March 2023
Summary: Americano Social Club at Blush! with Patrick, new eyeglasses, dinner at DamnFine with Patrick. First cold since before the pandemic began.
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Wed Mar 1, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted sliced almonds, cacao nibs, toasted unsweetened coconut flakes, diced half banana; water with squeeze of lemon. Worked from home. Continued Gartner Lab build. Town hall work: build then later schedule reminder html email in MJML, PowerPoint edits. Lunch: steamed rice with leftover meatloaf, plantain chips, water. I tried the Circa 1948 app for iPadOS, and after a few minutes deleted it. I couldn't get the hang of the controls, especially after I saw that you could pick up your iPad to turn around in the app but I didn't like that enough to continue using it, and when I tried to return to the finger controls it kept my view pointing at the ground, which then made it unusable. I played the tutorial and the first room of 3D Escape Game: Chinese Room and enjoyed it. The puzzles seem overly simple, but maybe they'll get harder later. Rode Muni with Patrick to the Castro. Dinner at Hi Tops: a cocktail and fried chicken sandwich and fries for both. I knew it was spicy when ordering, but for this I didn't mind that much, and it turned out fine. Water. Afterwards we walked to blush! for a glass of wine each, enjoying the gypsy jazz of Americano Social Club. We rode UberX home.
Thu Mar 2, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted sliced almonds, cacao nibs, toasted unsweetened coconut flakes, blueberries; water with squeeze of lemon. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. Followup with Ashish S about a contact stuck in my Outlook contacts that cannot be removed. He did something and expects it to be removed after 30 days. Asked Jill W about whether we have access to Siteimprove SEO Advanced; she directed me to Lang N. Watched Siteimprove webinar: February 2023 - Considerations for Braille with Keith B and Meghan W. Lunch at home: sauteed carrot, celery, and red onion; leftover meatloaf and steamed white rice; water. Met with Marley and Erika to train them on adding new DEI data in person pages. Tested whether a webform can email directly into a team in Microsoft Teams; it works. Followup with Erica on a stalled ticket to create a new shared mailbox. Attended the town hall on Zoom. Made a small edit to a recent news story for Marissa. Pre-dinner snack: provolone on rosemary crackers, water. Helped Aunt Helen with technology questions; she's getting a new phone. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover crockpot lentil stew, water, red wine. Patrick washed dishes. I continued playing 3D Escape Game: Chinese Room on my iPad Air. We watched Star Trek: Picard s3:e3 on Paramount+. Patrick went to bed. I clean installed Plex Media Server after recently uninstalling Jellyfin Server due to it failing to open on iOS and iPadOS and tvOS devices. So far so good. Late small meal: small butter lettuce and provolone sandwich with mayo; a small piece of cherry almond dark chocolate. Pantry organization.
Fri Mar 3, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted sliced almonds, cacao nibs, toasted unsweetened coconut flakes, blueberries; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Microsoft Teams was unavailable. Installed an update required by UCSF IT. Logged a problem in which our ResourceSpace help text needs updating and I can't find how to do it maybe because I don't have access. Encountered a problem in which Microsoft Word became unresponsive while editing. I had to lose my changes and restart my computer. Added (or readded?) OneDrive to my login items because it has repeatedly failed to start automatically when I restart my computer. Began uploading strategic plan retreat photos to ResourceSpace. Lunch: I got a medium box of steamed white rice at Panda Express for about $5 and ate that with leftover meatloaf which I brought from home. Water from my water bottle. My fortune: You will soon gain something you have always desired. I got little work done because Teams and Outlook were not working for me. I spent most of the day working in ResourceSpace. Just before 4 p.m. UCSF IT connected with me about the Outlook and Teams problems and could not resolve it. The ticket was assigned to another team. UCSF town hall. Late today Eric added me to our Otter account so that Levi could share transcription tasks with me. Dinner at home with Patrick: acqua pazza poached fish with crostini, water. Patrick also had a glass of white wine. We watched The Mandalorian s3:e1 on Disney+ then part of The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards via Netflix. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: pastry-wrapped uncured beef franks with mustard dipping sauce. Updates for home devices. Today I had a very slight sore throat that started midmorning and stayed mostly the same all day.
Sat Mar 4, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted sliced almonds, cacao nibs, toasted unsweetened coconut flakes, diced half banana; water. By midmorning today yesterdays slight sore throat disappeared. Updates for home websites. Lunch at home with Patrick: Patrick had leftover meatloaf with toasted and sliced baguette. I had leftover tomato and basil soup with toasted and sliced baguette with a short nap in the middle. Continued tax filing work, finalized the first of four returns. Short nap. Continued tax filing work, finalized the second and third of four returns. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Spiazzo via Uber Eats: insalata di spinachi to share, pollo imperatore (stuffed chicken) for Patrick, spaghetti portofino (scallops and proawns) for me. Patrick washed dishes. I continued playing 3D Escape Game: Chinese Room on my iPad Air. We caught Chris Rock: Selective Outrage while in progress live on Netflix. Patrick went to bed.
Sun Mar 5, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted sliced almonds, cacao nibs, toasted unsweetened coconut flakes, diced half banana; water. Google Search Console work for home websites. Partially resolved mime type issues with home websites in production and local. Lunch at home by myself: leftover spinach salad, leftover rice and lentils. Continued tax filing work. Corrected errors discovered since yesterday. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers, water. Patrick washed dishes. We watched YouTube: Life Before the Internet… You had to do WHAT! via Recollection Road, then Michelle Yeoh Describes the Daily Ritual on the Set of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” via The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, then Michelle Yeoh: Asian Actors Winning Awards Should Be the Norm in Hollywood via The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, then more of The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards via Netflix. Patrick went to bed. Continued tax filing work. Printed two federal returns.
Mon Mar 6, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted sliced almonds, cacao nibs, toasted unsweetened coconut flakes, diced half banana; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Town hall transcription work in Otter with essentially no training. It's a pretty good tool. Painstaking work. 1:1 with Eric. Spent my lunch hour in Zoom with Anurag from IT and the Teams and Outlook problems remain unresolved. He's passing it to another team in IT. Continued and completed town hall transcription work in Otter. Siteimprove linkchecking. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: salmon cakes with spring greens salad and croutons, water, red wine. We watched various YouTube videos then finished watching The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards via Netflix on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes.
Tue Mar 7, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted sliced almonds, cacao nibs, toasted unsweetened coconut flakes, toasted unsweetened coconut flakes, diced half mango; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Mission Bay. Picked up new eyeglasses from Nate and Ben; they seem to fit and work perfectly. Commisserated with Eric about IT's handling of the Teams problems we've been encountering. Spent several hours trying to get Microsoft Word to create mail merge email messages for the Strategic Plan Retreat headshot photos distribution and failed. For reasons I did not understand, it failed to see the email address field or column from my spreadsheet, so I was unable to correctly specify the To field in the finish. So frustrating. I gave up and mailed my 28 messages manually, which also took several hours. Eric discovered that turning off the intrusion prevention option called Vulnerability Protection in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) resolves all the problems in Teams and Office apps. Lunch to go from Poke Life with Eric. We encountered Michelle A and chatted briefly about the challenges of virtual meetings with international participants. Uploaded a video proof of the SEP discovery to YouTube, then shared it where needed. Strategic Plan Retreat headshot photos distribution followup. Dinner at home with Patrick: Guerra's chicken tamales with refried beans and side salad, water, red wine. We watched Hasan Minhaj's opening monologue and clips from Everything, Everywhere, All at Once's wins at the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards on YouTube.
Wed Mar 8, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted sliced almonds, cacao nibs, toasted unsweetened coconut flakes, dried cranberries, diced half banana; water. Worked from home. Followup with SEP problems, mailing list updates, and rejection of my request to add Insert HTML by Designmodo in Collaboration Tools Enhancement Tracker. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself linguine with leftover acqua pazza poached fish with crostini, water. More followup with SEP problems. Answered a question from Erika about text flow and line breaks. Strategic Plan Retreat headshot photos distribution followup. Met with Roberto from IT to uninstall and reinstall SEP and uninstall and reinstall FireEye. He was unable to resolve the issue and will now refer it to the security team. Dinner at home with Patrick: macaroni with kale and basil, water. We watched The Mandalorian s3:e2 on Disney+. Red wine. Patrick went to bed.
Thu Mar 9, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted sliced almonds, cacao nibs, toasted unsweetened coconut flakes, diced half banana; water. Multiple doctor appointments and labs take up the entire morning. No rain on my travel there, but it started raining before I left. Lunch at My Father's Kitchen: #4: Phở Gà đặc Biệt (chicken rice noodle soup special - Free range chicken and rare eye of round steak), Cafe Sữa Đá (Vietnamese iced coffee with sweetened condensed milk). Rode Muni home. Worked a half day. Followup with IT about problems with Teams and Outlook caused by SEP or FireEye or something else. Strategic Plan Retreat headshot photos distribution followup. Automated mailing list followup for residencies with Andrei. Eric, Levi, and I met for Eric to share news about a new vice dean with whom we'll be working closely and who starts in a few weeks. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Hard Knox Cafe via Uber Eats: fried chicken breast sandwich with red beans and rice for Patrick, fried chicken pot pie for me, pear salad to share, mac and cheese. While watching our driver on the map we noticed that they took an indirect route even though we ordered priority delivery. They stopped at 37th and Balboa for at least five minutes before delivering our food. We left no tip and reported the problem to Uber Eats. The food was delicious, and the portions were huge. The pot pie is seven inches in diameter and an inch tall, which is about three or four times larger than we had expected. We had more food than we had expected; we saved the pear salad for later. Some of our food was cold and had to be reheated, but the pot pie stayed very hot. We watched Star Trek: Picard s3:e4 on Paramount+. Patrick went to bed.
Fri Mar 10, 2023
Woke somewhere in the 2 o'clock hour and decided to try the strategy where you get out of bed until you're tired. I didn't get tired again enough to return to sleep. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted sliced almonds, cacao nibs, toasted unsweetened coconut flakes, diced half banana; water. Worked from home. More troubleshooting problems with Teams and Outlook caused by SEP or FireEye or something else. Midmorning snack with Patrick: bagels from Noe Valley Bagels, sesame for me, everything for Patrick, cream cheese and water for both. Letterhead work. Style guide work. CPCS candy or medicine work. Headshot distribution for Zev G for LeeAnn M. Lunch: leftover pear salad, water. Napped briefly midday as a result of insomnia. Today Patrick made a chocolate and vanilla marble bundt cake and a loaf. Dinner: leftover pear salad, water. Post-dinner drink: one glass each of Castello di Amorosa Gioia. Patrick washed most of the dishes. We watched Sebastian Maniscalco: Is it Me? on Netflix instant watch. Patrick had ice cream and crumbled marble cake for dessert. We watched Documentary Now! s2:e2 Juan Likes Rice & Chicken. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: a tiny portion of leftover mac and cheese, water. Took notes while rereading The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker. Uber Eats responded to our recent delivery problem in a way that was unsatisfactory to us. They have no idea we are so ready to drop them.
Sat Mar 11, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted sliced almonds, cacao nibs, toasted unsweetened coconut flakes, diced half banana; water. Completed tax filings, which took all morning. Lunch: leftover tomato basil soup, water. House chores: changed bed sheets, vacuumed. Cut my hair, showered. Napped while listening to a Gresham College lecture and the Total SF episode about the 50th anniversary of the dedication of Ruth Asawa's San Francisco Fountain. Pre-dinner snack: blue corn tortilla chips with sour cream dip. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover tamales with leftover sauteed kale with a fried egg, water, one glass each of Castello di Amorosa Gioia. Dessert: the mocha ice cream Patrick made earlier this week. We watched various YouTube videos. Patrick washed dishes at a break in between. Patrick went to bed.
Sun Mar 12, 2023
Ran in place to various YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted sliced almonds, cacao nibs, toasted unsweetened coconut flakes, raisins; water. Napped due to tiredness from today's change from standard to daylight saving time. Brunch at home with Patrick: poppy seed bagel sandwich with egg, turkey bacon, and cream cheese; water. Archived optometry documents. Tested the backup speed of my iPhone 12 mini with a new shorty USB-C-to-Lightning cable. With the old Lightning-to-USB-A-to-USB-A-to-USB-C-adapter, it was 1m40s. With the new cable, it was 1m18s which is about what I would expect with a phone using only 56.4 GB of data. I'll do a charge speed test later; I currently have more charge than the Ampere app wants. Patrick napped. I napped again. We watched the pre-show for the Oscars on the ABC app on Apple TV. But when it came time to watch the Oscars we were locked out and didn't care to pay. Pre-dinner drinks: Patrick made margaritas. We ate dinner: Hard Knox leftovers: chicken pot pie, cornbread muffin, mac and cheese. Water to drink. Patrick made Martha Stewart's Movie-Theater-Style Popcorn. We watched The Host on Kanopy. I washed dishes at a break in between. Patrick went to bed.
Mon Mar 13, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted sliced almonds, cacao nibs, toasted unsweetened coconut flakes, raisins; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. Gartner Lab edits. Lunch at desk: leftover mac and kale from home, small slice of Patrick's marble bread, water. Lab site build: Wilder. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: veggie cheese burgers with side salad, water. We watched clips from last night's Oscars and other videos on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: two Whole Foods Everything Pastry Wrapped Uncured Beef Franks, water.
Tue Mar 14, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted sliced almonds, cacao nibs, toasted unsweetened coconut flakes, diced half banana; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Mission Bay. Continued Wilder Lab build then sent it to her for review. Followup on various IT support tickets: automated listserv setup, new shared mailbox, problems sending certain listserv commands. Published an event listing for Carolina L. Made some config changes to ResourceSpace. Lunch at Torraku: shoyu ramen with chashu, no garlic; hot green tea. Counter ordering with no self-bussing. Food was delicious. Upgraded Docker Desktop from 4.16.2 to 4.17.0—no problems. CPCS candy or medicine work. Edited a short news story for Levi. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. More CPCS candy or medicine work. Rode Muni home along a new route: 22 to Market, any train to West Portal Station, L and walked to home. Time door to door: 57 minutes. This route seemed like it was going to be faster because the 22 comes more frequently than any vehicle on my other transit routes and since I can take any train through the tunnel, but it didn't seem to make much of a difference in the total time compared to the other routes. Dinner at home with Patrick: pan-seared red snapper with vegetable rice pilaf, water, Castello di Amorosa Gioia. Dessert for Patrick: hot chocolate with mini marshmallows. I had a few small sips. We rewatched half of John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City then watched half of Jim Jefferies: High & Dry, both on Netflix instant watch. Recently I reread reading Very Good Lives by J.K. Rowling via Kindle Reader on my MacBook Pro.
Wed Mar 15, 2023
Ran in place to the remainder of John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, toasted unsweetened coconut flakes, diced half banana; water. Worked from home. Read CSS Layout News 342. Siteimprove linkchecking. Strategic Plan Retreat headshot photos distribution followup. Letterhead work: Joanne C. Walked to the library and back to borrow a DVD of Early Man by Aardman. Siteimprove a11y work. Rode Uber Green in a Tesla Model 3 to dinner at table 2 at DamnFine (3410 Judah Street) with Patrick, our first visit. It's both a restaurant and a bar. A large disco ball hides in the exposed rafters; we wondered when they turn it on. Patrick loved the three large glass objects above the bar. I couldn't tell if they were lights or sculptures. Cocktails: negroni (M&R bitter liqueur, gin, Punt e Mes, over one big rock with an orange peel) for Patrick, cozy town (hot apple cider, Bib and Tucker bourbon, Cointreau, cinnamon whooped cream) for me. Appetizer: La Rosa salad (pink radicchio, cara cara and blood orange citrus, fennel, Castelvetrano olives, mint, pistachio, honey, shallot vinaigrette). The menu didn't mention this, but our pizza came loaded with a rich crumbled cheese that seemed to be blue cheese. Pizza: sausage and sage (tomato, mozzarella, caramelized onion, sage, fennel sausage). Dessert: panna cotta with guava, strawberry, plum, and pistachio. All food and drink were delicious. The drinks were strong. A classic negroni is only three ounces, but this one was likely at least five or six (tho the large ice cube might have deceived some). My hot cocktail was beautifully presented with whole cinnamon stick and star anise atop a thick and lovely bed of speckled whipped cream. The pizza has a super-thin bottom—you'll need two hands. The circumferential crust and bottom have occurrences of completely black char by design. The bottom is floured instead of cornmealed. Service by Suzanne M was very good. There's a ton of seating here: indoors, a back patio, and many tables in a parklet in front. Afterwards we walked a few blocks to Other Avenues Groceries and shopped but didn't buy anything. Rode Uber Green home. We rewatched the remainder of John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City (again for me) then watched The Mandalorian s3:e3 on Disney+. Patrick went to bed.
Thu Mar 16, 2023
Ran in place to various YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, toasted unsweetened coconut flakes, diced half banana; water. Began reading Tony Fadell's Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making. Worked from home. Various issue followup. Calendar management. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. Lunch: I prepared a macaroni salad for myself using leftover macaroni, celery, green bell pepper, green onions, ranch dressing, salt, pepper. Side of melted smoked cheddar on sourdough toast. Water to drink. Various issue followup. Gartner Lab and Wilder Lab builds continue. Today Patrick prepared dishes for a special lunch tomorrow. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Chaiya Thai: crispy spring rolls with dipping sauce (5 small rolls to an order), grilled chicken combo and thai iced tea for Patrick, pad C U for me. We both washed some of the dishes. We watched Star Trek: Picard s3:e5 on Paramount+ then we continued watching Jim Jefferies: High & Dry on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. Butcher block oil treatment. I washed more dishes.
Fri Mar 17, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, toasted unsweetened coconut flakes, diced half banana; water. Continued reading Tony Fadell's Build. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Finished changing services and facilities to remove "learn more" links. Followup with David N and Roberto G about SEP or FireEye problems. Followup with Kevin L about wellslab.ucsf.edu unavailability—it seems to be working again. Orgchart work: budget meetings, OEIS. Calendar management. Snack: a bbq pork bun that Nathan gifted me. Lunch from Moffitt Cafe: three pieces of dim sum, water. More orgchart work. HR mailing list update. Followup with OSACA about LinkedIn requests. Followup with Joel about a compromised account. Followup with Zev about his lab site build. Organized files in a folder on my desktop. More orgchart work. Wilder Lab build: move to launch. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover shrimp-stuffed mirlitons and maque choux from a canceled lunch for Patrick, leftover Chaiya Thai for me, water. I napped then woke at around 11:40 p.m. and rode Uber Green to The Cafe while Patrick continued to sleep. The Cafe was cash only $6 cover and cash only bar. I didn't bring cash. I walked to The Mix and got a margarita with salt. Among others whose names I did not get, I met Joey, Matt, Ish, Robbie (Roberto), Andrew, and Wyatt. We talked about or mentioned Apple, Java, Apple Pay, house parties, Colorado, ghosts, Airbnbs. The back patio closed at 1:00 a.m. and the bar closed at 2:00 a.m. Afterwards I joined Robbie, Andrew, and Wyatt for a pizza slice at Oz Pizza before we all got rides home. Andrew tried (unsuccessfully) to convince me that I was eating camel meat instead of sausage.
Sat Mar 18, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, toasted unsweetened coconut flakes, diced half banana; water. Continued reading Tony Fadell's Build. Did some housecleaning. Early lunch: I sauteed frozen shrimp in butter, paprika, salt, and pepper and ate that with leftover rice pilaf. Water to drink. Vacuumed and tidied. Dinner at home with Patrick: veggie minestrone (from frozen) with toasted ciabatta, water, red wine. We watched Ted Lasso s3:e1 on Apple TV+.
Sun Mar 19, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, diced half banana; water. Midmorning Patrick made one large chocolate chip pancake. I ate a quarter and he ate the rest. Water to drink. Lunch: Patrick had an andouille sandwich with smoked cheddar and a leftover shrimp-stuffed mirliton, I had a veggie burger with smoked cheddar and shoestring fries. Water to drink. Napped with Patrick. Dinner at Dumpling Kitchen Taraval with Patrick: shanghai-style pan-fried pork buns, shanghai-style steamed sticky rice shaomai, tianjin style setamed pork bao, green onion pancake, shrimp chow mein. Hot tea to drink. All food and drink were delicious, though one shaomai I tasted was cold in the center, and I did not complain. We noticed one or two gnats in our area but did not complain. We had many leftovers.
Mon Mar 20, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, raisins; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. D7 styling: reveal visually hidden markup in the wysiwyg. Followup with automated listservs setup. Made Wilder Lab site live. Prep for Gartner Lab site golive. Edited a short news story for Levi. Lunch at desk: leftover shrimp chow mein from Dumpling Kitchen, water. Met with Leslie C about a new podium banner design. Corrected a misplaced alt tag on a page Leslie and I had discussed. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. d7 styling: improve display of tables with class collapse on mobile. Rode Muni home. Recharge Medical web work: restore links to PF. Dinner at home with Patrick: black-eyed peas with andouille over steamed rice with sweet dinner rolls, water. Patrick had a glass of red wine. Patrick washed dishes. We watched two-thirds of Early Man on SFPL DVD. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: small mixed greens salad with angel sweet tomatoes, fake bacon bits, and ranch dressing; water. Later snack: smoked cheddar on ancient grains toast, water. Continued reading Tony Fadell's Build on Kindle Cloud Reader on my MacBook Pro.
Tue Mar 21, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, raisins; water. Stayed home from work because I was feeling slightly unwell. Continued reading Tony Fadell's Build on Kindle Cloud Reader on my MacBook Pro. Midmorning second breakfast via a pastries delivery from Jane the Bakery. Patrick and I shared one kouign amann and one morning bun. Decaf coffee with milk to drink. Lunch at home with Patrick: muffalatta from Jane the Bakery, water. Nap. Dinner at home with Patrick: vegetarian enchiladas with side salad, water. We watched the remainder of Early Man on SFPL DVD then the remainder of Jim Jefferies: High & Dry on Netflix instant watch then various YouTube videos. I washed dishes at a break in between. Dessert: Patrick had a banana split with hot fudge and toppings. Patrick went to bed. Late small meal: low-sodium chicken and gnocchi soup from a jar, water.
Wed Mar 22, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, raisins; water. Patrick and I also shared more pastries from Jane the Bakery: one cardamon bun and one nutella bun. Decaf coffee with milk for him, and I had a few sips of it. Worked from home. D7 front-end work: aria landmark roles and labels. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work all day. Edited and published a news story for Levi. Orgchart work: school: remove Ryan J. Calendar management. Lunch at home: leftover shanghai-style pan-fried pork buns with soy sauce, water. D7 styling: change nonbreaking space following link icon from \2009 to \202F, change see all link line-height from 1.3 to 1.5 for a11y (even tho these aren't paragraphs). Upgraded Docker Desktop for Mac from 4.16.2 to 4.17.0—no problems this time. Afternoon snack: blue tortilla chips and hummus, water. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover enchiladas, water. Dessert for Patrick: sliced banana with hot fudge and coffee ice cream. Patrick washed dishes. We watched Ted Lasso s3:e2 on Apple TV+ then The Mandalorian s3:e4 on Disney+ then various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed. Troubleshot problems with my Time Machine hard drive for my work laptop likely caused by mistakenly using APFS on a non-SSD drive. Reformatted it as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with GUID Partition Map. Began a new Time Machine backup. Late small meal: low-sodium chicken and gnocchi soup from a jar, water.
Thu Mar 23, 2023
First Time Machine backup completed. Slept in a bit. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, toasted and shredded coconut, diced half banana; water with squeeze of half a lime. Continued reading Tony Fadell's Build. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work all day. A-Z list work. Lunch: leftover black-eyed peas with rice, water. Afternoon snack: pretzel sticks. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Perilla via DoorDash: imperial rolls to share, pho ga for both, water. Patrick also had a glass of red wine from which I had one sip. We watched Star Trek: Picard s3:e6 on Paramount+ then various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed.
Fri Mar 24, 2023
Feeling still slightly unwell, so I did not do anything fun outside the home. Slept in a bit. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, toasted and shredded coconut, diced half banana; water. Midmorning Patrick ordered Wise Sons bagels via DoorDash, which we ate toasted with scallion schmear. Water to drink. Patrick napped, then I napped later. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick had leftover black-eyed peas with challah and steamed white rice. I ate Patrick's leftover pho ga. Water to drink. Patrick washed dishes. Afterwards we watched various YouTube videos.
Sat Mar 25, 2023
Slept in a bit. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, toasted and shredded coconut, diced half banana; water. Midmorning meal: Wise Sons bagels. Patrick had onion with scallion schmear, I had everything with garden schmear. Water to drink. Updates for home devices and websites. Lunch: I prepared for myself fish and chips from frozen. Water to drink. Nap. Dinner at home with Patrick: beef tamale pie, water. Afterwards we watched trailers via the Trailers app on Apple TV then various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed. I continued watching YouTube before bed. Woke and arose several times due to illness. Hot water with honey, lemon juice, and olive oil.
Sun Mar 26, 2023
Still recovering from what seems to be a cold. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, toasted and shredded coconut, blueberries; water. Patrick made challah french toast for us. Hot water with honey and lemon juice for me. Lunch: I prepared for myself a large salad with fixins. Hot water to drink. Rested while listening to Land of the Giants and other podcasts. House chores: vacuuming and emptied the paper shredder. Dinner at home with Patrick: soba with thai basil pesto, water. Dessert for Patrick only: one slice of previously frozen homemade pecan pie. We watched various YouTube videos.
Mon Mar 27, 2023
Took a sick day. Cold recovery all day. Hot water with honey, lemon juice, and olive oil. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, toasted and shredded coconut, diced half banana; water. Lunch: I prepared for myself a large salad with ranch dressing. Snack: seaweed, water. Created a special project: graduation letter for KH. Dinner: leftovers: soba with thai basil pesto for Patrick, beef tamale pie for me. Water to drink. Afterwards we watched various YouTube videos then The Simpsons s33:e14 on Hulu Basic Plan. Patrick went to bed. I went to bed later.
Tue Mar 28, 2023
Took a sick day. Cold recovery all day. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted and shredded coconut, diced half banana, blueberries; water. Lunch: Patrick had a toasted bagel with cream cheese. I had a can of chicken noodle soup to which I added leftover white rice and frozen vegetables. Water to drink. Rested then napped. Dinner at home with Patrick: homemade pepperoni and mushroom pizza, water. We watched Ted Lasso s3:e3 on Apple TV+.
Wed Mar 29, 2023
Took a sick day. Cold recovery all day. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted and sliced almonds, toasted and shredded coconut, diced half banana; water. Lunch: I prepared for myself vegan ramen with broccoli and mushrooms, water to drink. Patrick and I watched The Mandalorian s3:e5 on Disney+. Our internet stopped working due to the UPS for the ONT failing after over 7 years of service. I called Sonic and spoke with Andrew who said that they would not replace it for free even though there's a thread in their discussion forums where Dane suggests it might be replaced for free. My other options from Sonic were to wait for an AC adapter to arrive by mail (at least several days) or purchase a replacement UPS from them for $99 and it could be scheduled tomorrow. I told him I would resolve it on my own, and within about 30 minutes I did. The ONT requires 12V. I moved the mini UPS for our router to the ONT, then restored the router's original AC adapter. I then ordered another mini UPS for $80, and it is expected to arrive tomorrow. For reference to other Sonic customers, the mini UPS I'm using Shanqiu's FX5-12 Pro found on Amazon plugged into the 12V 3.5A DC output with the plug adapter labeled H. Patrick departed to stay three nights in a hotel in the Castro to give him some much-needed space since I have been at home sick for a long time. Dinner at home by myself: leftover homemade pepperoni and mushroom pizza, water. Continued reading Tony Fadell's Build. Covid cases in San Francisco are the lowest they have been since late November 2021.
Thu Mar 30, 2023
Took a sick day. Cold recovery all day. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted and sliced almonds, toasted and shredded coconut, blueberries; water. Continued reading Tony Fadell's Build. Cut my hair, showered, vacuumed. Lunch at home: low-sodium chicken and rice soup to which I added the remainder of some leftover steamed white rice. Finally felt well enough to run some errands: mailed a letter, returned a DVD to the library. The new mini UPS arrived, so I installed it. In the back yard I cleaned lots of leaves, sand, and debris that appeared following the recent storms. Midafternoon snack: plain bagel pizza with pepperoni, mixed grated cheeses, and fresh oregano. Washed dishes. Dinner at home: I prepared a cauliflower and chickpea pita with creamy yogurt sauce. Watched All Quiet on the Western Front on Netflix instant watch. To bed. Woke around 2:30 a.m. due to cold symptoms. Ate blue corn tortilla chips with last night's yogurt dip. Honey and lime hot water to drink.
Fri Mar 31, 2023
University holiday. Cold recovery all day. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted and sliced almonds, toasted and shredded coconut, blueberries; water. Troubleshot and resolved a problem with the new mini UPS. I had mistakenly left the GFCI outlet unpowered because I mistakenly thought that if its yellow light was on that meant it had power. I learned that the yellow light means that it has tripped and has no power. Lunch: leftover soba with thai basil pesto, water. Errands via Muni. Chicken taco from La Fonda. Rode Muni home. Hot lemon honey water.