12/6/13

1. Getting a Korean burrito for lunch.
2. Having the rest of the sausage and peppers for dinner, whose flavors had mellowed out a bit.
3. Dan taking care of the dishes while I packed for the trip.
4. Finding Jean-Luc (the cat) in the back looking still healthy.
5. Fitting in a trip to Ikea to acquire an armoire to use as a coat closet.
6. The neighbor coming home and letting us know Jean-Luc's been staying in her basement at night over the last few weeks, so we gave him and the new litter box over to her.

A year ago today.

12/5/13

1. Going on a morning coffee walk with the group.
2. Managing to defrost the rest of my soup under hot running water.
3. Getting a lot more clarity on what we were supposed to be doing after SE/KL and I talked to BK.
4. Hearing good news from a friend.
5. Learning to play Dominion at board game night and catching on to the strategies fairly quickly.
6. Making it to the bus stop with a minute to spare. Next one would have been another 30 minutes, in the freezing cold.

A year ago today.

12/4/13

1. Sunny day to get back into biking.
2. Successfully putting together my standing desk with scavenged screws.
3. Double monitor setup at SE's desk for easier pairing.
4. Coming up with a few insights for debugging our navigation woes.
5. A fairly engaging security training.
6. Dan making sausage and peppers for dinner.

A year ago today.

12/3/13

1. Mom making dumplings for me for breakfast and to bring with me on the plane for lunch.
2. Managing to sleep for about 3 hours on the plane.
3. Reading Eleanor & Park.
4. Getting to the office earlier than I had expected, not too long after noon.
5. Going to bed early.
6. Dan being there when I had a bad (and weird) dream.

A year ago today.

12/2/13

1. Making the earlier train so I had time before the office visit to run errands.
2. Fitting in eyebrow threading and picking up truffle salt from Chelsea Market.
3. Lunch with AT/EM/MM.
4. Seeing the DSM eng team and hanging out with JE and AS.
5. Nutella hot chocolate as recommended by the barista.
6. Watching The Heat with my mom and sister and finding it quite funny.

A year ago today.

12/1/13

1. Mom coming with me to return stuff at the outlets.
2. Getting another bubble tea in the morning.
3. Dim sum with my sister and some cousins.
4. Going to see my grandma and holding the one fluffy small chicken she kept.
5. Seeing CB and my mother-in-law.
6. Making another apple tart for my sister to bring over to her friends'.

A year ago today.

11/30/13

1. Going to King Spa with my family in the morning.
2. Finding some English newspapers to read when I got out of the saunas earlier than the others.
3. Playing cards while eating lunch.
4. Going to see Catching Fire with my sister.
5. Dan going out to buy some gift cards for the Amex Small Business Saturday credit.
6. Talking the Filling Station into selling me a gift card over the phone to get the Amex credit.

A year ago today.