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.