January 2022
Summary: Tonga volcano erupts, Omicron surge begins to fall
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Sat Jan 1, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blackberries; water to drink. Packaged a damaged item for return. Exchanged stored emergency water for fresh water. Tested fire and carbon dioxide alarms. Cleaned the range hood grease filter with a jumbo Ziploc and white vinegar. Early lunch: leftover latkes with same fixins as before except we ran out of smoked salmon. Water to drink. Played Frogger in Toy Town then Creaks on Apple Arcade on Apple TV. Afternoon snack: mini quesadilla, same as yesterday. Water to drink. Tonight we enjoyed a traditional Southern New Year Day meal with help from Cochon Butcher and Goldbelly: onion-braised pork shoulder, tasso-braised black-eyed peas, smothered greens, gravy. Water to drink. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched half of Don't Look Up on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed.
Sun Jan 2, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. Walked in place to Portland Light Snow Walk at 7AM, Pearl District via 4K Nature and City Walks then Seattle Snow Fall Walk, Downtown to Queen Anne via 4K Nature and City Walks on YouTube. Weight training: leg press. We finished watching Don't Look Up on Netflix instant watch with Martha Stewart’s Movie-Theater-Style Popcorn and chocolate-covered cherries. I played Creaks on Apple Arcade on Apple TV. Dinner at home with Patrick: Thai sweet potato curry over brown rice, water. I played Frogger in Toy Town on Apple Arcade on Apple TV. We watched Daredevil s1:e4 on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: mixed cheese soft tacos.
Mon Jan 3, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blackberries; water to drink. Walked in place to Apple News Today podcast on Apple TV then part of [4K]🇨🇦 Old Quebec Christmas Walk🎄Fairytale Xmas in Petit Champlain🌟& Place Royale⛪1640 Bistro🍷 2021 on YouTube. Shower. Back to work following two weeks of vacation. All day: orgchart and web page changes related to BJG leaving. Lunch: leftovers from New Year Day meal. Dinner at home with Patrick: vegetarian burrito bowl with avocado crema, water, red wine. Afterwards we watched the remainder of [4K]🇨🇦 Old Quebec Christmas Walk🎄Fairytale Xmas in Petit Champlain🌟& Place Royale⛪1640 Bistro🍷 2021 on YouTube then The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s2:e5 on Amazon Prime Video then The Simpsons s31:e12 on Disney+. Patrick went to bed. I installed updates for all computers and performed more manual backups for devices.
Tue Jan 4, 2022
Listened to Apple News Today podcast on Apple TV during breakfast: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. Walked in place while playing Frogger in Toy Town on Apple Arcade on Apple TV. Finished orgchart and related web page changes. Began work on an MAK seed award reminder html email. 1:1 with Eric. Lunch: leftover curry with mashed potatoes, water. Began work on a BTS html email. Dinner at home with Patrick: breaded deep-fried mahi mahi burger and romaine and tomato salad, water. Afterwards we watched Daredevil s1:e5 on Netflix instant watch then The Simpsons s32:e1 on Disney+. I washed dishes. Patrick went to bed. Updates for home websites.
Wed Jan 5, 2022
Listened to Apple News Today podcast on Apple TV during breakfast: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. Walked in place while playing Creaks on Apple Arcade on Apple TV. MAK seed award reminder html email work all day. Tasks related to McDevitt's change to adjunct. Lunch: corn, brown rice, and quinoa spaghetti with leftover sweet potato curry. Read CSS Layout News 334. Dinner at home with Patrick: baked egg and asparagus gratin with buttermilk biscuits, water. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched The Book of Boba Fett s1:e2 on Disney+. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: hot naan with avocado crema.
Thu Jan 6, 2022
Listened to Apple News Today podcast on Apple TV during breakfast: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced pear; water to drink. Walked in place while playing Creaks on Apple Arcade on Apple TV. Began work to refresh our social media cover images. Read three NNGroup email newsletters and CSS Layout News 333. Rode UberX to a doctor appointment and back. Dinner at home with Patrick: veggie burger with BBQ sauce, grilled onions and a side of French fries, water. Afterwards Patrick washed dishes while I continued playing Creaks. Then we watched Daredevil s1:e6 then The Standups s3:e1 (Melissa Villasenor) on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed.
Fri Jan 7, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced pear; water to drink. Tasks following Ruth G's departure. Followup with a typo found in a recent UCSF Magazine article. MAK seed award followup. Handled a branding request from Angie G about the spring research seminar. Lunch: leftovers, water. Watched a recorded Siteimprove seminar with Keith B: Dec 2021 - Graphics, Flow Charts, and Tables. Created some new Siteimprove policies: one to check for occurrences of 12:00 am and 12:00 pm (which can be misinterpreted or ambiguous) and for blockquote elements to ensure their contents do not begin or end with quotation marks. Helped Robyn and Josh with questions about Microsoft Bookings. Reported a broken link on it.ucsf.edu to IT for Josh. UCSF town hall, during which I walked and ran in place and did some weight training (prone leg curl). Dinner at home with Patrick: harira (Moroccan tomato soup with chickpeas and lentils) with homemade flatbread, water. We made and ate Martha Stewart’s Movie-Theater-Style Popcorn while watching Free Guy on Netflix DVD. We liked the film. Patrick went to bed. Walked in place while continuing to play Creaks on Apple Arcade on Apple TV.
Sat Jan 8, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, diced dried fruits: jackfruit and pineapple; water to drink. Ran and walked in place while continuing to play Creaks on Apple Arcade on Apple TV. Lunch at home with Patrick: Patrick's cajun-spiced beef with grilled onions in flatbread, water. I washed dishes. Walked in place while finishing Creaks on Apple Arcade on Apple TV. Snack: tortilla chips, salsa, water. Weight training: leg press, various leg lifts. Watched various Free Guy extras on YouTube with Patrick. Cocktails: moscow mules. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Shanghai Dumpling King (Monterey Blvd) via Uber Eats: green onion pancake, shredded pork with garlic sauce, sweet and sour prawns, pea sprouts with garlic sauce, pan-fried pork bun. The order also included a free chicken chow mein for spending more than $50. Dessert: Patrick made a lime posset. Afterwards we watched Daredevil s1:e7 on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed, and we cuddled for a while before I arose. Troubleshot documenting the failures that I have been having with a Toshiba Canvio Slim external hard drive. Each time after it is reformatted the drive works fine for between one and four months. I don't have a free and effective way to run a detailed diagnostic with a Mac, so I'll try to bring it in to work after I return to work so that I can connect it to a Windows computer. Disk First Aid finds problems with the drive after they occur, but after each reformat it finds no problems with it. Pattern and motif research for the Recharge website in development. Listened briefly to the Creaksbox by Hidden Orchestra—delightful!
Sun Jan 9, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana, roasted sliced almonds, roasted shredded coconut; water to drink. Prepared computer cables for reuse or disposal, reorganized items in storage. Lunch at home with Patrick: leftover Moroccan tomato soup and flatbread, water. I finished the posset that I didn't finish yesterday. Briefly weeded in the back yard. Chatted via SMS with siblings. Resolved missing music files from an external backup hard drive data loss a few months ago by manually identifying differences and copying files from a saved backup drive that was thought to not be working. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers from last night, water, white wine. Afterwards we watched The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s2:e6 on Amazon Prime Video. I walked in place while watching most of it. Break. We watched 45 minutes of Sebastian Maniscalco: Aren't You Embarrassed? on Amazon Prime Video. Patrick went to bed, and we cuddled for a while before I arose. Art generator research.
Mon Jan 10, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana, roasted sliced almonds, roasted shredded coconut; water to drink. Pinboard is completely down right now. All day: explored new motif designs, continued prep for BTS email newsletter, prep work to rebrand the weekly news digest. Lunch: coconut brown rice from a pouch, leftover rice, leftover shredded pork with garlic sauce, water. Weight training: thigh-weighted leg lift, adductors. Dinner at home with Patrick: broccoli and sharp cheddar frittata with sliced avocado and buttermilk biscuits, water. Afterwards we watched YouTube videos that you're supposed to watch before watching Eternals. Then we watched Daredevil s1:e8 on Netflix instant watch. I washed dishes. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: sharp cheddar soft taco on white corn and wheat tortilla.
Tue Jan 11, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries, roasted sliced almonds; water to drink. All day: explored new motif designs, continued prep for BTS email newsletter, prep work to rebrand the weekly news digest, created offset L motifs on CodePen. 1:1 with Eric. Lunch: leftovers, water. Dinner at home with Patrick: angel hair pasta with tomato and celery sauce; water; red wine. Afterwards we watched Daredevil s1:e9 on Netflix instant watch followed by stand-up comedy on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: dry-roasted unsalted cashews, TJ's Step Up to the Bar Mix, popcorn from the microwave silicone popper, chocolate-covered cherries, water.
Wed Jan 12, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries, roasted sliced almonds; water to drink. Created a new ID badge for Drew for MA Adrian A. All day: continued prep for BTS email newsletter, prep work to rebrand the update from the dean, D7 styling: news series: change button-looking non-button label to look not like a button. Lunch: leftover mashed potatoes with corn off the cob from frozen, water. Today Patrick made banana bread, and in the afternoon we each enjoyed a slice with a small glass of milk. Dinner at home with Patrick: Mexican tortilla casserole, water, red wine. Afterwards we watched 1h 35m of Eternals on Disney+ with Martha Stewart's Movie-Theater-Style Popcorn and cracked pepper asiago popcorn seasoning. I washed dishes. Patrick went to bed. Met with Lani and Dex over Zoom to discuss family issues.
Thu Jan 13, 2022
Walked and ran in place while playing Frogger in Toy Town, The Enchanted World, and Spyder on Apple Arcade on Apple TV. Deleted The Enchanted World because it was too hard to swipe to pick up and move objects on the Apple Remote and because it seemed more for young kids than adults. I spent more time with Spyder and died walking across a desk that was electrified but there seemed to have been no clue that it was. Played The Get Out Kids for a few minutes before deleting it; too boring, too much for young kids than adults. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blackberries, roasted sliced almonds; warmed slice of banana bread; water to drink. All day: continued prep for BTS email newsletter, rebrand the update from the dean email newsletter, D7 styling: resolved a vertical tabs issues for web editors. Afternoon snack: Patrick today made whole-wheat chocolate-chip-and-date cookies, and I had one. He froze the rest for later. Dinner at home with Patrick: grilled cheese and side salad with cherry tomatoes, water, red wine. Afterwards we finished watching Eternals on Disney+. Break. We watched The Book of Boba Fett s1:e3 on Disney+. I walked in place while we watched both. Patrick went to bed. OCRd and archived documents that Lani shared after visiting with Mom and a notary today.
Fri Jan 14, 2022
Walked and ran in place while playing Frogger in Toy Town on Apple Arcade on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, diced pear; warmed slice of banana bread; water to drink. Cleaned the bathtub before showering. All day: html email template work. Lunch: leftover tortilla casserole, water. Dinner at home with Patrick: boudin sausage, biscuit, and fried egg with white gravy; side salad with ranch dressing, water. I washed dishes. We watched 1h 41m of No Time To Die on Netflix DVD. I walked in place while we watched. Patrick had a few snacks. Afterwards Patrick went to bed. Met with Lani and Dex over Zoom to discuss family issues. Recently I finished reading on Kindle on my iPhone Priya Parker's The Art of Gathering which was terrific. Late meal: Lean Cuisine herb-roasted chicken with vegetables, water.
Sat Jan 15, 2022
Slept in a bit. Received alerts on my phone about a tsunami advisory which turned out to be from a Tonga volcano eruption. We aren't close to water, so we were not affected. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blackberries; water to drink. Cleaned in the bathroom. Vacuumed. Snack: warmed slice of banana bread with 8 ounces of milk while reading CSS Layout News 335. Cut my hair, showered. Applied a Ziopatch heart monitor, part of routine followup. Lunch: leftover tortilla casserole, water. Cleaned and tidied. Replaced a pad on the bottom of a leg of one dining chair. Weight training: side-lying and other leg lifts, bridge. Brief nap. Patrick and I finished watching No Time To Die on Netflix DVD with Martha Stewart's Movie-Theater-Style Popcorn and one lemon-lime margarita each. I washed dishes. Edited a blog post for Drew and Joscelyne for the Recharge website. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Calibur via Uber Eats: burgers and vegetarian fries. Patrick had a chocolate shake. I made for myself a tall lemonade with a little bit of simple syrup. We watched explainer videos for No Time To Die on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes then walked and ran in place while rewatching Contagion on The Roku Channel, which had several minutes of commercials about every 15 minutes.
Sun Jan 16, 2022
Walked and ran in place while watching Robert Lustig's Sugar: The Bitter Truth on UCTV on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blackberries; water to drink. Edited a blog post for Drew and Joscelyne for the Recharge website. Lunch: Patrick had a hot sausage link on a hot dog bun with fixins; water. I had tonkatsu-flavored Saifun bean thread noodle soup with garlic, green onions, grated carrot, spinach, and shrimp from frozen. Walked to the mailbox to mail the Netflix DVD and returned home. Nap. Researched how to vote in the forthcoming Board of Education recall election. Dinner at home with Patrick: variation on shrimp creole with steamed white rice, water. I washed dishes. Cocktails: I had a black cherry russian. Patrick had what he called a Kentucky russian. Dessert: one whole-wheat chocolate-chip-and-date cookie each, baked from frozen homemade dough. We watched Daredevil s1:e10 on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed early. I folded laundry that Patrick had washed earlier. Late small meal: Lean Cuisine mushroom mezzaluna ravioli, water.
Mon Jan 17, 2022
Walked and ran in place while replaying Hot Lava only a few minutes and then deleted it because I again couldn't get the hang of the controls using Apple Remote and there was no option to use the Playstation 5 controllers. Then walked and ran in place while playing for the first time WHAT THE GOLF? which also used Apple Remote as a controller but was very easy to control and play, and I played that for about an hour. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. More election research. Weight training: leg press, prone leg lift. Lunch: small salad with ranch dressing, Lean Cuisine chicken enchilada suiza (which was too spicy for me), corn off the cob from frozen, water. Posted two updated blog posts for the Recharge website then applied the same changes to the website in development. Upgraded the dev website to Drupal 9.3.2. Played iOS games What Saying?, wurdweb, and Spire Blast. Browsed Reddit. Dinner at home with Patrick: pasta alfredo with lemon and asparagus, water, white wine. The pasta was made from chickpeas and tasted fine. I washed dishes. Dessert: bourbon cake from frozen topped with chocolate chips. Afterwards we watched The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s2:e7 on Amazon Prime Video. Patrick washed dessert dishes and other dishes. We watched The Standups: Dusty Slay on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: fresh lemonade with a splash of simple syrup, some unsalted cashews, tortilla chips with sour cream as a dip, water.
Tue Jan 18, 2022
Walked and ran in place while playing WHAT THE GOLF? and Frogger in Toy Town on Apple Arcade on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced pear; water to drink. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. Signed telecommute agreement. 1:1 with Eric. Town hall Powerpoint rebrand work. Finalized and uploaded a new Facebook cover photo for the school account. Lunch: large salad with spring greens and kale, carrot, celery, green onions, blue cheese crumble, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, ranch dressing; side of tortilla chips; water. Drafted LinkedIn brand assets and published one of them. Dinner at home with Patrick: cuban black beans with fixins, water, white wine. Afterwards we watched Daredevil s1:e11 on Netflix instant watch. Patrick also had dessert: warmed bourbon cake from frozen with melted chocolate. Implemented a white space show-hide toggle for Sublime Text using a solution found on the internet to create a ToggleWhiteSpaceCommand in a Python file and add a user keymap. Also modified theme colors to make white text on a dark background less bright.
Wed Jan 19, 2022
Walked and ran in place while playing Frogger in Toy Town on Apple Arcade on Apple TV then watching various YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. Social media rebrand work. Met with Anne to train her on migrating content to a microsite. Together we worked on the PharmD-PhD content. Lunch: leftover pasta alfredo (again, made from chickpeas), water. Short nap. Organized brand assets. HTML email work: Weekly News Digest. Dinner at home with Patrick: Bon Appetit's soy-glazed tofu and mushrooms over steamed rice, water, white wine. Patrick washed dishes. Dessert: Patrick had a whole-wheat chocolate-chip-and-date cookie. We watched The Book of Boba Fett s1:e4 on Disney+ then The Simpsons s7:e5 (Lisa the Vegetarian) on Disney+ then The Standups: Janelle James on Netflix instant watch. I walked in place while we watched. Patrick went to bed. Weight training: various thigh-weighted leg lifts and side-lying leg lifts. Late small meal: Lean Cuisine sweet and sour vegetables, water.
Thu Jan 20, 2022
Walked and ran in place while playing A Monster's Expedition but was unable to solve any puzzles. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. Weekly News Digest rebrand: continued work in MJML, Campaign Monitor, and Email on Acid all day. Lunch at home: leftover Cuban black beans with fixins, water. Worked with Eric on telework hardware recommendations. Dinner at home with Patrick: cheesy pan pizza with thin-sliced tomato, fresh oregano, red onions, feta, and black olives; water; red wine. Afterwards we watched Daredevil s1:e12 on Netflix instant watch then The Standups: Mark Normand on Netflix instant watch. I washed dishes in between. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: two mandarins, water. Butcher block oil treatment.
Fri Jan 21, 2022
Walked and ran in place while listening to Fifth and Mission podcasts on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. BTS email news is now Update from the Chair (UFC). UFC content first draft edit and more html email template prep. More social media rebranding: YouTube and Twitter cover photos. Lunch at home with Patrick: leftover pizza, water. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Lemonade via Uber Eats: Patrick had a seared ahi tuna bowl, I had an ahi tuna avocado poke bowl. We made use of a mac and cheese two-for-one offer. Red wine and water to drink. $56.05 after an $8 tip for the delivery person. We liked the food. Afterwards we watched Daredevil s1:e13 (season finale). Patrick had dessert: whole-wheat chocolate-chip-and-date cookies. I walked in place for most of the show. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Weight training: leg press, prone leg lift, bridge, crunch. Updates for Patrick's computer. Late small meal: leftovers from dinner with corn off the cob from frozen, water. Runoff election research.
Sat Jan 22, 2022
Walked and ran in place while watching YouTube: Free Tours by Foot, Nomadic Ambience. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. Walked and ran in place while watching YouTube: Kraig Adams. Tiny snack: leftover mac and cheese. Lunch: two mini quesadillas with grated cheddar, diced tomatoes, and fried spinach; water to drink. We watched part of The Green Knight on Netflix DVD with Martha Stewart’s Movie-Theater-Style Popcorn. Dinner at home with Patrick: I prepared lo mein stir-fry with vegetables. Water to drink. Patrick also had a glass of red wine. Patrick washed dishes. We watched The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s2:e8 on Amazon Prime Video then half of The Standups: Naomi Ekperigin on Netflix instant watch. I walked in place for part of it.
Sun Jan 23, 2022
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, diced pear; water to drink. Today Patrick made deep-fried yeast doughnuts and a chocolate bundt cake. Walked to the mailbox and returned. Washed the patio table and chairs and the privacy screen. Weeded a bit in the back yard. Rewaxed the edges of my orthotics and performed a UV light treatment on them. Archived documents. Lunch: leftovers from last night, water. We ate glazed doughnuts. I had one, Patrick had three. I had mine with a very small hot decaf coffee and milk. Sat in the sun in the back yard with a hat. Nap. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Underdogs Too via Uber Eats: baja (breaded and fried fish fillet) burritos; chips, salsa, and guac; Mexican Coke for Patrick; water for me. I ordered for mine no baja sauce and no red sauce and added sour cream which was for me the right thing to do since I did not want anything spicy. There is a bit of spiciness I think in the batter of the fish, but it was tolerable. No sauces meant the burrito was pretty dry, even with the sour cream, and I added guac to compensate, and that turned out well. Everything about the delivery was correct and tasty. I walked in place while playing Frogger in Toy Town while waiting for the delivery and for a short time after eating. Afterwards we finished watching The Standups: Naomi Ekperigin on Netflix instant watch then watched nearly all of Rick Steves: Iran on YouTube. Patrick went to bed.
Mon Jan 24, 2022
Walked and ran in place to Must-Try New Orleans Foods: Free Tours by Foot on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk and blueberries; water to drink. BTS Update from the Chair images prep. Met with Anne to handle tasks related to Ruth G's departure. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself a large salad with ranch dressing and water to drink. Read CSS Layout News 336 and NNGroup's email newsletter. BTS UFC testing all day. Weight training: leg press, leg lifts. Dinner at home with Patrick: smoked salmon and orange farfalle, water. Afterwards we watched The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s2:e9 on Amazon Prime Video during which I walked in place then a break during which I washed dishes and Patrick made popcorn in the microwave silicone popper which he ate while we watched half of Russell Howard: Lubricant on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: unsalted cashews, leftover tortilla chips and guacamole, water.
Tue Jan 25, 2022
Walked and ran in place while listening to NPR Life Kit on Apple TV and while playing Frogger in Toy Town on Apple Arcade on Apple TV and while watching various YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk and blueberries; water to drink. BTS UFC template testing and resolution all day. 1:1 with Eric. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself low-sodium chicken-flavored ramen with purple cabbage, green onions, egg, cilantro, carrot, spring mix and spinach. Flexible workstation research. Dinner at home with Patrick: veggie burger with butter lettuce and cream of tomato soup, water. Afterwards we watched The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s2:e10 on Amazon Prime Video. Archived documents. Late snack: unsalted cashews, tortilla chips and leftover salsa, water.
Wed Jan 26, 2022
Walked and ran in place while listening to various podcasts on Apple TV and while playing Frogger in Toy Town on Apple Arcade on Apple TV and while watching various YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk and diced pear; water to drink. Resolved an MJML and html email problem that I wasn't certain was resolvable. Lunch at home: leftover farfalle, water. Siteimprove policy work all day. Asana task organization and cleanup. D8/D9 work. Installed a new portable surge protector. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from PPQ Beef Noodle House: Patrick had papaya salad and imperial rolls and thai iced tea. I had five-spice chicken with imperial rolls and water. Afterwards we finished watching Russell Howard: Lubricant on Netflix instant watch then finished watching Rick Steves: Iran on YouTube. Break. I very briefly played WHAT THE GOLF? on Apple Arcade on Apple TV. We watched The Book of Boba Fett s1:e5 on Disney+. Covered the new surge protector in painter's tape because it's too bright and is in the room where we sleep. Wrote an email to Mikey with whom I recently reconnected over email. Archived documents. Late snack: unsalted cashews, tortilla chips, water.
Thu Jan 27, 2022
Walked and ran in place while watching Explained on Netflix instant watch: athleisure, !, cryptocurrency. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk and sliced banana; water to drink. D8 meeting with Eric and James. D8 followup all day. Lunch at home with Patrick in the back yard: leftovers from last night, water. Finalized and tested the Update from the Chair html email. Dinner at home with Patrick: pinto and avocado crispy tacos with shredded lettuce, diced tomato, red onion, and cilantro, water. Mocktails: ginger ale, lime juice, pineapple juice on the rocks. Patrick made Martha Stewart's Movie-Theater-Style Popcorn mostly for himself but I had a little of it, too. We watched Aziz Ansari: Nightclub Comedian (2022) which was only 30 minutes but it was very funny, touchingly personal, and quite insightful, particularly the part about someone being trapped in a different algorithm (although it possibly could be the same algorithm but I get what he's saying)—highly recommended. We finished watching it, and I told Patrick, "Aziz Ansari is a gift to the world." Then we rewatched Urzila Carlson: Overqualified Loser (2020) because we weren't sure we had seen it but even a minute or two in we knew we had seen it before and still watched it because she's so funny. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Installed iTerm 2 Build 3.5.0 beta 4 in order to get profile colors that change automatically based on the macOS dark mode setting—nice. For dark mode I chose the color preset called BirdsOfParadise and changed the foreground color to be a little less bright. Late snack: unsalted cashews, two carrots with french onion dip from a packet mixed with sour cream, pretzel sticks, water.
Fri Jan 28, 2022
Walked and ran in place while watching mostly America's Test Kitchen on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk and sliced banana; water to drink. BTS UFC list build and final email template testing all day. Chatted briefly with Levi about a lunar new year communciation. Patrick made plantain cookies today, and they turned out not delicious. They weren't sweet enough, and they somehow had a chemically taste about them. We abandoned them. Lunch at home: mixed greens with leftover papaya salad and shrimp, water. Dinner at home with Patrick: crispy tofu with vegetables over brown rice, water, red wine. I also had a chicken egg roll from frozen which wasn't very good. I washed dishes. Patrick made dark chocolate white chocolate chip cookies. We each had one cookie with cold milk. While waiting for them to bake I played Frogger in Toy Town on Apple Arcade on Apple TV.
Sat Jan 29, 2022
Walked and ran in place to a rewatching of John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City on Netflix instant watch. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk and sliced banana; water to drink. Removed the Ziopatch heart monitor I have been wearing for the past two weeks, part of routine followup. Walked to the mailbox and back. Lots of house chores: cleaned the bathtub, emptied DampRid containers, changed air purifier prefilters, washed dishes, vacuumed, emptied the paper shredder. Lunch: I prepared for myself a veggie burger with fixins and onion rings from frozen. Patrick had four onion rings, then a cookie, then a tartine. Water to drink. Long nap. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick had leftover vegetables over brown rice from last night. I prepared for myself a large butter leaf lettuce salad with carrots, green onions, red cabbage, ranch dressing, blue cheese crumble. Water and red wine to drink. Afterwards we watched various videos and trailers on YouTube and Apple TV+ then In The Heights on Netflix DVD. Dessert: Patrick had one of the cookies he made yesterday; I had just one bite. Patrick went to bed early. Late snack: Chobani greek yogurt with blueberries, water. Then unsalted cashews.
Sun Jan 30, 2022
Ran in place to YouTube videos: Italy's Riviera: Cinque Terre by Rick Steves' Europe; 8 NYC Locations Hollywood Uses Over and Over Again | Movies Insider; 4 Levels of Omelets: Amateur to Food Scientist | Epicurious. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk and blueberries; water to drink. Cleaned a baseboard in the closet that had rust-colored spots. The spots came off with pink scraper sponge and water. Cut my hair, showered. Rested. Late lunch: I prepared for myself a large salad with brown rice, super greens, carrot, red cabbage, ranch dressing, blue cheese crumble, chopped almonds. Water to drink. Sat outside in the back yard in the sun for a few minutes. Patrick and I finished watching In The Heights on Netflix DVD. Dinner at home with Patrick: tonight: roasted cauliflower soup with buttermilk biscuits, water. Patrick also had a glass of red wine. Dessert: We each had one bite of the cookies he recently made. Patrick also made for himself a microwave warm chocolate cake in a mug. We watched Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol s1:e1 for free on Peacock TV. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: sliced banana with peanut butter.
Mon Jan 31, 2022
Ran in place to YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk and blueberries; water to drink. Asana task followup. BTS UFC followup. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself mung bean noodle soup with corn off the cob from frozen, tofu, red cabbage, green onions, cilantro, shrimp, chicken broth, chopped garlic from a jar. Finalized and delivered the BTS Update from the Chair for Deanna, Lisa C, and Katherine K. Updated the Weekly News Digest template using the things I learned building the UFC template. Dinner at home with Patrick: arugula, egg, and charred asparagus salad by Paige Grandjean, water, red wine. Patrick had a hot chocolate for dessert. Afterwards we played Instant Trivia on Apple TV then listened to two-thirds of Nicole Byer's podcast Why Won't You Date Me?: Throwing Shade with Bianca Del Rio on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. I walked in place while we listened to the podcast. Patrick went to bed a bit early. I paid our utility bill. Did a little more html email template work before I fell out of the zone. Late snack: Chobani greek yogurt with blueberries and almonds, water.