10/5/20

1. Noticing that I was the facilitator for planning meeting today ahead of time for once.
2. Making coconut dal with rice in the instant pot for lunch.
3. Realizing I could "save" a few of my recent toy purchases as officially Mattie's birthday gifts.
4. Good discussion at book club but not lingering too late.
5. Opening up the LeLe reading pen set finally.
6. Seeing a post to snag a Grapat wizards set, with free shipping after adding some reasonably-priced art supplies.

A year ago today.

10/1/20

1. Thinking of a way to make more a little more room to be able to fit the wide shelves that match, for dining room storage.
2. Noticing the notification on the Large Stepped Pyramid just after it came in and snagging it with free shipping!
3. Ikea order confirming successfully after a little bit.
4. Team VTO going well.
5. Getting invited to a Zoom call with founders of a new Chinese reading pen I recently learned about.
6. Getting cooking prep done while participating in the call.

A year ago today.

9/10/20

1. Mattie getting back to a later middle-of-the-night wakeup.
2. JY having pulled together all the SQL queries already for review.
3. Successfully recording podcast episode after some initial technical difficulties.
4. Doing a UX research call with Monarch beta.
5. Nico helping with putting away laundry.
6. Still doing MommaStrong video after cooking.

A year ago today.

9/8/20

1. Feeling well-rested enough to get up in the morning despite going back to an overnight wakeup.
2. Nico asking for reading Chinese books in the morning.
3. Working steadily to figure out which uploads failed.
4. Handing off the remaining task to JY.
5. Getting a more accurate measurement before buying a MommaStrong band.
6. Making dumplings for dinner because I felt like it.

A year ago today.

9/4/20

1. Noticing just in time that Mattie was lying on the blankets I was trying to straighten on the bed (so I didn't accidentally roll her off).
2. Successfully renaming the previous downloads.
3. Only about a third of downloads having been duplicates when I realized the error.
4. Getting a recommendation for an exercise program subscription that seems like a great fit.
5. Spending the hour between work and dinner outside with everyone.
6. Heating up meatballs for dinner.

A year ago today.

9/3/20

1. Waking up feeling more refreshed than usual.
2. Setting up a system to manageably catch up on Instagram.
3. Nico handling waiting to get his favorite truck back like a champ.
4. Confirming an accurate picture of work request.
5. Nico helping me with cooking pork slices and with putting dishes into dishwasher.
6. Treadmilling while watching The Dragon Prince.

A year ago today.

9/2/20

1. Simpler than I thought to get a script together.
2. My mom coming over for dinner.
3. Sharing a baobing dessert with my mom.
4. Dan getting all the accumulated compost out.
5. No evening cooking to be done.
6. Quicker than I expected to fix the tax filing for the backdoor Roth conversion.

A year ago today.

11/4/19

1. Successfully getting back into my corporate account.
2. Successfully holding Mattie off with some milk and lulling her back to sleep in the Baby K'Tan.
3. Finding the Bose headphones that I thought I'd lost in the move!
4. Sunny day out for walk downtown and back home
5. Successfully nursing and transferring 1.5oz during the lactation consultant appointment.
6. Getting a late afternoon nap in.

A year ago today.

9/26/19

1. Perfect amount of breakfast with leftovers from yesterday morning.
2. Pulling together some avocado pesto pasta for Nico's lunch.
3. Getting another excellent chair massage.
4. Coming up with a new strategy for the billing sync change.
5. Getting a set of the new Oxo Pop containers washed up.
6. Catching up with CH.

A year ago today.

9/24/19

1. Falling back asleep until past 8 after being awake for awhile earlier.
2. Organizing stuff for Mattie.
3. Making large amount of za/jian\ noodles as a brunch.
4. Pairing from the daybed.
5. Figuring out why the tests were failing.
6. Getting around to assembling the stuffed eggplant parm.

A year ago today.

9/18/19

1. Dan handling the whole morning routine including diaper change.
2. Farmers market nectarines having good flavor and texture.
3. Finally getting to writing up a summary of work accomplishments.
4. Making box mac & cheese with frozen peas/broccoli for lunch.
5. Getting to prenatal yoga right on time.
6. Sorting through Nico's clothes for size/season.

A year ago today.

9/12/19

1. Using some extra time in the morning to even up Nico's haircut.
2. Making myself a breakfast of toast and scrambled eggs with the bell peppers Nico picked out from Whole Foods.
3. Taking a quick nap.
4. Getting help from RB on a support ticket.
5. Nico doing a good job holding onto my hand as we walked through the parking lot and the restaurant.
6. Nico's bedtime not being too delayed despite dinner being a bit late.

A year ago today.

9/6/19

1. Landscaper pulling up just as I got home from school drop-off.
2. Rain holding off for drop-off/pickup.
3. Getting Nico changed/fed/sleep-sacked for Dan to take over the nap before I had to dial in to a meeting.
4. Finishing up further revisions to the pull request.
5. My mom making red duck curry and rabe for us.
6. Pulling together my bag for the day trip tomorrow.

A year ago today.

9/4/19

1. Landscapers starting work on our front yard and really cleaning it up!
2. Dan doing most of breakfast with Nico.
3. Making it to school drop-off on time despite being a bit behind the schedule I had had in mind for the morning.
4. Nico being totally chill about school.
5. Getting helpful direction from BS about remaining tests to write.
6. DM being on the same page about the interview.

A year ago today.

9/3/19

1. Getting a threading appointment for this week before my day trip to Philly.
2. Timing working out for childcare handoffs between BS and KS.
3. Very efficient planning meeting.
4. Getting a call back from the midwives group for rescheduling my appointment right before I was going to call them yet another time.
5. Doing ok with the pig feet my mom had brought over.
6. Getting on top of filing an expense report for the last couple of months.

A year ago today.

8/29/19

1. Getting a prenatal lactation consult in with some good ideas to get started on.
2. BS' branch being in a state where I could pick it up and contribute some test writing.
3. Starting to work on book sorting and annotating the words in the Chinese books that I don't recognize.
4. Dan finishing off the rest of the chicken salad.
5. Remembering to move the laundry to the dryer.
6. Going to bed on the early side.

A year ago today.

8/27/19

1. Nico sleeping in until 7:30.
2. Organizing Nico's toys and the gated off area in his room finally.
3. Making dumplings for breakfast.
4. Realizing I should switch to another refactoring task to avoid rebasing hell.
5. Finding my Costco card to be able to go an outing there by myself.
6. Succeeding in loading my Costco purchases into the back of the van.

A year ago today.

8/22/19

1. Syncing with DM and getting clarity on what's in progress and what work should be next.
2. Successfully refactoring a set of tests!
3. RC having picked up some snacks from Trader Joe's for us.
4. Nico being ok with the delayed start to dinner.
5. Theraflu kicking in well.
6. Successfully fixing the zipper on Nico's sleep sack.

A year ago today.

8/21/19

1. Nico sleeping in until 8, whoa!
2. Nico doing just fine with being dropped off by himself at summer camp.
3. Getting more clarity on the interview process.
4. Finding that someone had already brought in the recycling/trash bins back to the house for me.
5. My mom making roast duck curry for us.
6. Dan coming home!

A year ago today.

8/20/19

1. Nico sleeping in until 7:30.
2. Having zucchini bread and peaches for breakfast.
3. Making more noodles with my mom's sesame/tahini sauce.
4. Canceling some of my meetings.
5. Eating my dinner while watching TV on the couch again.
6. Theraflu seeming to kick in better than the night before.

A year ago today.