December 2021
Summary: Completed 20 weeks of Invisalign started late July. Omicron variant of COVID-19 pandemic rises just before Christmas.
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Wed Dec 1, 2021
Stretches, crunch, and bridge while listening to Apple News Today and Fifth and Mission podcasts and playing Frogger in Toy Town on Apple Arcade. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. D8 front-end work all day. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself turkey broth soup with brown rice ramen and brown rice pad thai noodles, spinach, green onions, parsley, and shrimp from frozen. Water to drink. Title change for Stu, rolled a new school orgchart. Dinner at home with Patrick: sweet potato and cauliflower enchiladas, water. Dessert: pieces of dark chocolate bars, one cherry-almond, one coconut. Cocktails: mezcal margaritas. We chatted with Mom Ryan on Facetime with the iPad Air. We watched Hawkeye s1:e3 on Disney+. We shared Martha Stewart’s Movie-Theater-Style Popcorn while we watched. How did they do that amazing car chase scene? Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Weight training: side-lying leg lift.
Thu Dec 2, 2021
Weight training (leg lift, side-lying leg lift different from last night) while listening to Apple News Today and NPR Life Kit podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries; water to drink. Missed the bus by seconds due to a poor NextBus prediction, had to wait 20 minutes for the next one. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Hardware surplus work. D8 front-end work all day. Attended the Anti-Racism Town Hall while lunching: sesame pasta salad, one naval orange, water from my water bottle. Brand presentation with our team and Sarah M and Christine O. Organized local copies of brand assets. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover enchiladas, water. Dessert: chocolate same as yesterday. We opened a gift from Sam: a pair of Marvel Thor mini bluetooth speakers. Afterwards we watched Star Trek: Discovery s4:e3 on Paramount+. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Played Frogger in Toy Town, browsed instructions for Family Trivia but did not play, played a few rounds of Crossy Road, played Possessions a few rounds before deleting it—too easy.
Fri Dec 3, 2021
Weight training (prone leg lift, leg press) while listening to Apple News Today, Total SF, and Fifth and Mission podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries; water to drink. Brand work all day: organized assets, evaluated what needs to change following yesterday's brand meeting. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself a noodle soup with ramen and brown rice pad thai noodles, cilantro, lime juice, fish sauce, sliced mushrooms. Water to drink. Built a sass file of the new UCSF colors starting from code that Jayson sent me and adding the colors from the extended palette. UCSF town hall. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from 8 Immortals: hot and sour soup, potstickers, crispy fried chicken, bbq pork shredded and chicken fried silver noodles, mixed vegetables with bean cake in clay pot, honey walnut shrimp, steamed white rice. Water to drink. While waiting for delivery and after dinner we watched favorite scenes from various films. Dessert: bread pudding with bourbon hard sauce, which Patrick made earlier today. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Recharge web work: resolved error "Mismatched entity and/or field definitions" and "The Custom menu link entity type needs to be updated" by installing devel_php then executing the code specified in comment #6 of issue #3155488 of custom block on d.o.
Sat Dec 4, 2021
Walked in place while listening to NPR Life Kit podcasts and while playing Frogger in Toy Town on Apple Arcade on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries, sliced banana; water to drink. Cleaned the bathroom, showered. Errands. Lunch at home: leftovers from last night, water. Trash management. Recharge work all day: layout and styling. Patrick spent the whole day cooking, and I helped mostly by washing dishes. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover Chinese food. Afterwards we watched standup comedy on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes.
Sun Dec 5, 2021
Weight training: leg lift, side-lying inner leg lift. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries. Prep for lunch guests: cleaning, including wiping extra chairs. Patrick cooked all morning. Drinks: New Orleans decaf iced coffee and chicory; bourbon-spiked orange-mint sweet tea. Appetizers: pretzel sticks, spicy pecans. The meal: red beans with tasso and andouille over bay leaf boiled rice; buttermilk-baked spiced chicken drumsticks; heirloom tomato amd vidalia onion salad; French bread; bourbon butter cake. In attendance: Romy, Drew, Phil, quantum13, and Tadija. Afterwards Patrick and I cleaned and restored the dining table to its original position. Later we played games on Apple TV. Patrick beat me at Family Trivia. We played Jenny LeClue for a few minutes before deleting it—too much for kids rather than adults. Dinner: leftover white bean and kale soup, water. We watched standup comedy on YouTube. To bed for both of us (early for me).
Mon Dec 6, 2021
Stretches and walking in place while listening to Apple News Today on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. Read CSS Layout News 331 then read Brand Guide 4.0 from start to end, comparing with version 3.3, then read NNGroup's email newsletter. Lunch at home: leftover roasted cauliflower and sweet potato with basil puree, water. Rode Muni to a dentist appointment and returned. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover rice and beans, sliced baguette and butter, water. Afterwards we watched Rick Steves' European Christmas then standup comedy on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. Updates for home computers, devices, and websites. Washed dishes. Today I began reading Tom Ammiano's Kiss My Gay Ass after learning about it from the Total SF podcast. Weeded my home address book.
Tue Dec 7, 2021
Weight training: leg press, prone leg curl. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, dried pineapple, dried mango; water to drink. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. 1:1 with Eric, first time in person in a long time. Watched two Rachel Andrew videos on YouTube: CSS Layout from the inside out and The fundamentals of CSS layout | Workshop, partly while eating lunch to go from Panda Express: panda bowl with chow mein and orange chicken. Water from my water bottle. My fortune: Say it simply and with passion. Watched 10 modern layouts in 1 line of CSS via Google Chrome Developers on YouTube. Rode Muni home. D8 front-end work. Dinner at home with Patrick: parmesan basil tortellini in a kale and cannellini bean reduction, French bread and butter, water. Dessert: we shared a slice of bourbon butter cake. Patrick washed some dishes. We watched Single All the Way (2021) on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. I performed some maintenance on Patrick's computer and began reripping some music CDs following a data loss a few months ago. I washed the remaining dishes. Tightened a loose saucepan handle with a Torx T20. Listening tests and rip adjustments.
Wed Dec 8, 2021
Stretches and weight training: bridge. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, dried jackfruit; water to drink. Identified and reported a problem with a missing date and byline on news stories. Followup with an IT documentation request. Forwarded a story request from Leslie F to Levi G. Troubleshot sourcemaps not working. Eventually after much digging I resolved it for Google Chrome by correcting a workspace configuration that had recently changed. Began examining how our html email templates might change to include new brand elements. D8 work all day. Patrick visited his mom in the evening and brought her the dinner he had prepared for us all. I dined alone: red lentil soup over bay leaf rice with French bread, water. I washed dishes. More music data restore via fre:ac. Recharge web work: small edits for current site, styling for dev site.
Thu Dec 9, 2021
Stretches while listening to Apple News Today and NPR Life Kit podcasts on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries; water to drink. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Eric drove in to drop off hardware, and we met in Saunders Court. The fence around the green had come down after many years of being up. We chatted only a few minutes and then he was on his way. I set up the equipment: an Anker 11-in-one USB-C dock, a 100-watt Nekteck charger, and assorted cables. We reused an Apple extended keyboard and the Apple Magic Trackpad that Eric had earlier gotten from my office. It's strange typing in this configuration after having used only the laptop keyboard and trackpad for years. My fingers need to relearn positions and distances. Move the Windows workstation to the opposite corner of where it previously was. Late lunch: cheeseburger from Cafe Bellini, water from my water bottle. Denetra arrived to receive a delivery, and we chatted for a while. D8 work: Icomoon and Micon. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: turkey ancho enchiladas with bay leaf rice, water. We watched Hawkeye s1:e4 on Disney+ then Nicole Byer: Big Beautiful Weirdo on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. Worked on work stuff because I couldn't stop the flow. Continued music data restore via fre:ac.
Fri Dec 10, 2021
Stretches, walking in place, and weight training: left lift and side-lying leg lift while listening to Apple News Today and Fifth and Mission podcasts on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries; water to drink. Continued D8 work: Icomoon icons, link styling. Lunch: leftover chicken drumsticks, deli pasta salad. Team time in which Tom J announced he will soon be starting a new position with Stanford. We talked about watershed management, earth sciences, marine biology, Santa Cruz, Moss Landing, how to count fish, Splatoon on Nintendo, Esperanto, and more. Continued playing Frogger in Toy Town on Apple Arcade on Apple TV. Dinner at home with Patrick: buttermilk-brined fried chicken drumsticks with sauteed spinach and mashed sweet potatoes, water. Cocktails: bourbon mules. We watched Star Trek: Discovery s4:e4 on Paramount+. Patrick went to bed, and I joined him shortly afterwards.
Sat Dec 11, 2021
Slept in. Walked in place while playing Frogger in Toy Town and a Pac Man game. Deleted the Pac Man game because the controls were too hard to control when the Pac Man went very fast. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries; water to drink. Recharge web work all day: created and implemented a new color palette using accessiblepalette.com. Lunch: leftover enchiladas. Dinner at home with Patrick: I prepared a two-mushroom and tofu stir-fry with steamed white rice. Patrick washed dishes. Afterwards we chatted on FaceTime with Mom Ryan and dessert (warmed, previously frozen slice of bourbon bundt cake with bourbon hard sauce) then finished watching Nicole Byer: Big Beautiful Weirdo on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. More Recharge new website work: styling. Installed a macOS computer update.
Sun Dec 12, 2021
Installed more macOS computer updates. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. Continued reading from Tom Ammiano's Kiss My Gay Ass borrowed from SFPL. Ironed clothes to wear this afternoon. Cleaned the iron. Weight training: leg lifts, side-lying leg lifts, prone leg curl, all while listening to podcasts: Total SF with Mc "Mack" Allen and The Anjunadeep Edition 377 with William Orbit on Apple TV. Lunch at home with Patrick: TJ's Taiwanese green onion pancakes (surprisingly authentic-tasting), water. Small meal: Uncle Sam cereal with milk. Rode UberX with Patrick to Villon at Proper Hotel where we met Chris and Andy for afternoon tea which included choice of coffee or tea, four kinds of tea sandwiches, and many kinds of sweets, a warm scone with preserves. As part of a SF firefighters program gathering toys for donation, Patrick and I each brought a toy gift to receive a complimentary glass of Prosecco. I had ordered a chai that turned out to be too spicy for me, and Chris swapped his milder tea with me. We chatted and enjoyed indulging. We popped Christmas poppers which included amusing jokes, trivia, and instructions for charades. Afterwards we attempted to visit Charmaine's, but we did not have reservations, and tonight they had limited space due to a private party. We walked in light rain to The Cavalier at Hotel Zetta only to find that the restaurant and bar was closed tonight. We then visited Executive Order at Westfield Center where we had a round of drinks and small bites—savory to counter the earlier overload of sweets: truffle tater tots (super crispy), chicken wings (more like drumsticks than wings). Rode UberX home.
Mon Dec 13, 2021
Stretches while listening to Apple News Today and Fifth and Mission podcasts on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. People content process and pages meeting with Eric and Anne. Light and heavy rain today. Read CSS Layout News 332. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. D8 front-end work the rest of the day. Lunch at home with Patrick: leftover fried chicken, leftover lentil soup, water. New year greeting build. Dinner at home with Patrick: broccoli fritatta with sliced avocado, water, white wine. Afterwards we watched various YouTube videos including a trailer for Fantastic Beasts: Secrets of Dumbledore then listened to part of a Something You Should Know podcast then finished watching The Disney Holiday Singalong on Disney+. We had started watching it a few days ago and I neglected to mention it earlier. Patrick went to bed early. I washed dishes and continued styling work because I didn't want to lose track of where I was. Mended a small tear in my black jacket with needle and thread.
Tue Dec 14, 2021
Weight training: leg press, prone leg curl while listening to Apple News Today and Fifth and Mission podcasts on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries; water to drink. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. D8 front-end work all day. Chatted briefly with Sharon after she had arrived. 1:1 with Eric during which I saw Joe briefly and did not stop to chat with him. During our meeting we reviewed mailing lists and special audience lists. We began preparations to update our mailing list. I helped Levi arrange a news story layout and committed a small styling fix. Snack: two satsumas. Lunch to go from Subway: foot-long veggie on multigrain. Water from my water bottle. More front-end work. Internet died around 3:30 p.m., so I left work early and worked from home. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from My Father's Kitchen: cha gio, pho ga, and pho ga dac biet. Water to drink. We had to reheat the food. Afterwards we listened to about half of Terry Gross's recent Fresh Air interview with Mel Brooks. Patrick went to bed early. I slept on the couch. Organized and correctly renamed recently ripped music files.
Wed Dec 15, 2021
Walked in place while watching various YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries; water to drink. Rearranged work setup to move the bookcase into our bedroom. D8 front-end work. Decided that an eight-year-old Seagate external hard drive is kaput after encountering various errors over the past few weeks. Realized that a seldom-needed data folder was missing, then restored it from CrashPlan backup. Now have to deal with dozens of "item name is not allowed in cloud" errors in OneDrive. Took care of them with Name Mangler, searching for pipe, slash, colon, and more. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from La Med via Uber Eats: one each spinach feta fillo, half bag of pita (we ate only half of this bag), Patrick had a large serving of avgolemono soup for his entree, I had a saffron chicken kebab dinner which included rice and a side salad. We had to reheat a lot of items. I shared the hummus in my dinner with Patrick. Afterwards we watched various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Troubleshot and resolved—again—read-only permissions on a network-connected external hard drive. More renaming of files after Apple Music reorganized things in a terrible way. Unchecked the option to let it do so. Archived documents.
Thu Dec 16, 2021
Walked in place while listening to Fifth and Mission podcast on my work laptop. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. New year greeting build. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself a veggie stir-fry which I combined with a leftover tofu and vegetables stir-fry with steamed white rice. Water to drink. More new year greeting build. Took a break mid-afternoon to run some errands. Dinner at home with Patrick: to go from King of Thai Noodle: chicken noodle soup with egg noodles for Patrick, beef combo noodle soup with egg noodles and thai iced tea for me. Upon arrival we discovered that they didn't get the order I submitted because a device on their end was accidentally in sleep mode, but I thought it was not a big problem to wait a few minutes. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched Hawkeye s1:e5 on Disney+ then various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Recharge work: FB chat widget, scrub: manicure, pedicure.
Fri Dec 17, 2021
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. Prep work all day for dean changeover. Lunch: leftover beef noodle soup to which I added mixed super greens. Afternoon snack with Patrick: I prepared hummus—my first time—from canned garbanzo beans using a recipe found on inspiredtaste.net. It turned out great. It took about 25 minutes and cleanup took about 10 minutes. Why do people rarely put cleanup times in recipes? We ate it with heated leftover pita. UCSF town hall while weight training: prone leg lift, leg press. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick had leftover chicken noodle soup. I prepared for myself a veggie stir-fry with leftover steamed white rice. Water to drink. Afterwards we watched Star Trek: Discovery s4:e5 on Paramount+ then various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed.
Sat Dec 18, 2021
Cleaned the bathroom. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. Laundry. Lunch: I prepared for Patrick lo mein noodle soup with boxed chicken broth and a bit of adult bok choy. I had leftover stir-fry with leftover white rice and water to drink. We watched Star Trek: Prodigy s1 parts 1 and 2: Lost & Found, which was okay despite the unbelievable plot but seems more for pre-teens and teens than for us. Patrick napped. I snacked on warmed pita with homemade hummus, water to drink. Set up a new Time Machine external hard drive backup for my work laptop. Nap. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from What the Cluck? via Uber Eats: chicken and rice soup with traditional (white) rice for Patrick, crispy chicken (kaho man gai tot) with brown rice for me. 2-for-1 chicken broth ordered as extra for later. While waiting for the delivery I baked a loaf of banana bread using a recipe called Janet's Rich Banana Bread on allrecipes. We had to reheat all the food that arrived, but it was tasty. Afterwards I washed dishes. We watched South Park: Post-COVID on Paramount+. The show was not funny and pretty awful—a disappointment. Patrick went to bed.
Sun Dec 19, 2021
First Time Machine backup continues. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries; warmed slice of banana bread (which turned out perfectly); water to drink. Lunch for me: brown rice spaghetti with leftover stir-fried vegetables, water. Afternoon snack with Patrick: warmed tortillas with homemade hummus, water. First Time Machine backup completes; encryption begins. Dinner at home with Patrick: I prepared orzo cooked in leftover chicken broth with bok choy, previously frozen broccoli, minced garlic, and sliced green onions. Water to drink. I washed dishes. Dessert for me only: I had a piece of nougat from the La Cocina box of sweets and treats that Dean Joe had recently sent to the staff at home. Afterwards we watched Behind the Attraction s1:e10 (Hall of Presidents) on Disney+ then Padma Lakshmi Holiday Edition Mojo-ho Christmas. Patrick went to bed. Recharge web work: posted new blog posts.
Mon Dec 20, 2021
Time Machine drive encryption continues. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. Recharge new website work all day: styling, TOC build. Midmorning snack with Patrick: warmed slice of banana bread, water. Laundry. Relocated Patrick's large hat from a wall in the big bedroom to on top of the router in the office using a 3M command strip hook. Finished changing air purifier prefilters. Lunch: leftover stir-fried vegetables with brown rice spaghetti, water. Errands: post office, frozen dumplings store. While I was out Fletch stopped by to drop off a holiday card and some cookies. We gave Tina and him a holiday card and a chunk of banana bread. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick prepped and I prepared linguine with chicken-apple sausage coins and corn from frozen with diced onion and minced garlic. Water to drink. Dessert for me only: two of the cookies that Fletch dropped off—delicious! We watched Daredevil s1:e1 on Netflix instant watch.
Tue Dec 21, 2021
Time Machine drive encryption completed. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. Nap. Lunch: warmed slice of banana bread with milk, finished Fletch and Tina's cookies, small bowl of Uncle Sam cereal with milk, water. Recharge web work: styling in new site build, repost a blog post about avoiding the flu. Made a spice label for Patrick using InDesign and Bebas Neue Bold: Chef Patrick’s Secret Creole Spice Blend. We traded text messages with Tina. Dinner at home with Patrick: we prepared together mahi mahi burgers from frozen on brioche buns with lettuce, red onion, tomato, and tartar sauce; sweet potato fries from frozen with ketchup. Water to drink. Afterwards we watched Star Trek: The Next Generation s2:e9 (Measure of a Man) on Paramount+ then Futurama s4:e1 (Roswell That Ends Well) on Hulu Basic Plan. I washed dishes between shows. Patrick went to bed. I forgot to record recent weight training over the past few days. Weight training: prone leg curl, leg press.
Wed Dec 22, 2021
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. Recharge web work: styling in new site build. Lunch at home: leftover linguine with chicken-apple sausage, water. Afternoon small meal: small bowl of Uncle Sam cereal with milk. Rode Muni to errands in Cole Valley, including dropping of household batteries at the hardware store because Recology failed repeatedly to take them from on top of our black bin at curbside, and at UCSF Parnassus before a dentist appointment. Got my Invisalign attachments removed. My retainer will take about 1.5 weeks to arrive, subject to any holiday or pandemic delays. Until it arrives, I'll need to wear my last tray set but only at night. My Invisalign experience was favorable, though it took much longer than I had expected. My first estimate was 5 tray sets (10 weeks) which later turned into 7 tray sets (14 weeks) and after I completed that three more tray upper trays were required because one tooth had become misaligned. That brought the total to 20 weeks, but there is latency while waiting for available appointments throughout. My start to finish was 162 days or 5 months 9 days, and this does not count the wait time for the retainer—basically twice as long as my first estimate. Bought groceries at 828 Irving Market. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: ground turkey and refried beans tacos with fixins, water. Afterwards we watched various YouTube videos including a new Marvel Doctor Strange teaser before Hawkeye s1:e6 (finale) on Disney+ then part of the New Rockstars explainer for the episode. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Recharge web work: styling in new site build.
Thu Dec 23, 2021
Cut my fingernails short now that my Invisalign attachments are gone. I had to grow my nails longer in order to more easily remove the trays. Medium bowl of oatmeal and Uncle Sam cereal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. Recharge web work all day: styling in new site build. Nap. Resolved a problem in Drupal 9 in which duplicate rows appeared in a view displaying translated (multilingual) content by deleting the block I had created and then using "duplicate as block" on the identical view I had created which did not have the problem. I had tried other solutions I had found on the web but none of them worked except this one. Lunch: leftover ingredients from last night atop blue corn tortilla chips. Dinner at home with Patrick: carmelized shallot and mushroom fritatta, water. For a holiday gift to ourselves we purchased a box of 15 macarons from Sucre in New Orleans. Tonight we each enjoyed one almond macaron. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched Star Trek: Discovery s4:e6 on Paramount+. Patrick went to bed.
Fri Dec 24, 2021
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries; water to drink. Recharge web work all day: styling in new site build. Lunch at home: deli sesame pasta salad, water. Patrick and I wrapped some gifts. Dinner at home with Patrick: a meal delivered from Commander's Palace: sugarcane-lacquered quail, turtle soup, garlic bread, and pecan pie. Water to drink. Everything came out perfectly. A very rich and filling meal. Afterwards we watched Star Trek: The Next Generation s6:e15 (Tapestry) then The Simpsons s31:e10 (Bobby, It’s Cold Outside). Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes.
Sat Dec 25, 2021
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries; water to drink. Recharge web work all day: styling in new site build. Sam, Kerry, and Mom Ryan came over for Christmas luncheon. Patrick and I prepared frozen items from Kingdom of Dumpling on Taraval Street: pork and vegetable buns, Chinese pancakes, and various kinds of dumplings with dipping sauce. Together we ate 56 dumplings—about 12 per person. From frozen the buns took the longest and needed more than 20 minutes of steaming. The dumplings needed at least 13 minutes, probably more. For next time: we needed more than two trays so that everything can be finished in quicker stages. We exchanged Christmas cards, and Kerry and Mom Ryan opened gifts. Dessert: Cane River bourbon balls, Patrick's banana bread, Commander's Palace pecan pie. They departed; Sam driving them home. Patrick and I cleaned then rested. Later for dinner Patrick had Uncle Sam's cereal with blueberries and milk. I had a medium salad with super greens, iceberg lettuce, green onion, red onion, blue cheese crumble, and ranch dressing. We watched Daredevil s1:e2 on Disney+ then various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes then installed computer updates. Late meal: small iceberg lettuce salad with red onion and ranch dressing and vinegar-free Lemonette Italian herb dressing, unsalted cashews, pretzel sticks, TJ’s Step Up to the Snack Bar mix, water to drink.
Sun Dec 26, 2021
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk with sliced banana; warmed slice of banana bread; water to drink. Patrick napped for about 10 minutes after returning home from martial arts practice with Sam. Lunch: Patrick had leftover turtle soup and garlic bread. I prepared for myself low-sodium ramen with chicken flavoring, a soft-boiled egg, two shrimp, frozen corn, super greens, and green onions. Water to drink. For dinner Tina ordered delivered us a delicious meal from Little Star Pizza: a small pizza, roasted cauliflower, salad with green goddess dressing, lemonade, and Izze blackberry. I had misunderstood whether we were getting a meal or not and had already prepared dumplings, so we ate both. Afterwards we watched The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s2:e1 on Amazon Prime Video then standup comedy, mostly Jen Kirkman, on YouTube after noticing that Jen Kirkman was a writer for the show. Patrick went to bed. I reinstalled Myst III: Exile in an attempt to continue troubleshooting a problem with being unable to save the game. Troubleshot a problem in which an HP Z27n display would turn off (or have a black screen) intermittently for no apparent reason, both under Patrick's user account and my user account. It had worked fine for years, and last night I installed macOS updates. Restarting did not resolve it. Adjusting settings on the Z27n did not resolve it. I restored the Z27n to factory settings, started the laptop in Safe Mode, then restarted normally. We'll see if it continues. Late snack: another pizza slice and the remainder of the salad from Little Star Pizza, 6 oz of vanilla soda, water.
Mon Dec 27, 2021
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk with sliced banana, water to drink. Recharge web work all day: styling in new site build. Lunch: blue corn tortilla chips, leftover fritatta, water. Remounted a USB-A hub acting as a charging station to the wall after it had fallen many months ago because the previous velcro mount did not hold. This time I used inside corner braces with silicone sticky gel mats and screws and anchors. Weight training: leg press, prone leg curl. Walked in place while playing Frogger in Toy Town on Apple Arcade on Apple TV. Dinner at home with Patrick: spaghetti with roasted cauliflower, leftover pizza, water. Finished a box of Sucre macarons that we had been enjoying the past few days. We watched about 90 minutes of Memories of Murder on Netflix DVD. I washed dishes during a break in the middle. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Continued reading from Kiss My Gay Ass by Tom Ammiano, which I have slowly been reading over the past weeks.
Tue Dec 28, 2021
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries; water to drink. Hand-mended a pair of holey gloves with needle and thread. Performed wrist guard maintenance. Hand moisturizing treatment. Sanitized orthotics with UV light. Resolved a problem with a heated mattress pad: one region on my side stopped working, so I flipped its orientation 180 degrees since Patrick rarely uses its heat on his side. It's probably still under warranty, but this is a much easier solution. Changed sheets at the same time. Patrick washed laundry. Lunch: I prepared for myself assorted dumplings with leftover homemade dipping sauce, water. Finished watching Memories of Murder on Netflix DVD with Patrick. Snack: one satsuma, water. Folded laundry that Patrick had washed earlier. Dinner at home with Patrick: cow burgers with spinach and tomato. Mine also had Point Reyes blue cheese. Fries from frozen with ketchup. Water to drink. Dessert: one Cane River bourbon ball each. Afterwards we watched Daredevil s1:e3 on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: unsalted cashews, pretzel sticks, TJ’s graham cracker squares, and the last of the TJ’s peppermint JoJos. Warm milk.
Wed Dec 29, 2021
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries; water to drink. For a few hours in the morning we observed a large bird in a tree in our back yard, wondering what kind of bird it was. I eventually got a photo of it with the Lumix G6 and the 200 mm lens. Patrick says it was a hawk. Lunch at home: Patrick prepared for himself a hot sausage on hot dog bun with fixins. I prepared for myself fried buckwheat soba noodles with red cabbage, green onions, cilantro, and deli curry tofu in a homemade curry sauce. Water to drink. Finished reading Kiss My Gay Ass by Tom Ammiano. Cut my hair, showered, cleaned the bathroom. Dinner at home with Patrick: bolognese over creamy polenta, water. We watched The Book of Boba Fett s1:e1 on Disney+. I washed dishes. We watched The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s2:e3 on Amazon Prime Video. My dentist stopped by to drop off my Invisalign retainers. We watched The Simpsons s31:e11 (Hail to the Teeth) on Disney+. Patrick went to bed.
Thu Dec 30, 2021
Walked in place while playing Frogger in Toy Town and began Creaks on Apple Arcade on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. Recharge web work all day: styling in new site build. Remounted a ziploced bag of N95 masks to the underside of our dining table because the previous mount using string and painter's tape did not hold. This time I used three silicone gel pads instead. The rationale for this placement is that following a major earthquake if you find yourself under a dining table you'll probably want masks in case of structural damage. Lunch: same as yesterday for both, Patrick preparing his fresh, and mine leftover. We shared an Izze blueberry. Errands: mailed a letter at the corner mailbox, returned Kiss My Gay Ass to the library using the book drop. Snack: french onion dip (from a packet, added to sour cream), tortilla chips, pretzel sticks, water. Weight training: leg press, leg lift, prone leg curl. Dinner at home with Patrick: creamy mushroom spinach orzo from a recipe by Damn Delicious. Hot water for Patrick, water for me, red wine for both. Dessert: one alfajore each from Sabores del Sur from the gift package from Dean Joe. I washed dishes. We watched various YouTube videos including Captain Eo, then took a break, then watched Star Trek: Discovery s4:e7 on Paramount+. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: unsalted cashews, TJ's Step Up to the Snack Bar mix, water.
Fri Dec 31, 2021
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. Walked in place while playing Creaks and Frogger in Toy Town on Apple Arcade on Apple TV. Lunch: Patrick made latkes for the first time. We ate them with applesauce, sour cream, capers, and smoked salmon. Water to drink. Long nap. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers with red wine and water. Afterwards we watched a London new year's eve celebration, then trailers on the Trailers app on Apple TV, then The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s2:e4 on Amazon Prime Video. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: mini quesadillas with mixed cheeses, green onions, and diced parsley. Coconut water to drink.