11/7/19

1. Getting back to sleep in the morning.
2. Happening to see a post in the Facebook group for the Tokyo Olympics about new tickets being available.
3. Scoring diving tickets finally!
4. Settling the question of Mattie's godfather.
5. Eventually getting a longer stretch of sleep out of Mattie in the evening.
6. Getting some nursing in finally with at least some dream feeding at the end of the day.

A year ago today.

2/22/18

1. SE giving us all a ride in his van, like a school field trip.
2. Getting lunch at XLB with SE, ZK, and TP.
3. Getting home in time for Nico's lunch.
4. Finally getting enough answers to file my expense report and fix some accidental charges.
5. Finishing off the basil pork and rice from earlier in the week.
6. Catching all the medaling women's figure skating programs.

A year ago today.

2/16/18

1. Finishing packing before Nico's first nap of the day.
2. Getting to nurse Nico before needing to leave for the airport and not needing to pump
3. Making it to the nursing room at ONT right before someone else came to use it
4. Reading Where'd You Go, Bernadette.
5. Nico smiling and laughing at the sound of my voice while videochatting.
6. Getting Olympics app to work to watch men's figure skating coverage.

A year ago today.

2/15/18

1. Getting confirmation that my investigation was complete.
2. Getting a decent spot when checking in for my Southwest flight.
3. The nanny getting Nico down for the third nap before the end of her day.
4. Going out for a walk after work with Nico in the carrier.
5. Supplementing the remainder of my butter chicken with meatballs.
6. Watching some Olympics before going to bed.

A year ago today.

2/13/18

1. Getting just one nighttime feeding after all, even though it was earlier than usual.
2. Dan picking up fresh bread for our chicken salad sandwiches at lunch.
3. Remembering that I'd wanted to do a bunch of config var cleanup.
4. Getting to my eyebrow appointment right on time.
5. Hanging out with a giggling Nico.
6. Catching some of the pairs figure skating short program.

A year ago today.

2/12/18

1. Sunny day out.
2. Pulling out leggings for the day's outfit.
3. Deciding on an apartment.
4. Watching some Olympics coverage during lunch.
5. Going out on a walk over to New Seasons.
6. Making rice and chicken salad for tomorrow.

A year ago today.

2/11/18

1. Getting myself in a productive mood in the morning and cleaning up the back room upstairs.
2. Watching more Olympics coverage.
3. Getting downtown to get my bridesmaid outfit tailored.
4. Finishing up cooking for the weekend with sous vide chicken breast.
5. Dan selling all the marble end tables.
6. Another calm bedtime, this time despite a very short third nap.

A year ago today.

2/10/18

1. Making breakfast tacos with my frittata and kimchi.
2. Going to Cardio Funk with ZK.
3. Getting dumplings and siu mai from Boke Bowl.
4. Not too long a wait to take the #6 bus home.
5. Pretty quick to make butter chicken in the Instant Pot.
6. Watching the Olympics coverage.

A year ago today.

8/13/16

1. Fitting everything in my luggage without too much difficulty.
2. Getting one last fresh coconut.
3. Finding the artist along Ipanema beach with the painting of Cristo that I'd seen briefly the other day.
4. Great barbecue meats lunch.
5. Going to the men's trampoline event.
6. Picking up the rest of the items on my souvenirs/gifts list at the airport.

A year ago today.

8/12/16

1. Breaking out my screaming eagle t-shirt for the evening of USA cheering.
2. Walking around the botanic gardens with lots of interesting plants and trees.
3. Getting lunch at the garden cafe, with delicious cheeses.
4. Belting out "I'm Proud to be an American" at the tops of our lungs while walking through the Olympic park.
5. Dancing like maniacs at the "club" inside the park.
6. Getting on TV again at midnight beach volleyball!

A year ago today.

8/11/16

1. Successfully making our way over to the Equestrian Center, taking the commuter rail.
2. Finding the McDonald's in the Central train station and treating myself to chicken nuggets for lunch.
3. Skipping handball and taking a nap at the house instead.
4. Eventually succeeding at finding the right venue for badminton.
5. A Brazilian family taking pity on me and helping me communicate to the vendor that she hadn't actually sold me water yet.
6. Two of the badminton matches featuring players from the U.S.

A year ago today.

8/8/16

1. Having my new print scarf to protect against the sun.
2. Astoundingly different environment at the tennis matches, with a fight breaking out in the stands and lots of disruptions from the crowds.
3. Collecting more of the beer cups from those left behind by others in the stands.
4. Amazing atmosphere and crowd at late night beach volleyball, with music and dancing!
5. People getting screenshots/videos of us being on TV!
6. Didn't take too long to just walk back to the apartment along the beach.

A year ago today.

8/7/16

1. Finding and shopping at USA House.
2. Succeeding at getting in to using a restaurant's bathrooms.
3. Meeting VD and selling our extra gymnastics ticket to him.
4. Watching the U.S. women's gymnastics team in the qualifying round!
5. Meeting David Plummer's family while waiting in line for the megastore inside the Olympic park.
6. Getting to the grocery store with EN before it closed and buying vegetables.

A year ago today.

8/6/16

1. Seeing a Brazilian judoka compete, with the home crowd cheering her own.
2. Successfully getting ourselves to the different venues.
3. Getting a ham sandwich, water, and other snacks before going into the archery venue.
4. Watching a medal round, men's team archery!
5. Archery station at the venue, to try it out.
6. Seafood feast dinner.

A year ago today.

6/6/15

1. Harvesting Swiss chard to have with noodles.
2. Finishing up the round pillow cover right before the bobbin ran out of thread.
3. Watching the Belmont Stakes as American Pharaoh won the Triple Crown!!!
4. Getting a bunch of other delayed sewing done, like shortening the sleeves on a fleece jacket from work and replacing the front fabric on my circular knitting needle holder.
5. Making a broccoli rabe and potato pizza with broccoli rabe from the garden.
6. Setting up the photo printer I bought a year ago for scrapbooking purposes.

A year ago today.

5/3/15

1. Going back to sleep for an extra hour after first waking up around 9.
2. Getting good dim sum with EN in Chinatown.
3. Blackberry lemonade ice pop really hitting the spot.
4. Going shopping in Harvard Square with EN and DC.
5. CC taking on doing the research and planning for us entering the Olympics tickets lottery.
6. Enjoying the energy of the crowd at the Red Sox-Yankees game at Fenway.

A year ago today.

9/14/14

1. Lazy morning in the hotel.
2. K's friend's mother treating us to lunch.
3. Absolutely beautiful day and great view from our seats for the Mariners game.
4. Napping a bit on the drive back and not hitting traffic.
5. Dinner at home of spaghetti and meatballs.
6. Unpacking quickly for once.

A year ago today.

8/3/14

1. Getting a full 8 hours of sleep for the first time in a couple nights.
2. Dan patiently driving me to two different farmers markets and two different Fred Meyers.
3. Picking up a few basil, Swiss chard, and carrot plants to give planting them by the house a go.
4. Making a panzanella salad for a late lunch.
5. Really fun and exciting Portland Thorns soccer game!
6. Getting our car from the parking garage quickly and home by 9:20.

A year ago today.

2/23/14

1. Waking up naturally before 9 (though then snoozing a bit).
2. Google Hangout with CC/EN/DC/MS.
3. Pulling together a slow cooker recipe for baby back ribs instead of beef short ribs.
4. Taking out a bunch of glass recycling and the large Amazon box.
5. Getting a couple young adult books from AL again.
6. Beautiful closing ceremony for the Olympics.

A year ago today.

2/20/14

1. Bringing in yogurt for breakfast.
2. Not really feeling the bruising from falling down in curling very much.
3. Reminding KM to write up her talk proposal for RailsConf.
4. Trying a new focus for working on stuff in D3.
5. Finding a spot in the middle for zumba.
6. Watching ladies figure skating--possibly best ladies final night I can remember!

A year ago today.