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.

6/7/18

1. Architecture Guild lunch not being too far from the hotel so I could join even with needing to pump.
2. Skipping the hike and chatting with others about hobbies and working out instead.
3. Getting another bubble tea from the Boba Guys.
4. Not needing to contort my plans to be able to attend an impromptu announcement meeting.
5. Finally evaluating a monthly budget.
6. Sitting with people I don't directly work with at the team dinner.

A year ago today.

6/6/18

1. Happening to pick a seat at the women's breakfast next to the executive.
2. Hanging out with other people while working on a jigsaw puzzle in the lounge.
3. Videochatting with Dan and Nico during my mid-afternoon pump session.
4. Inviting myself along to get soup dumplings with RS and CA.
5. Getting a bubble tea from Boba Guys.
6. Finding out that LA was staying at the same hotel at the work party was at and stopping by her room to visit.

A year ago today.

6/5/18

1. Good breakfast of chorizo breakfast tacos and berries.
2. Sunny and warm outside during the outdoors lunch.
3. Finding that the highly rated eyebrow threading place was actually right around the corner.
4. Getting a Groupon and stacking an additional promo code so that it was only $6!
5. Opting for the 15 min head massage.
6. Dinner at Zuni Cafe.

A year ago today.

6/4/18

1. Packing in the morning.
2. Getting Mint reconciliation done
3. No issues getting to EWR with the scheduled Lyft.
4. All women in my row on the flight when I needed to pump twice.
5. Watching 2.5 movies: Black Panther, A Wrinkle in Time, and Pitch Perfect 3.
6. Bahn mi from the airport turning out to be really delicious.

A year ago today.

6/3/18

1. Dan taking Nico to mass and letting me get some more sleep.
2. Nico going down for his first nap really early.
3. Dan's mom coming over to babysit Nico while we went out location scouting.
4. Dan and I being in agreement in our assessment of the towns.
5. Dan letting me hang out with Nico rather than needing to cook.
6. Nico happily rolling and crawling around me while I read on my phone.

A year ago today.

6/2/18

1. Nico sleeping in and needing to be woken up at 7.
2. Dan helping me finish the last of the brisket.
3. The main room at the Monmouth Beach house holding up pretty well for Nico to crawl around and pull up a bunch.
4. Dan making tomato-sausage-spinach risotto for dinner.
5. Nico being in a pretty good mood in the evening considering the curtailed car nap.
6. Watching the entirety of Coco!

A year ago today.

6/1/18

1. Nico sleeping in a bit with the room being darker.
2. Productive and accessible pairing on a new project.
3. Giving myself a break from brisket sandwiches and making dumplings for lunch instead.
4. Figuring out how to fix the tests on my own.
5. Nico being in a great mood after his nap.
6. Having enough fried rice left for the two of us for dinner.

A year ago today.