4/26/10

1. Deciding to eat my cereal and strawberries breakfast in the microkitchen rather than at my desk. Nice to focus on food (well, food + phone) and not worry about dripping milk and cereal on my keyboard.
2. Watermelon for dessert at lunch. Mmm watermelon.
3. Working steadily throughout the afternoon on tickets, no meetings or much other distractions.
4. Finding a quick answer to a YT ticket by digging up a spreadsheet in an old email.
5. The fresh guacamole at Mary Ann's (dinner with FJ and co.). I think it may have been the best guac I've ever had, just exceptionally rich and creamy tasting.
6. Getting to The Container Store just in time to buy cedar blocks, on sale.

4/25/10

1. Dan + two Advil helping me deal with a massive random headache that woke me up in the middle of the night. Felt like my head was in a vice.
2. Cleaning up clutter in the apartment from having been lazy the last few days.
3. Dan going out to buy groceries for dinner so that I could stay inside all day.
4. Getting a good amount of mending/fixing up done. My basket of stuff to take care of is quite full right now, though, after adding more dresses to be shortened.
5. Clearing out quite a bit of my Hulu queue as I worked on the above.
6. Dancing around in the kitchen with Dan as I made matzo ball soup for dinner with a new recipe (definitely lighter and fluffier, I'm a fan).

4/24/10

1. Slow-paced morning, heading into Manhattan to pick up library books with Dan.
2. Dan having a whole pack of generic Claritin in his jacket pocket for me to take one. Love you sunshine and green things growing, why don't you love me back?
3. Having a great time just walking around the Manhattan Vintage show, looking at examples of exquisite craftsmanship and some items so old they look they they'd fall apart if you just touched them.
4. Coming across a ton of stuff at the vendor I hit yesterday that I'd somehow missed in my first perusal of her corner. Another batch of dresses, an interesting belt, and one of the things I actually was looking for, a lace camisole.
5. Dinner with AJ and MG at Omai, a Vietnamese restaurant. Excellent fresh spring rolls with prawns and an interesting rice crepe appetizer, plus satisfying pho.
6. Dessert of strawberry rhubarb pie at Grey Dog and continuing work gossip/girly chat with AJ and MG.

4/23/10

1. Styling one of my more formal looking vintage dresses (mostly just because it's all black) with a wide bright blue belt, big blue earrings, and red shoes.
2. Red shoes broken in enough not to need Band-Aids anywhere.
3. Getting my J.Crew silk skirt (that I'd accidentally machine-washed and dried) back from the dry-cleaners looking pretty good, wrinkles in the main body of the skirt smoothed out now.
4. AJ passing on the amazing deal 23andMe ran today in honor of DNA day--80% off their complete package so that it was only $99! Bought one of Dan and me so that we can have fun looking up the data.
5. Finding at least one vendor at the Manhattan Vintage show that had reasonable prices. Bought a 70s polka dot black dress with short puff sleeves.
6. Dan going to Shop-Rite and getting OJ so there's no worry of running out and having to turn to the awful sugar-lite stuff he got awhile back (it tastes like Crystal Light).

4/22/10

1. Excellent instructor, EN, for the half-day 'Presenting with Confidence' course.
2. The small class size turning out not to be awkward and actually quite supportive and affirmative.
3. Catching Dan's email just in time to claim the free Mets tickets from his uncle.
4. Not getting stuck indefinitely on the 7. It was close there for awhile.
5. SHAKE SHACK FOR DINNER.
6. The run-down between 3rd and home, i.e. watch grown men play tag.

4/21/10

1. Getting myself to the gym for the first time in a month. I've canceled my membership after this month, it's been confirmed that I am not a gym person, but I want to make an effort to get some use out of the $82 for April.
2. Getting to the office just in time to scoop up some breakfast. Breakfast ends at 9:30 and they are pretty on the ball about pulling things right on time.
3. My heels no longer rubbing painfully against my new sandals. Hurrah shoes actually breaking in!
4. Well-run team meeting, the last few had felt a bit like we were spending too much time on certain things but today's was far better, in my opinion.
5. Going on a nice long walk with Dan to check out the area of our new apartment again.
6. Same roast duck with pasta dinner again. I think roast duck is one of my favorite meats, definitely.

4/20/10

1. Making it to the classroom right on time at 9am, even with grabbing my laptop and breakfast first.
2. The class of 'Managing Your Energy' actually re-presenting known tips about improving your productivity in a more helpful and useful way.
3. Sushi for lunch!
4. Feeling a kindred spirit in another woman (L?) who was at my table for the training for the afternoon, who had recently moved to this office from the London office.
5. Briefly browsing the wonderland that is an Anthropologie store (a new one just opened in Chelsea marketplace).
6. ES helping out with a ticket that got updated as urgent today.