11/30/14

1. Getting brunch at the Turning Point with my mom
2. Dad measurably improving throughout the day at the breathing exercises he was supposed to be doing.
3. Getting home and packed just before Dan came to pick me up.
4. Dinner at CB/PB’s, despite the compressed time.
5. Global Entry interview being really quick.
6. Seeing SR/CP/AL again at a diner.

A year ago today.

11/29/14

1. Bringing dumplings to go on the way to the hospital for breakfast.
2. Being around to keep my dad company while he was in the ER.
3. Jackie going home for supplies and coming back with food and games.
4. Playing Dominion with my sister while waiting for my dad to go into surgery.
5. Being able to just walk over to the Dublin House from the hospital.
6. Having interesting conversations with several people one-on-one at the reunion.

A year ago today.

11/28/14

1. Succeeding on at least the one route while bouldering with my sister.
2. Keeping my temper while arguing with my mom.
3. Workout at gym with really good cardio session.
4. PG hosting us in his parents’ basement for the usual crowd.
5. Playing games and Sporcle.
6. Not having a curfew for when to get back to my parents'.

A year ago today.

11/27/14

1. Dim sum with the family in the morning.
2. Wearing a holiday-themed outfit with a pumpkin-colored dress.
3. Having time to go back to Holmdel to change before going out to the outlets for “Grey Thursday.”
4. Dan coming with us to help with waiting in line and holding bags.
5. Advising my sister on her clothing purchases.
6. Going to bed early at 11:30.

A year ago today.

11/26/14

1. Dumplings for lunch!
2. All the canned goods I brought back surviving the trip and TSA inspection in my checked bag.
3. Learning how to stoke the fire in the fireplace at my parents’.
4. Booking the last few bigs things needed for the South Africa trip, flight and shuttles to get out to the safari lodge.
5. Getting waved in to workout at LA Fitness.
6. Hair color not bleeding out this time even though it was the first time I washed it since getting it done on Saturday.

A year ago today.

11/25/14

1. Getting the rescheduling fee waived on the housecleaning and still being able to use the promo code for next week.
2. Running into Dan on the red line to the airport.
3. Only being slightly over the weight limit for my checked bag and being able to pull out enough to not have to pay a fee.
4. Passing the time on the flights with the music channels on Southwest’s wifi offerings.
5. Successfully getting to east coast and hotel and beating the weather.
6. Pretty nice room (with king-size bed!) at the Holiday Inn I booked for $35.

A year ago today.

11/24/14

1. Dan driving me over to Planet Granite in the morning to get a workout in.
2. Feeling energetic and awake after morning workout.
3. Getting a delicious pile of fried tacos at Los Gorditos over team lunch.
4. Succeeding in fixing the rest of the tests.
5. Dan bringing dinner for me over to trivia.
6. Finding a Tuesday flight on southwest for not that much more than our original flight to switch to.

A year ago today.