8/7/15

1. Getting to the SE apartment just as our buyer from Craigslist got there.
2. Didn't need to take the large wardrobe apart to get it out of the apartment.
3. Organizing all the remaining stuff for easier moving.
4. Dan coming by to give me a ride home before his evening activities.
5. Throwing together a dinner from noodles and frozen meatballs/vegetables.
6. Re-reading The Goblin Emperor.

A year ago today.

8/6/15

1. Returning some purchases to Nordstrom and picking up The Goblin Emperor at Powell's.
2. The customer info guy at Powell's insisting on looking up the aisles number for a book for me and then finding out the copy of the book listed on the website had been sold, saving me from frustratedly looking for it.
3. Dan giving me a ride to SE.
4. Picking up a library book, getting copies of the new key made, and finishing my Hep A/B shots finally.
5. Leftover broccoli rabe pasta made by Dan for dinner.
6. Putting the bed frame together at the new place.

A year ago today.

8/5/15

1. Making good use of the free wifi at the airport before boarding my flight.
2. Watching Far From The Madding Crowd on the plane.
3. Going to my parents' and having dumplings for lunch on my layover.
4. My dad going out to get watermelon for me.
5. My mom packing me dinner to bring to the airport, ribs with rice and bok choy.
6. No trouble falling asleep after getting home in Portland.

A year ago today.

8/4/15

1. Buying tour tickets and getting to the hotel right on schedule.
2. Being able to check in early and take a quick shower.
3. Sailing past the line to get into the Pergamonmuseum with my timed ticket.
4. Making it to the meeting point for the tour on time.
5. Really interesting stories on the Underground Berlin tour of the Berlin Wall escape tunnels.
6. Taking a break on the lawn of the Reichstag.

A year ago today.

8/3/15

1. Taking care of gift buying at the coffee roastery.
2. Successfully meeting up with the walking tour group hallway through their tour.
3. Good currywurst and ice cream for an afternoon snack
4. Visiting the Google Hamburg office.
5. Dinner with AS and M.
6. Taking a car to get back to their apartment after walking so much over the day.

A year ago today.

8/2/15

1. Waking up with plenty of time in the morning to do a last run-through of my talk, have breakfast, put makeup on, and pack.
2. Really pleased personally with how my talk went, and lots of positive responses too!
3. Running into a eurucamp attendee on the train in to Berlin.
4. Getting a doner pide for dinner at the train station.
5. Finding out that texting German phone numbers works on my phone still.
6. AS and M coming to pick me up from a different station after I overshot the intended one.

A year ago today.

8/1/15

1. Sleeping in a bit in the morning.
2. Getting to the conference in time before the second morning block of talks started up again.
3. Very cool short talk by the stenographer at the conference about what she's doing for live transcription of the talks at the conference.
4. Joining a cross-stitch activity group in the afternoon.
5. Conference organizers putting out leftover box lunches, so I snagged one to have for dinner.
6. Really cool talk to end the day with live coding to play musics.

A year ago today.