. Making it to all 3 open houses as planned.
3. Nico at least still getting an hour long car nap, even though it started early.
4. Dan's mom and ES visiting and playing with Nico.
5. Another good round of sheet pan chicken, this time with potatoes.
6. Nico finally relaxing in my arms after a really difficult bedtime.

A year ago today.

9/15/18

1. At least finding that there weren't additional charges I could have stopped after seeing that I missed some alerts from Bank of America.
2. Finally getting to some personal emails during Nico's first nap.
3. Remembering to start the rice for lunch.
4. Getting a massage.
5. CVS for getting a flu shot being really close to the massage place.
6. Being able to squeeze in an appointment to see a fixer upper.

A year ago today.

9/14/18

1. Nico playing independently until AM arrived.
2. Getting a call from a general contractor willing to give ballpark prices.
3. Taking care of some admin stuff at work.
4. House tour appointment confirmed to be able to go take some measurements.
5. My parents and I being right that the public record on square footage is a bit off.
6. Making floor plans with the new information.

A year ago today.

9/13/18

1. Nico playing independently in the morning while I took care of some emails.
2. Going to look at the public records over lunch with Dan.
3. Getting all 3 pull requests opened for updates to the careers site.
4. Nico falling asleep for the second nap in the crib again, without nursing.
5. Enjoying walking on sidewalks in a neighborhood.
6. Enjoying the terrorist plot payoff in the Jack Ryan finale.

A year ago today.

9/12/18

1. Having time to finish my lunch before heading out.
2. Nico at least falling asleep while nursing.
3. Chatting with JY.
4. Ribs turning out really well.
5. Nico seeming ok in the evening despite the awful phlebotomist.
6. Getting to chat with CH about house stuff.

A year ago today.

9/11/18

1. Nico playing independently in the morning until AM arrived.
2. AM getting here early, so that I had time to pull together photos and videos to send to TP for his opinions.
3. Having some time after standup to eat my lunch before the next meeting.
4. Being able to go meet the realtor thanks to my sister-in-law being over.
5. Not getting home too late after the meeting.
6. Not getting worked up about Dan throwing out some of the remaining root vegetables that he found too greasy.

A year ago today.

9/10/18

1. Cobbled together lunch of noodles with lamb meatballs and chickpeas turning out well.
2. Successfully getting through to the chief zoning officer.
3. Productive squad meeting.
4. Nico falling asleep for the second nap without nursing for the second time ever.
5. Getting 3 deploys out and the PR queue down to just 1 PR!
6. Getting some exercise in after work.

A year ago today.

9/9/18

1. Going back to sleep for a bit after Dan and Nico went to mass.
2. Spending Nico's first nap productively reviewing life insurance paperwork.
3. Getting the chicken marinated before heading over to an open house.
4. Taking another nap during Nico's second nap.
5. Getting dinner ready right on time for 6:30.
6. Even with the large amount of kitchen cleanup, still had time for an episode of Jeopardy before bathtime.

A year ago today.

9/8/18

1. No longer unbearably muggy out.
2. Finally making it to a tour at the Grounds for Sculpture.
3. Seeing some lotus flowers in bloom.
4. Dan having made rice for lunch.
5. Bringing Nico to the playground with my mom.
6. Taking a short nap in the afternoon.

A year ago today.

9/7/18

1. Dan vacuuming up all the styrofoam flecks.
2. Conversation with AM going really well.
3. Having some spare time after prepping lunch to eat most of it peacefully before the lunchtime webinar.
4. Having set the dishwasher to run on delay in case I forgot to go back out and start it.
5. Getting the PR queue down to be more reasonable.
6. Enough leftovers to cover dinner.

A year ago today.

9/6/18

1. Efficient home visit from the medical examiner for getting life insurance.
2. Not getting too overheated in the humidity while hanging out with Nico by the pond.
3. AM getting Nico to fall asleep for the second nap just while rocking and transferring to the crib without waking up.
4. Getting a second deploy out so that there won't be as many waiting for Monday.
5. Assembling the new 3 globe floor lamp from Target.
6. Watching the Jack Ryan series pilot.

A year ago today.

9/5/18

1. Dan taking Nico out to pick up groceries in the morning.
2. Getting dressed for the day just before they got back.
3. Successfully driving Nico and me over to his appointment with the allergist.
4. Dan making it to the appointment before the actual tests started, to help with baby wrangling.
5. Skin allergy tests only picking up egg, clear on shellfish/fish/nuts/peanuts!
6. Deciding to put the ribs back in the oven for another half hour.

A year ago today.

9/4/18

1. Suggestions being accepted in a work meeting.
2. Catching up with MB back from parental leave.
3. Getting a workout in at the end of the day.
4. Re-arrangement of his room not disrupting bedtime timing too much.
5. Taking a shower at the end of the day.
6. Reading while stretching my lower back.

A year ago today.

9/3/18

1. Going back to sleep for an hour.
2. Dan succeeding at getting Nico down for the nap.
3. Succeeding at having Nico fall asleep in the stroller outside and bringing him back in without waking him up.
4. Taking care of finance reconciliation early on the in the month.
5. Nice visit from my mom and sister.
6. Not staying up too late reading.

A year ago today.

9/2/18

1. Cooking and cleaning the kitchen while Dan and Nico went to mass.
2. Nico getting his morning nap at home.
3. Seller applying an additional 5% discount from the Labor Day sale.
4. Getting dim sum with my family.
5. Helping my mom pick out clothes and accessories for attending a wedding.
6. Watching Nico navigate stairs really smoothly.

A year ago today.

9/1/18

1. Getting to the house tour appointment on time.
2. Having some down time in the afternoon.
3. Marinating chicken for tomorrow's dinner and making chicken en adobo in the Instant Pot while Dan's mom was visiting.
4. Dan realizing that Nico couldn't fall asleep because he was too warm in the car seat with pants on.
5. Everyone being very friendly at Dan's dad's barbecue.
6. Bedtime routine going smoothly even with the outing.

A year ago today.

8/31/18

1. AM arriving a little early this morning.
2. Pulling the trigger on a few bigger ticket items after waiting for Labor Day weekend sales.
3. Having defrosted chicken en adobo to give Nico for protein.
4. Knitting during a training to prevent distraction.
5. Nico falling asleep while nursing to get the earlier bedtime after missing the second nap.
6. Watching some TV before going to bed.

A year ago today.

8/30/18

1. Nico playing by himself for a really long stretch in the morning.
2. Nico digging in to the scrambled eggs with basil.
3. Working on my shawl while watching the lightning talks.
4. Organizing the childcare schedule for the next couple weeks.
5. Finally getting the life insurance research done.
6. Dan and I hanging out Nico's room reading while he played.

A year ago today.

8/29/18

1. Taking the day off from work.
2. Pretty quick to get eyebrows threaded at a salon really close by.
3. Finishing up at the DMV just in time to get home for Nico's lunch.
4. Recording a podcast episode going pretty smoothly.
5. Pinhole Press photo books arriving!
6. Getting a frittata and fried rice cooked up for the next few days.

A year ago today.

8/28/18

1. Being able to eat breakfast before going to keep Nico company.
2. Getting a workout done in the morning.
3. Remembering to marinate the ribs in the wet rub.
4. New nanny successfully getting Nico down for the first nap.
5. Getting in touch with the zoning office and getting useful info.
6. Making it to the end of the reverse shadowing on-call shift.

A year ago today.

8/27/18

1. Morning page not being a real incident.
2. Learning that it was a post-nap poop so I didn't need to feel guilty for having missed it.
3. Nico making up the sleep in the second nap.
4. Getting a load of laundry done.
5. Being able to set up a tour for another house in a similar area to the one yesterday and go for the drive.
6. Having bok choy to supplement the lurofan for dinner.

A year ago today.

8/26/18

1. Waking up feeling rested and reading articles in bed before Nico was up.
2. Having a quiet and productive morning to myself with Dan and Nico at mass.
3. Having a really nice visit from my mom.
4. Seeing a house with good potential for us.
5. Catching up with LW.
6. Being able to get in to the business center to print stuff out.

A year ago today.

8/25/18

1. Making it to the park in the morning.
2. Getting to do some research on mortgage pre-approvals while Nico took nap #1.
3. Realizing some other missing groceries before Dan went out again.
4. Getting to the Grounds for Sculpture in the afternoon.
5. Sheet pan chicken with chickpeas turning out really well.
6. Not feeling so tired at the end of the day to be able to fit in a bit of TV before going to sleep.

A year ago today.

8/24/18

1. Finishing off the rest of the fish for lunch.
2. No new support tickets coming in.
3. Getting most of the workout done before the end of CB's last day.
4. Taking a drive out to Newtown's downtown area.
5. Lovely summer evening weather.
6. Declining to get ice cream.

A year ago today.

8/23/18

1. Dan making lentils in the morning.
2. Finding a comfortable position on the daybed while watching the town hall.
3. Nico not seeming too out of sorts from the shots the day before.
4. Taking a break from his dinner seeming to help with the throwing of food onto the floor.
5. Catching up with AL.
6. Falling asleep pretty easily afterwards even with the late screen time.

A year ago today.

8/22/18

1. Dan taking Nico out to pick up groceries in the morning.
2. Putting away the remainder of my lunch when I didn't feel that hungry after getting back to it.
3. Getting to the doctor's early and being seen on time.
4. Nico recovering from the vaccines pretty well.
5. BS helping me with tickets.
6. Nico balancing standing for a brief moment and taking a step/falling towards me.

A year ago today.

8/21/18

1. Making a photobook for my grandma too.
2. Having fish with Swiss chard and rice for lunch.
3. Dan taking Nico out for errands in the evening.
4. Reaching out to friends to vent.
5. Dan cooking dinner and cleaning the kitchen afterwards.
6. Going to bed early.

A year ago today.

8/20/18

1. Sleeping better with the new U-shaped pillow.
2. Clearing out the fridge a bit.
3. Finishing lunch and watermelon between afternoon meetings.
4. Having uninterrupted time in the evening to keep working.
5. Coming up with a much better workflow for making a photobook.
6. Dan making pasta and meatballs for dinner.

A year ago today.

8/19/18

1. Finding Pinhole Press' software a lot better to use than Chatbooks'.
2. My mom babysitting Nico for a couple hours.
3. Getting a workout done.
4. Finding that Dan moved my laundry for me.
5. Dan making pasta and meatballs for dinner.
6. Going to bed early.

A year ago today.

8/18/18

1. Having a normal morning sleep-wise.
2. Reading and laughing from the Ugly Volvo's book, Welcome to the Club: 100 Parenting Milestones You Never Saw Coming.
3. KS and ES really getting into the Hungry Caterpillar theme with a special cake and balloons.
4. Birthday party going really well even with only using the common space and not the billiards room.
5. Also taking a nap during Nico's second nap.
6. Organizing the new and old toys.

A year ago today.

8/17/18

1. Being able to have an unhurried breakfast before going to hang out with Nico.
2. Getting a workout in in the morning.
3. Both grandmas coming to visit Nico for his birthday.
4. Figuring out where my SQL queries were going wrong.
5. Dan's meatball making being very quick.
6. Having enough leftovers to figure out dinner quickly.

A year ago today.

8/16/18

1. Great independent play time in the morning.
2. Figuring out the cause of the bug pretty quickly with fresh eyes.
3. Catching up with ND.
4. Running SQL queries to figure out the data that needs cleanup.
5. Finding one more regular episode of Jeopardy on the DVR before needing to resort to College Jeopardy.
6. Watching a couple more episodes of Mozart in the Jungle.

A year ago today.

8/15/18

1. Finishing Anna Kendrick's memoir.
2. Steadily working through different test cases and getting an understanding of how the different objects worked together.
3. Ribs falling apart.
4. Managing to clean up the kitchen while Nico played by himself.
5. Last episode of Tournament of Champions with some really great players.
6. Starting to watch Mozart in the Jungle.

A year ago today.

8/14/18

1. Getting notice of my talk being accepted!
2. Fresh tomato and avocado toast and corn working out well for lunch.
3. Getting BS' help figuring out what's going on with a domain.
4. Dan taking Nico for the early evening so I could get a workout in.
5. Finishing watching the Ballet Now documentary on Hulu.
6. Nico eventually settling himself back to sleep after a startled wakeup.

A year ago today.

8/13/18

1. Nico playing pretty well while I hung out in his room with him.
2. Making a cucumber salad with tomatoes to supplement the taco leftovers and sliced beef that my mom brought.
3. Pretty quick to deal with reading the Food Fights ebook.
4. Hanging out by the pond in the perfect evening temperature.
5. Frittata finishing up perfectly before the bath.
6. Doing IBCLC research for AB.

A year ago today.

8/12/18

1. Dan letting me go back to sleep for a couple hours in the morning.
2. Cutting each other some slack.
3. My mom picking up more kimchi for me from Costco when I realized I was running low.
4. Dan's mom playing with Nico while we had dinner.
5. Nico at least falling asleep early for the evening.
6. Cooking up the rest of the vegetables in the fridge.

A year ago today.

8/11/18

1. Making it to the Yardley Farmers Market on the opening hours side of things.
2. Successfully keeping Nico awake until we got home.
3. Getting a workout done during the nap.
4. Having an extra grits box to use for the milk bags we were delivering.
5. Visiting RC/AB again, this time with the pop-up playard to minimize destruction.
6. Dan's Hungarian egg noodles with chicken turning out really well.

A year ago today.

8/10/18

1. Back to a more normal schedule with Dan being home.
2. Having a broccoli rabe and pork sandwich for lunch.
3. Deciding to throw out most of the fries that came with the sandwich.
4. Finishing off the last of this week's watermelon.
5. Dan reminding me to get the ribs in the oven before it was too late in the afternoon.
6. Feeding Nico his dinner at his weaning table before we had dinner ourselves.

A year ago today.

8/9/18

1. Eating breakfast before CB's arrival.
2. Wearing my red polka dot Modcloth romper.
3. Fixing another error.
4. Getting started on finance review for the last month.
5. Dan getting home in time to settle in before bath/bedtime.
6. Stretching while watching Anne of Green Gables.

A year ago today.

8/8/18

1. Not feeling too tired once I was up for the day.
2. Solving another reported error.
3. Really good internal training by DM on using Splunk.
4. Going back to doing a workout thanks to CB's evening coverage.
5. CB staying a little late to give me some time to clean up the kitchen after Nico's dinner.
6. Only a minor amount of protesting when I left Nico's room for the night.

A year ago today.

8/7/18

1. Nico bearing with not starting the day until 7.
2. Being able to eat my breakfast even before CB started.
3. Diplomatically handling a work request.
4. Figuring out how to resolve another error on my own.
5. Visiting the Grounds for Sculpture with Nico and aunts.
6. Being able to make my frittata and take the trash out while the aunts supervised dinner.

A year ago today.

8/6/18

1. Nico sleeping through the night just fine despite the change in eating schedule yesterday.
2. Helping identify a regression.
3. Figuring out how to fix ELM's database issues.
4. KS helping in the evening.
5. Bedtime going pretty smoothly despite the later second nap.
6. Digging out the Anne of Green Gables DVDs to watch.

A year ago today.

8/5/18

1. Getting back to sleep pretty well, after needing to pump.
2. My sister and AG making us their signature breakfast sandwiches.
3. AG finding an empty classroom for me to get in a pump session before the pinning ceremony.
4. Being able to use the meditation room to pump.
5. Getting home without too much of a delay.
6. Great Costco watermelon to slake my thirst.

A year ago today.

8/4/18

1. Driver arriving early for my scheduled Lyft.
2. A fellow passenger grabbing my suitcase and passing it forward for me when it was in a bin behind where I was sitting.
3. AG cutting up watermelon for us.
4. Getting pedicures and barbecue for lunch with AG.
5. Getting a massage.
6. Playing arcade games with my sister.

A year ago today.

8/3/18

1. Doing a workout in the morning.
2. Packing up several boxes of returns for CB to send out for me.
3. Figuring out an error by myself. 
4. Slightly fixing Nico's haircut without any non-hair cuts.
5. Finding an itinerary that would still get me to Nashville.
6. Dan's mom agreeing to coming early to be a backup plan. 

A year ago today.

8/2/18

1. Wearing one of my new floral print Modcloth rompers.
2. Not getting into a car accident. 
3. Getting through Nico's first haircut. 
4. Getting home before first dinner was too late. 
5. Cutting up the rest of the watermelon.
6. Reading Spinning Silver. 

A year ago today.

8/1/18

1. Nico contentedly playing in his room by himself for almost an hour.
2. Getting a workout in in the morning.
3. Dan succeeding at finding the phone number so we could still go on an in-home daycare visit.
4. Getting back in time to dial in for the podcast recording.
5. Having some time to myself after pulling the ribs out to cool and prepping Nico's dinner.
6. Not staying up too late starting to read Spinning Silver.

A year ago today.

7/31/18

1. Dan taking over in the morning.
2. Nico still getting the naps he needed.
3. Being able to manage most of the support tickets in the queue.
4. Driving Dan to church.
5. Getting some local homemade ice cream at a shop across the street.
6. Managing to fit in making a frittata still even with the late evening.

A year ago today.

7/30/18

1. Getting up early and rested enough to eat breakfast and shower before CB arrived.
2. Using the morning time for a workout.
3. An anonymous Google doc set up to handle Q&A during a town hall.
4. Watching dance videos from Steezy.
5. Going for a quick walk outside.
6. Dan taking care of cleaning up the kitchen after dinner.

A year ago today.

7/29/18

1. Dan not needing to be out in the morning after all.
2. Taking Nico to the park, where it wasn't too hot for him in the shade at least.
3. Nico being in a really great, fun, giggly mood after his second nap.
4. Hearing from DH.
5. Watching Set It Up on Netflix and rather enjoying the comedic timing.
6. Going to sleep with the monitor off.

A year ago today.

7/28/18

1. Meeting JW and family at a park.
2. Trying some of their dosas.
3. Visiting RC/AB/VC.
4. Nico taking a better nap on the way home.
5. Taking advantage of KS' help to have dinner by myself.
6. Nico falling asleep without difficulty despite the change in bedtime routine.

A year ago today.

7/27/18

1. Continuing streak of no overnight nursing even with a 3:45am cry out.
2. Morning to myself after Dan took Nico out to the grocery store.
3. Finishing editing my talk proposal.
4. Going for a walk and sitting by the small pond.
5. Getting advice from AM.
6. Doing a workout after bedtime was done.

A year ago today.

7/26/18

1. Managing to get both daycare tours done still.
2. Dan and I being on the same page about the daycares.
3. Getting back right at the end of the first nap.
4. Making noodles to go with the rest of the red duck curry for lunch.
5. Getting a cost-of-living raise.
6. Sitting down and incorporating the edits into my talk proposal.

A year ago today.

7/25/18

1. Hearing great news from EL on her job hunt.
2. Taking time in the morning to do some exercises.
3. Ok for chickpeas to soak for a bit when I started them before remembering that the Instant Pot lid was in the dishwasher.
4. CB taking out a bunch of packages to return for me.
5. Dan taking Nico out to the library while I got the cooking done.
6. The black paper shades actually doing a decent job at reducing the light in my office from the streetlights.

A year ago today.

7/24/18

1. Fewer/shorter overnight wakeups for myself.
2. Getting a load of laundry done in the morning.
3. Finishing starting the onion masala in the Instant Pot before standup.
4. Afternoon meetings finishing early so I had some time to enjoy my lunch still.
5. Very little needed to assemble and finish the chana masala.
6. Frittata finishing right before the bath.

A year ago today.

7/23/18

1. Nico sleeping for 10 hours in a row without any crying out at all!!!
2. Only waking up a couple times myself and not getting up too early.
3. Remembering to make more rice in the morning.
4. Realizing that Korea was ahead of us in time zones for scheduling a late meeting.
5. Using knitting to help me focus.
6. Dan handling the post-bedtime overtired wakeup while I was on a work call.

A year ago today.

7/22/18

1. Another night without any overnight feedings.
2. Actually only waking up overnight once myself as well.
3. My mom coming over and making red roast duck curry and prepping ribs for us.
4. Going out to see a couple open houses in Yardley.
5. Getting to take a nap in the late afternoon.
6. Nico offering to share his toys for us to "eat" or teethe on.

A year ago today.

7/21/18

1. No feedings needed overnight!!!
2. Writing and publishing a blog post in the morning.
3. Going to dim sum with Nico and my sister and parents.
4. Having watermelon set aside for me in Holmdel.
5. Taking a nap while everyone else hung out.
6. KS/ES coming over and having some dinner with us.

A year ago today.

7/20/18

1. Night weaning actually seeming promising.
2. Nico going back to sleep easily even after waking up for food at 5:45am.
3. Getting a load of laundry done in the morning.
4. Dan picking up dinner for me from Afghan Kabob and Grill, which was quite good!
5. Finally getting around to vacuuming the bathroom.
6. Enjoying the cool evening weather with a quick walk outside.

A year ago today.

7/19/18

1. Making dumplings for breakfast when there weren't grits.
2. Getting Nico to sleep in the crib for both naps.
3. Taking Nico out of the stroller to watch the fountain by the pool.
4. Less food getting thrown on the floor.
5. Still getting a meditation session in at night.
6. Catching up with DH.

A year ago today.

7/18/18

1. Having extra time in the morning thanks to being able to schedule the backup care service to start at 8.
2. Enjoying reading Little Fires Everywhere.
3. Nico taking a really long afternoon nap to make up for the morning catnap.
4. Knitting while watching the Town Hall.
5. Dan taking care of running the air filter in the bedroom. 
6. Catching up with EN.

A year ago today.

7/17/18

1. Having a lot of time to read in the morning with the early wakeup.
2. Nico falling asleep early for his first nap to make up for the early wakeup.
3. Dan reminding me to make the ribs in the afternoon.
4. Helping EL figure out how to make it work.
5. Being able to press out a fair amount of liquid out of the fresh spinach, wilted in the microwave.
6. Taking the bad watermelon out and remembering to pick up a package at the same time.

A year ago today.

7/16/18

1. CB managing both naps well.
2. Afternoon block of meetings not being too bad.
3. Realizing I did not have enough eggs to make a frittata before I actually started chopping anything.
4. Dan cleaning the bedroom and washing the sheets.
5. Getting a poop right before bathtime.
6. Rewatching some Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries.

A year ago today.

7/15/18

1. Nico sleeping in until 8:30!
2. Going through my recent Modcloth and Nordstrom purchases and actually finding a few things that would work.
3. Dan taking Nico out to church and grocery stores, giving a lot of quiet time.
4. Getting around to reviewing finances for June.
5. Sitting by the Delaware River in the shade.
6. Talking over potential house options with my mom.

A year ago today.

7/14/18

1. Dan succeeding at getting a stroller first nap.
2. Getting to FreedomFest just before the start of the pig races.
3. KS at least enjoying the petting zoo a lot.
4. Picking up nectarines, cherries, and corn at the fair.
5. Nico eventually getting a second nap in the car.
6. Finishing watching The Big Sick.

A year ago today.

7/13/18

1. Having enough leftovers from my mom for lunch for both Dan and me.
2. Productive pairing throughout the day.
3. Getting a load of laundry done.
4. Going out to Roots for dinner.
5. Getting back with enough time to do baby-focused dinner still.
6. Starting to watch The Big Sick.

A year ago today.

7/12/18

1. Staying in the chat room long enough until one of the staff joined.
2. Making rice when I thought of it at lunch to not risk forgetting it later.
3. Having dumplings for lunch.
4. Figuring out several code fixes on my own.
5. Cool enough after work to go for a walk around the complex.
6. Having basil pork for dinner

A year ago today.

7/11/18

1. Having avocado with my grits to make up for not having kimchi.
2. Getting two naps out of Nico to make up for the early wakeup.
3. Digging out my knitting project.
4. Dan going out to Costco with Nico.
5. Having the cabbage turning out acceptably.
6. Peaceful bedtime.

A year ago today.

7/10/18

1. Pulling out my purple floral romper from Modcloth.
2. Finding a bunch of cute dresses and rompers that might be nursing-friendly at Nordstrom and Modcloth.
3. Getting help from EL on a ticket.
4. Informative session on the thinking that led to the multi-region API architecture planning.
5. Nico falling asleep early while nursing so that I had time in the evening to make a frittata still.
6. Dan putting away my food for me.

A year ago today.

7/9/18

1. Figuring out another misconfiguration status even with the time in the morning.
2. Red duck curry for lunch.
3. CB picking up packages delivered while we were gone.
4. CB getting Nico back to sleep. 
5. Dan making bok choy to go with dinner.
6. Dan's delivering his presentation on PA. 

A year ago today.

7/8/17

1. Meeting CB/PB at a diner.
2. Checking out Morristown.
3. Nico napping a lot in car. 
4. My mom bringing over lots of food. 
5. Unpacking quickly. 
6. Hanging out with everyone in my office. 

A year ago today.

7/7/18

1. Dan taking Nico to let me get more sleep in the morning.
2. Taking another nap.
3. Exploring small towns in MA and seeing mobiles.
4. Great BBQ and sides for dinner.
5. Cookie budder and chocolate with peanut butter dough ice cream.
6. Getting to chat with CH at the end of the party.

A year ago today.

7/6/18

1. Hancock Shaker Village happening to be free for the day.
2. Succeeding at keeping Nico awake on the ride back.
3. Taking a nap while Nico napped.
4. Fun places to crawl at children's museum.
5. Great grilled peach/caremelized onion/goat cheese/balsamic vinegar salad.
6. Pizza coming before we needed to leave.

A year ago today.

7/5/18

1. Not being too late even with doing all the packing in the morning. 
2. Dan doing the dishes before we left
3. Shake Shack at Woodbury Commons for lunch. 
4. Getting Nico some free movement time at the Carter store shoe section. 
5. Drive didn't feel too long. 
6. Going for a walk to the creek with Caitlin's family. 

A year ago today.

7/4/18

1. Being able to eat breakfast while Nico had an avocado pop.
2. Successfully getting Nico to a playground on my own.
3. Dan succeeding at getting a real nap for the day in the stroller.
4. Still being able to make the podcast recording.
5. Having a fun time playing with a giggly baby.
6. Taking Nico into the pool for the first time.

A year ago today.

7/3/18

1. Making scrambled eggs to go with grits and kimchi for breakfast.
2. Plenty of pork leg to go with rice for lunch.
3. Clearing out a bunch of small to-do items on my list.
4. Sitting out on the balcony with Nico for a bit to watch the beginning of the thunderstorm.
5. Dan making pasta and meatballs with sauce for dinner.
6. Nico falling asleep nursing to not have too much of a sleep deficit for the day.

A year ago today.

7/2/18

1. Finishing up presentation prep in time to not need to rush for lunch.
2. Not getting a lot of stains while peeling all the shrimp.
3. Getting good feedback on the presentation.
4. Not taking too long to wrap up the end of the day.
5. Nico having no issues with actual shrimp.
6. Re-reading Trickster's Queen.

A year ago today.

7/1/18

1. Nico taking a long one-nap.
2. My mom bringing over food.
3. Going through my different packages.
4. My mom helping with communicating with another Chinese nanny candidate.
5. Remembering the laundry I started.
6. Nico doing fine with shrimp sauce.

A year ago today.

6/30/18

1. Dan eventually succeeding at getting Nico down for a first nap in his crib.
2. Checking out Lansdale and North Wales.
3. Flying through the house tours.
4. Doing ok at keeping Nico cool and happy despite the heat.
5. Getting Korean fried chicken for lunch at Assi Plaza.
6. Nico taking a good nap in the car on the way back.

A year ago today.

6/29/18

1. Measuring pumped milk from trip last weekend and finding it to be exactly as much as Nico had while I was gone.
2. Getting more information about the intern's project.
3. Succeeding at sending up metrics to create a new dashboard.
4. Ribs turning out much better than last time.
5. Nico happily playing independently for a good amount of time with his new measuring spoons.
6. Dan going out to pick up more corn tortillas.

A year ago today.

6/28/18

1. Getting back to sleep despite big thunderstorm. 
2. Organizing the different statuses to triage. 
3. Interviewing a Chinese nanny. 
4. Ranting to Dan. 
5. More avocado to go with tortilla soup. 
6. Bleaching out the side slots of the weaning chair.

A year ago today.

6/27/18

1. Only one wakeup overnight, and that at 3am.
2. Free premium meditations available on the Simple Habits app for the day. 
3. Last day of the Search Inside Yourself course. 
4. Fixing queries. 
5. Unpacking.
6. Getting to the library and picking up a bunch of Maisie Dobbs books. 

A year ago today.

6/26/18

1. Red roast duck curry for lunch again.
2. Getting back to pairing on code.
3. Diaper box light enough for me to carry back even with pushing the stroller. 
4. Hanging out with Nico by the lounge chairs around the pool.
5. KS/ES visiting.
6. Handling a Nico head bump calmly.

A year ago today.

6/25/18

1. Getting the laundry folded before the nanny arrived.
2. Remembering to pull out a bag of frozen spinach to defrost.
3. Red roast duck curry for lunch.
4. Feeding Nico fish successfully.
5. Getting around to washing and sterilizing the pump parts.
6. Starting watching Patriot.

A year ago today.

6/24/18

1. Surviving the red-eye.
2. Being able to pump in the car ride home.
3. My mom bringing over food.
4. Taking a nap between first lunch and second lunch.
5. Getting a couple loads of laundry done.
6. Reading Witchmark online.

A year ago today.

6/23/18

1. Waking up naturally right before my alarm went off.
2. Finishing pumping and packing up in time before the Lyft arrived.
3. S finishing up my hair pretty quickly, even with bleaching roots.
4. LU being so happy on her wedding day.
5. Getting to lie down on a couch in the dark to rest a bit after the reception.
6. People at karaoke being really into it.

A year ago today.

6/22/18

1. Getting to PHL in plenty of time even though I left later than planned. 
2. Getting a chair massage at the airport
3. Empty premium seat row to use for pumping. 
4. Phone's charge holding out throughout the flight. 
5. Flight landing a bit early.
6. Bambuza still open at PDX to be able to get something decent for dinner.

A year ago today.

6/21/18

1. Easier time with meditation practice after the last few days.
2. Realizing that the error was actually coming from a different cert than the one I thought was holding up the operation.
3. CB taking care of picking up my package for me.
4. Quieter afternoon at work than I had anticipated.
5. Finally getting back to the nanny applications.
6. Taking care of getting charity donations out, transferred, and matched.

A year ago today.

6/20/18

1. Only one wakeup overnight again even though it was around 12:30am.
2. Doing pretty well paying attention to the class.
3. Not fully falling asleep during the body scan.
4. KS covering the afternoon so that we can have coverage until 5 for the rest of the week.
5. Catching up with BBL.
6. Helping KS go through her finances.

A year ago today.

6/19/18

1. Only one wakeup overnight.
2. Being on time for the class with taking an early lunch.
3. Interesting meditation practice suggestions at the Search Inside Yourself course.
4. Figuring out where the bug in the script was.
5. Figuring out the childcare schedule for the next couple of months.
6. Lentil stew coming up to pressure in the Instant Pot without any issues.

A year ago today.

6/18/18

1. Selling my ESPP stock.
2. More pairing with MH.
3. Being able to reschedule my 1:1 with my boss when I realized it would conflict with the course starting the next day.
4. Writing up feedback for a peer review.
5. Getting help from CH's family for scoping out places to stay in upstate NY.
6. Dan suggesting looking into a Residence Inn for more space.

A year ago today.

6/17/18

1. Nico waking up on his own right before 7.
2. Nico taking a really good first nap. 
3. My mom making us all fried rice for lunch.
4. My mom having a nice time playing with Nico.
5. Nico taking a long second nap thanks to falling asleep nursing.
6. Remembering to update CB's paycheck transfer before tomorrow.

A year ago today.

6/16/18

1. Package arriving in time to wash and dry.
2. Finally bringing the chef's knife to get sharpened at the farmers market.
3. Bringing everything that Dan thought we'd forgotten.
4. Getting all the dads in their matching shirts with Nico's pizza slice onesie.
5. Getting Nico some active time pulling up to a patio chair to make up for the time in the car.
6. Dan being appeased by the brownies we were sent home with, when I didn't save any of the cider doughnuts.

A year ago today.

6/15/18

1. Name being on an email about a required training for having finished and not for being called out.
2. Space between meetings for lunch.
3. Leftover curry with noodles and lamb meatballs for lunch.
4. Several more ebook library holds coming in right after I finished a couple books.
5. Hanging out with folks in watercooler.
6. Catching up with DH.

A year ago today.

6/14/18

1. Productive pairing with MH.
2. Joining the sleep site members chat.
3. Not too many others in the chat so I could get more detailed answers.
4. Driving some of the pairing for a bit.
5. Better understanding the remediation script.
6. Coming up with some suggestions to improve the script's resiliency.

A year ago today.

6/13/18

1. Getting an application from an experience Chinese nanny who also speaks good English!
2. Pairing with MH.
3. Finding MH to be easy to work with.
4. Being able to dial in to the podcast recording with LS.
5. Remembering my questions and writing them down to not forget.
6. Knowing the podcast editing will help with speaking flubs from tiredness.

A year ago today.

6/12/18

1. Filing my expense report for the trip last week.
2. Noticing that one of the course events was set for the wrong time zone.
3. Getting a reply back pretty quickly to fix that and correctly block the time on my calendar.
4. Being able to see the DMARC pass message in Gmail.
5. Good overview of context for the log drains project kickoff.
6. Meeting ending on time.

A year ago today.

6/11/18

1. My sister being able to come over in the morning to help with childcare coverage.
2. Unpacking fully.
3. My sister cutting up a bunch of the watermelon for me.
4. Nico getting into better spirits for the evening after taking him outside to sit on the grass for a bit.
5. Timing the frittata making well.
6. Cooking up all four bunches of farmers market chard.

A year ago today.

6/10/18

1. Making it to the train station without needing to rush.
2. Getting dim sum with my family.
3. Getting Nico an extra nap to help with recovering from his fever.
4. Many aunts and my mom and grandma hanging out with Nico.
5. Taking a shower and washing the travel out of my hair.
6. Inventorying and organizing all the pumped milk.

A year ago today.

6/9/18

1. Getting to the farmers market and Target.
2. Nico's second nap making up for a short first nap. 
3. Taking a nap myself.
4. Making chicken salad sandwiches for dinner.
5. Having watermelon.
6. Dan's fever improving throughout the day.

A year ago today.

6/8/18

1. Running into MW at the hotel lobby to be able to split a ride to the airport.
2. Bun Mee breakfast and lunch sandwiches.
3. A very polite seatmate on the flight.
4. At least being able to get the Vevo music video channels on my phone without the United app.
5. Not too much traffic on the way home.
6. Beef noodle soup for dinner.

A year ago today.