Thursday, October 31, 2013

10/30/13

  1. Having some time in the morning to do optional stuff like attend a practice talk and read through client visit write-ups.
  2. Calling the Chase business card reconsideration line and getting approved for the Southwest card.
  3. Making it in to the meeting room in the nick of time.
  4. Going out for happy hour and getting to know KM better.
  5. Ranting to Dan over videochat.
  6. Picking up a bag of candy from the supermarket in case trick-or-treaters do come around tomorrow.
A year ago today.

10/29/13

  1. Walking out to the food carts with the team to enjoy some fresh air and sunshine, even if I didn't need to buy lunch.
  2. Getting a hot chocolate at just the right temperature on the afternoon coffee walk.
  3. Helping MAS fix up the week 1 plan for KL starting next week.
  4. Maker night at the office and seeing other people's knitting projects.
  5. Getting into bed early to get warm.
  6. Getting sleepy by going through cookbooks to mark up recipes I want to try.
A year ago today.

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

10/28/13

  1. Sunny bike ride in to the office.
  2. Closing out both of my own pull requests.
  3. JD helping me adjust the brakes on my bike so they wouldn't squeak so much.
  4. Door guard at Fred Meyer's keeping an eye on my bike when I got there and realized I left my bike lock at the office.
  5. Discovering the music video for Sara Bareilles' Brave--joyful and delightful.
  6. Thinking to store the enormous quantity of soup I made in empty quart canning jars.
A year ago today.

Monday, October 28, 2013

10/27/13

  1. Using BBL's trick of adding a bit of water to my scrambled eggs to make them fluffier without milk.
  2. Sun coming out for a bit in the afternoon as I ran my errands.
  3. Local library being open on Sundays.
  4. Learning the layout of the local supermarket a bit better so less back-tracking than usual while shopping for groceries.
  5. Making up two batches of pear vanilla jam.
  6. Putting on a warm bathrobe fresh from the dryer.
A year ago today.

10/26/13

  1. Sleeping in...a lot.
  2. Having remaining beet-avocado salad for lunch.
  3. Making avocado toast with remaining bread.
  4. Sun coming out for the afternoon.
  5. Lounging on the couch watching Hawaii 5-0.
  6. Baking up a couple frozen biscuits to have with peach jam for late night snack.
A year ago today.

10/25/13

  1. Getting more of JK's help to write up tests.
  2. Another day of free lunch.
  3. Pies being added to the dessert spread for lunch.
  4. Video-chatting with AJ at lunch.
  5. Catching the awards handed out at the end of the conference, several of which went to Hackbright people!
  6. Spending some time playing around with one of the balloon dirigibles.
A year ago today.

10/24/13

  1. Learning a ton from JK about setting up tests.
  2. Free lunch of fajita fixings, yum.
  3. Staying at the office for the "Olympics" events.
  4. My team winning at the nerf gun challenge.
  5. Not eating all of the remaining squash galette after I was full.
  6. Breaking down and buying Hawaii 5-0 from the iTunes store.
A year ago today.