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.