Friday, January 18, 2002
Woke up at 3:30 am, so I got up and worked on the journal. There was much to do, as I had not been able to update the journal since October 27 due to our lack of Internet connection (Speakeasy's fault). I populated entries from local data, tweaked the main journal code to include annual summaries, and now it's feeling much better. There's still a bunch of journal entries on my computer at work, though, so I'll have to get to them later. At work, Martha and I work on stylesheets. Patrick buys me a delightful bouquet of oriental poppies. For dinner, I decide we haven't been to Eric's in a long time, so Patrick meets me there and we have a great meal: sizzling rice soup, chicken with basil (not spicy), beef with scallops, walnut prawns, steamed rice, tea. My fortune cookie's fortune says, "Try something new." Patrick's fortune cookie has two fortunes: "Try something new." and "A sweet surprise awaits you." We go home and play Scrabble. (I win 454 to 232.)