May 2020
Summary: COVID-19 shelter in place continues as some cities across the USA reopen and others make plans to do so. Widespread peaceful and sometimes violent protests erupt across the United States following the recent deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor. Police respond in some cases with unnecessary force and brutality. We begin to see atypical restrictions on the press. SpaceX and NASA launch humans into space.
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Fri May 1, 2020
Ran in place to 1 Hour Virtual Run: Trail Race In Full! (Treadmill Running Scenery) via Chris PT on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, dried banana, dried tart cherry, dessicated coconut; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Siteimprove work: various. Edits and email build and send for Susie: remdesevir talk for PharmD students. Lunch at home: leftover cavatappi. Dessert: root beer float ice cream bar. Did some weeding and cleaning in the back yard on lunch break. Finalized and delivered CP's virtual peer review Mailchimp campaign for Lisa D. Siteimprove: created new style policies, other policy work. Styling work: misc. Added a new touch bar button called Cycle which sends a Command+backtick keyboard shortcut in BetterTouchTool. Snack: pretzels, dry roasted sea salt and onion cashews. Ahituv Lab: made nearly all links in the body of pages in his site open in a new tab or window (contrary to best practices). UCSF town hall Zoom. They announced plans to slowly reopen the campus in conjunction with local and state authorities. To bed early. Woke and washed dishes. Late snack: one of Patrick's muffins from April 12 which we had frozen, water.
Sat May 2, 2020
Ran in place to 1 Hour Virtual Run: Trail Race In Full! (Treadmill Running Scenery) via Chris PT and then Treadmill Virtual Run 105: Morpeth Town Centre, Northumberland, UK via Treadmill Runs - Dr. Howey on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, dried tart cherry, diced dried plum; water. Vacuumed, removed a clog in part of the vacuum cleaner, cut my hair, cleaned the bathroom, showered. Short nap. Lunch: leftover cavatappi. Patrick made a southern buttermilk pie with orange zest, pie crust from scratch for the first time. We shared a slice, and it was delicious. Started watching Jojo Rabbit on Netflix DVD with Patrick. Nap. Dinner at home with Patrick: cornbread-coated and deep-fried red snapper, side of gumbo with rice, water. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes.
Sun May 3, 2020
Ran in place to Treadmill Virtual Run 105: Morpeth Town Centre, Northumberland, UK via Treadmill Runs - Dr. Howey and then Walking in DÜSSELDORF / Germany - Hofgarten to Main Station - 4K 60fps (UHD) via POPtravel on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, raspberries, diced banana; water. Lunch at home with Patrick: red snapper quesadillas with black beans, sweet potato, jack cheese; water. Dessert: one almond-topped, chocolate-dipped macaroon. Nap. Cocktails with Patrick: lemon drop, hurricane—using prepared cocktail mixers from Dirty Coast. Dinner at home with Patrick: beef and lentil stew, white rice, warm focaccia. Finished watching Jojo Rabbit on Netflix DVD with Patrick. Updated the medic alert card I carry in my wallet.
Mon May 4, 2020
Ran in place to Walking in DÜSSELDORF / Germany - Hofgarten to Main Station - 4K 60fps (UHD) via POPtravel and then to Hiking Italy's Amalfi Coast - the Path of the Gods [4K 60fps] via Prowalk Tours on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: Patrick had yogurt with cinnamon, walnuts, and diced banana; water. I had oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, raspberries, and diced banana; water. Dressed in my Chewbacca onesie for May the Fourth. Walked to the nearest mailbox to mail a Netflix DVD. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Siteimprove work: linkchecking and policy work. Continued Ahituv Lab work from last week. Read NNGroup news. Began converting Staff Wellness Group from a one-page site to a multi-page site to accommodate new content provided by Liana. Snack: a few pretzels. Lunch: leftover beef and lentils with rice, creamy greens soup, water. Continued and completed Staff Wellness Group work. Investigated how Typewolf handles its blockquotes. Siteimprove policy work and linkcheck followup. Asana task followup. Pre-dinner drinks: white wine for me, Voodoo beer for Patrick. Listened to Spotify playlist New Orleans Swamp Funk. Dinner at home with Patrick: jambalaya with three meats: shrimp, chicken, and Cajun sausage, based on a recipe from Prudhomme. Dessert: we shared one almond-topped, chocolate-dipped macaroon.
Tue May 5, 2020
Ran in place to Walking Tour of Modern Marrakech — Morocco Africa Video Walk【4K】🇲🇦 via Wanna Walk and then to 8 HOUR 4K Nature Video: "A Day in Nature: Mountains to Seas" (No Loops) Ambient Relaxation Film UHD via Nature Relaxation Films on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: Patrick had oatmeal with milk, diced banana, dessicated coconut, and walnuts. I had oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, raspberries, and diced banana; water. Moved a small bookcase to the living room window in order to create a standing desk outside of the small office where Patrick works and in order to address a health issue. Worked from home. Resolved a frustrating problem with a Simplenote sync error: bad cookies. Sprint standup. Siteimprove work: linkchecking and policy work. Read CSS Layout News 249. Lunch: leftover creamy greens soup, leftover sweet potato with black beans, water. Afternoon snack: arare crackers, rice cakes. Patrick made new-orleans-style buttermilk drops using a recipe from nola.com but altered to remove the cinnamon sugar and replace it with a NYT glaze to more accurately reproduce what he remembers eating as a child. We each had one. I had mine with milk. Did more config tweaking in BetterTouchTool. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Tsing's via Grubhub: dinner for two: wonton soup, potstickers, fried rice, beef with broccoli, sesame chicken. Dessert: we shared a slice of chocolate bundt cake which we had previously frozen. Dirty Coast cocktails: salted paloma and mojito. Dessert: more new-orleans-style buttermilk drops. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes he didn't finish. Upgraded MAMP Pro from 5.5 to 5.7. Updates for home websites.
Wed May 6, 2020
Ran in place to Hiking Italy's Amalfi Coast - the Path of the Gods [4K 60fps] via Prowalk Tours on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: I had oatmeal with milk, nutmeg, cinnamon, diced kiwi, diced mango, dried tart cherry, toasted dessicated coconut; water. Patrick had the same but with walnuts instead of kiwi. Washed dishes. Showered. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Weeded work bookmarks in Chrome. Metatag config. Tech Talk with CP, Chris O, and Eric. Snack: a few pretzels. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself a grilled ham, jack cheese, and avocado sandwich on whole wheat. Town Hall reminder html email build, test, and schedule. More metatag config. Siteimprove policy work. Snack: strawberry lemonade popsicle. Dinner at home with Patrick and The Group With No Name Google Meet: apricot teriyaki chicken with leftover fried rice mixed with leftover brown rice, sauteed bok choy, and zucchini. Dessert: muffin with banana, chocolate, coconut, pecan, banana liqueur, and wheat bran, previously frozen. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Continued software updates for home devices. Late meal: leftover wonton soup from Tsing's.
Thu May 7, 2020
Ran in place to Crater Lake National Park 4K via The Flying Dutchman on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: Patrick had yogurt with coconut, walnuts, diced orange, diced banana, dried tart cherry, cinnamon. I had oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, dried tart cherries, diced kiwi, diced banana. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Mailchimp template work and campaign build: welcome to class of 2023. Lunch: I prepared steamed white rice and ate that with leftover Chinese food. Water. More Siteimprove work and metatag config. Dinner at home with Patrick: black rice noodles with shrimp, napa cabbage, mushrooms, and scallion ginger sauce. Cocktails: peach margaritas. Dessert: buttermilk pie, previously frozen. To bed early. I woke later and washed dishes. Late meal: Nona Lim traditional ramen noodles with baby bok choy, cabbage, broccoli florets, clamshell mushrooms, and green onions in a vegetable broth. Washed dishes.
Fri May 8, 2020
Ran in place to Inside the Grand Canyon: 6 days on Colorado River, Arizona in HD via Amazing Places on Our Planet and then 2019 Niagara Falls Half Marathon Full Run - Treadmill Virtual Run - 1440P via TreadmillTrainer on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced kiwi, diced banana, dried tart cherry. Patrick subsituted walnuts for the kiwi in his. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Mailchimp campaign followup with Eric, Joel, and Cindy. Met with Eric, John K, and Tanya L about Bananatag. Lunch: Chinese food leftovers with steamed white rice, water. Patrick made a bourbon bundt cake today and we shared a slice. Edited the COVID-19 research list. UFD Mailchimp campaign edit, build, and send. Dinner at home with Patrick: Guerra's fried crab cakes with Patrick's homemade remoulade sauce, green salad, and previously frozen split pea soup, water. Dessert: we shared a slice of bourbon bundt cake, shots of Nola coffee liqueur. I continued replaying The Room on my iPad Pro.
Sat May 9, 2020
Ran in place to part of Nature s4:e1 on Amazon Prime. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced banana, diced kiwi; water. Patrick and I set up a new Hamilton Beach 46320 coffee maker and made our first pot. It worked well. Zoom meeting with Aggie, helped her with connecting a new Squarespace website to her GoDaddy domain and making a few changes in the website. Used InDesign to create a draft of Patrick's New Orleans buttermilk drops recipe. Zoom meeting with Ko family cousins. Vaccuumed air purifier pre-filters. Lunch: Patrick had a fried egg on jambalaya. I had a grilled ham and cheese sandwich with mixed greens inside. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Baiano Pizzeria via Uber Eats: large combo pizza, caesar salad. Water and sparkling water to drink. Dessert: one each almond-topped, chocolate-dipped macaroon, previously frozen. Patrick received word today that one of his poems has been accepted for publication in a queer literary magazine called Chronotope. I am so proud of him. After dinner we watched a few clips on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Changed network and sharing configs on Patrick's laptop to hopefully resolve some file sharing problems across the network. Today is also the day that a family member had an alarming health issue.
Sun May 10, 2020
Ran in place to the Oldest Footage of London Ever on the Silent Movie Channel via Roku. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced banana, diced kiwi, dried tart cherry. Patrick's left cherry out and replaced kiwi with walnuts. Read and edited a new short story by Patrick called Pineapples. Nap. Lunch at home with Patrick: leftover pizza and salad with water. Watched a few clips on YouTube with Patrick. Continued replaying The Room on my iPad Pro. Nap with Patrick. Watched Guns Akimbo on Netflix DVD with Patrick. Popeye's Mother's Day Dinner via DoorDash. We sent an order to Kerry and Mom Ryan's place, then placed a delivery order to our place. They arrived almost exactly the same time, but somehow the orders were swapped. We didn't complain. They got what we had ordered for ourselves: fried chicken (mild), red beans and rice, macaroni and cheese. We got what we had ordered for them: fried chicken (mild), red beans and rice, mashed potatoes and gravy, pecan pie. Finished replaying The Room on my iPad Pro.
Mon May 11, 2020
Ran in place with Patrick to Redwood The Boy Scout Tree Trail 4K Virtual Walk via The Flying Dutchman on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: Patrick had oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, and walnuts. I had oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, dried tart cherry, diced kiwi, diced dried unsweetened pineapple, milk. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Siteimprove work: linkchecking. Microsites work: more work with Craik Alumni for Marissa. Added code to add Facebook Pixel for CPCS. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. Added and populated a new category to our Mailchimp database for faculty emeritus and recall. Lunch: Popeye's leftovers. Followup with metatag setup. Discovered a problem in which many person titles are missing, which led to the discovery by James of a failure of our EDS data connection. Responded to a possibly unrelated problem with one person's profile page. Siteimprove policy work. Dinner at home with Patrick: black bean flank steak with roasted five-spice broccoli and cauliflower over leftover steamed white rice. Afterwards we watched 34 minutes of The Princess and the Frog on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes and cleaned under the range surface. Restarted all Macs. Did more configuration in BetterTouchTool.
Tue May 12, 2020
Ran in place to Johnston Canyon @ Banff National Park 4K via The Flying Dutchman and then Highway 9 through Zion National Park Utah, the best scenic road in the USA via Aviatorathome on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: Patrick had yogurt with cinnamon, diced orange, walnuts. I had oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, dried plums, dried and diced unsweetened banana. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Met with Eric and James on Zoom to discuss the recent issue with our EDS connection breaking. Read CSS Layout News 250. Metatag followup. Lunch at home with Patrick: fried chicken leftovers burgers, side of marinated beets. More metatag followup. Met with Anne and James about a survey for the depts websites. More metatag followup and now considered complete. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick had oatmeal with cinnamon and coconut syrup, sparkling water. I had leftovers, water. Dessert: we shared a slice of bourbon bundt cake, previously frozen. Patrick had an instant espresso. We began replaying The Room Two. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes.
Wed May 13, 2020
Ran in place to Phuket, Thailand Walking Tour - Patong Beach (4K Ultra HD 60fps) via BookingHunterTV on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: Patrick had yogurt with dried tart cherries, dried pineapple, cinnamon, and roasted almonds. I had oatmeal with cream mixed with water, cinnamon, dried pineapple, dried tart cherry, dried banana. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Reported a problem using Webmail to IT. Followup with Victoria R about her profile page. 1:1 with Eric. Met with Eric and James about a new project building some new admin utility views. Theme work to insert Facebook Pixel for CPCS, abandoning an earlier strategy that would not have worked. Lunch at home with Patrick: Patrick had deli butternut-cumin soup topped with fried chicken skin bits. I prepared for myself a grilled ham and cheese sandwich with velvet spice asian greens blend stuffed inside, water. Theme work to alter title tags more the way we need them. Form building in Qualtrics for Anne: dept survey and drawing. Continued playing The Room Two on my iPad Pro. Dinner at home with Patrick: panko-crusted fried pork cutlet, smashed yellow potatoes, side salad with tomato, water. Washed dishes. Group chat with The Group With No Name. Continued watching The Princess and the Frog on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Made a minor styling change to the bookmarks page on frankfarm.org. Late snack: one tiny nectarine, seaweed snack.
Thu May 14, 2020
Ran in place to Hallstatt, Austria Walking Tour (4k Ultra HD 60fps) via BookingHunterTV on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries, diced banana; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Met with Anne and James on Zoom: department survey. Met with James on Zoom: faculty research grids viewsbuilding. Followup with Charly and Marissa about some good news for his lab. Built a digital letterhead template for Dorie A. Followup all day with Esteban, Jennifer E, and team about a new project launch and website advice. Lunch: leftover cruciferous vegetables with leftover steamed white rice, water. Pharm Chem Intranet and Website Meeting on Zoom. Resolved a permissions problem for Joshua and Jon. Edited and followup with a new event listing from Caroline and Gina at QBI. Dinner at home with Patrick: I prepared shells and cheese from a box which we ate with Guerra's bolognese, previously frozen. I washed some of the dishes. Dessert: one Norman Love chocolate truffle: tiramisu. We also shared a slice of lemon-pistachio bundt cake, previously frozen. Finished watching The Princess and the Frog on Netflix instant watch. I washed the remaining dishes. Performed a block oil treatment for the cutting board and wooden utensils.
Fri May 15, 2020
Ran in place to Walking from World Trade Center to Wall Street in Downtown Manhattan, New York City 【4K】via Wind Walk Travel Videos on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries, diced banana; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Task followup: Qualtrics work for dept survey, make Google calendar embed fit on mobile, add Facebook Pixel code for CPCS, create new digital letterhead for Robin C and Kathy Y. Lunch: Nona Lim laksa noodles with clamshell mushrooms, baby kale, sliced zucchini, and diced flank steak in a roasted chicken broth. Continued work. Patrick made homemade pita, and we shared one right out of the oven—delicious. UCSF Town Hall on Zoom. Dinner at home with Patrick: Mediterranean oven-baked chicken with black garlic hummus; cucumber and tomato salad with mint; homemade pita; water. Dessert: we shared two Norman Love chocolates. I had mine with milk. Patrick coated various foods with chocolate: buttermilk drops; a dried apricot; some roasted, unsalted almonds. Patrick went to bed while I joined for a few minutes. Then I washed dishes while he slept. Late snack: one navel orange, water. Later snack: seaweed, water.
Sat May 16, 2020
Ran in place to Pompeii Virtual Walk in 4k Part 6 via Prowalk Tours then part of Turin, Italy Walking Tour (4k Ultra HD 60fps) via BookingHunterTV then World's Largest Rainforest Canopy Walkway - Virtual Tour via Biophilia on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced banana, diced nectarine, blueberries; water. Met with Aggie on Zoom: sitebuilding. Patrick made bourbon vanilla no-churn ice cream using a recipe from Mary Berry. Recharge Medical web work: refreshing blog posts. Lunch: shakshuka. Dessert: we shared a chocolate-covered buttermilk drop. To drink: a complimentary Taika macadamia latte that we received in our last Good Eggs order. The macadamia-milk-based coffee drink is sugar-free, dairy-free, and gluten-free and tastes pretty good. Cut my hair, showered. Vacuumed. Rested. Patrick prepared a pecan pie, his first with a homemade crust. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Perilla via Uber Eats: beef with rice and imperial rolls for Patrick, vermicelli with beef and imperial rolls for me. Water to drink. Cocktails: amaretto sours. Rewatched part of The Hitman's Bodyguard on Netflix DVD with Patrick. We didn't realize we had seen it before until a few minutes in. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes and finished replaying The Room Two on my iPad Pro.
Sun May 17, 2020
Ran in place to Yellowstone National Park 4K UHD via The Flying Dutchman and then part of Cairo's Khan el-Khalili Walking Tour (4K/60fps) via Prowalk Tours on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: Patrick had yogurt with pumpkin pie spice, diced banana, diced nectarine, and dried fig. I had oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, diced banana, diced nectarine, and raisins; water. Patrick set up his new iPhone SE 2nd Generation. I filed laundry that he had washed and folded earlier. Lunch: Patrick prepared for himself a quesadilla. I prepared for myself Vietnamese beef with steamed white rice and tomato wedges and Asian greens. Dessert: Patrick's homemade pecan pie, Patrick's homemade no-churn vanilla bourbon ice cream using Mary Berry's recipe. We finished watching The Hitman's Bodyguard on Netflix DVD. Patrick and I did a Facetime chat with his mom. I prepared two tax returns. Dinner at home with Patrick: Guerra's italian sausage, sauteed zucchini and green bell peppers, leftover mashed potatoes; water. Helped Aggie with her Squarespace website: abandoned the premium feature called Menu. Watched a little of the livestream called EDC Las Vegas Virtual Rave-A-Thon via Insomniac on YouTube, catching the tail of Seven Lions, Z-Trip, Svdden Death presents VOYD, and Yellow Claw. At one point there were 71,000 people watching. Dessert: one of Patrick's chocolate-banana-walnut muffin, previously frozen. Late meal: Nona Lim laksa noodle soup with flank steak, sliced trumpet mushroom, diced green onions, and ginger in a roasted beef broth; water.
Mon May 18, 2020
Ran in place to Walking Monte-Carlo, Monaco - Casinos, Hotels, Harbour, Shops, Cafes & Station - French Riviera via Watched Walker on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, diced mango, dried tart cherry, diced banana; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Web edits for Susie: assistant deans, associate deans, Dean's Office, orgchart. Around 10:20 am today a power outage occurred. None of our circuits had tripped, so I opened the front door and confirmed with a neighbor across the street that their power had gone out as well. By the time I returned inside the power had returned, and within a few minutes wifi returned and all was normal. Met with James to discuss grid admin views. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself number-shaped pasta with cheese from a box and added diced green onions and leftover chicken and sausage. Updated Mailchimp with the latest HR list. Followup with mailing list issues. Staged a new microsite for the Pharmchem Intranet. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. Began building a new mega template for Mailchimp. Dinner at home with Patrick: beef stew with mushrooms, sweet potato, and green peppers served with a previously frozen Popeye's biscuit; water. Patrick went to bed. I continued replaying The Room Three on my iPad Pro then washed dishes. Late snack: one scoop of Patrick's homemade no-churn bourbon vanilla ice cream. Today Patrick received from UGA a preview of the cover of his book called If We Were Electric. We both like it very much.
Tue May 19, 2020
Ran in place to Walking in STOCKHOLM / Sweden 🇸🇪- Central City to Old Town - 4K 60fps (UHD) via POPtravel on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: Patrick had oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced banana, dried tart cherry, and walnuts. I had oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced banana, and dried tart cherry; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Continued Mailchimp html email new template build. Read CSS Layout News 251. Lunch: leftover beef stew with leftover number-shapes and cheese, water. Got in a small bit of weeding done in the backyard on lunch break. Continued Mailchimp html email new template build. Aggie of Aggiecakes stopped by to share some molasses cookies. Dinner at home with Patrick: homemade cauliflower and chickpea veggie burgers with tomatoes on brioche buns, water. Dessert: one molasses cookie each—very delicious! Afterwards we watched a few clips from Comedy Central on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late dessert: another Aggiecakes molasses cookie with a very small glass of milk.
Wed May 20, 2020
Ran in place to Monaco-Ville (Old Town), Prince's Palace - 🇲🇨 Monaco - 4K Virtual Tour via Wanderlust Travel Videos on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries; water. Worked from home. Siteimprove work: linkchecking. Sprint standup. Continued Mailchimp html email new template build. Lunch at home: yesterday's veggie burger patty on top of salad greens with ranch dressing, water. Patrick added to his a fried egg. Met with Sarah M and Nadav A about Nadav's logo and branding request. Followup work for this meeting. Dinner at home with Patrick: beef tacos with shredded jack cheese, black beans, and homemade tortillas, water. Late meal: beef ravioli from a can.
Thu May 21, 2020
Ran in place to Walking in STOCKHOLM / Sweden 🇸🇪- Central City to Old Town - 4K 60fps (UHD) via POPtravel on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Siteimprove work: linkchecking. Followup all day with Nadav and Sarah M about Nadav's logo request. Introduced Levi to Photoshop's content-aware fill feature. Lunch at home: beef quesadilla, water. Mailed a package to Anne and a Netflix DVD at the nearest mailbox. Followup with Jen C about a digital letterhead request. Department survey work throughout the afternoon. Followup with Katherine K about an edit request. Met with James and Anne over Zoom to discuss the departments survey project. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Kingdom of Dumpling via DoorDash: pork dumplings with celery, shrimp and chive dumplings, pork pot stickers, onion pancake, garlic bok choy, beef chow fun. Patrick prepared ti kuan yin to drink. Dessert: Aggiecakes molasses cookie warmed in the microwave for 15 seconds resting after each 5 seconds with Patrick's bourbon vanilla no-churn ice cream. Continued playing The Room Three on my iPad Pro.
Fri May 22, 2020
Ran in place to Jardin Exotique Garden and Cave - 🇲🇨 Monaco - 4K Virtual Tour via Wanderlust Travel Videos on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced pear, diced banana; water. Patrick added pecans to his. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Qualtrics work: department survey. Edited the Update from the Dean for Grant. Lunch: leftovers from last night's dinner, water, half cup of coffee with hot milk. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. Followup with Sarah M and Nadav A about Nadav's logo and branding request. UCSF Town Hall. UFD email campaign. Dinner at home with Patrick: tofu, green pepper, and napa cabbage stir-fry with oyster sauce over steamed white rice; water. Dessert: lemon-pistachio bundt cake, previously frozen. Afterwards we watched a few clips on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. I washed some dishes. Continued playing The Room Three on my iPad Pro. Washed more dishes. Late meal: leftover Chinese food. Finished washing dishes.
Sat May 23, 2020
Last night I dreamt that I was at someone's house party and no one was wearing masks. I attempted to hug someone and instead was met with an extended palm—stay away. That's when I woke. Ran in place to Antrim Lake Loop Virtual Run with Ambient Sounds via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced pear, currants; water; half cup of coffee with hot milk. Housecleaning, including vacuuming then changing air purifier prefilters. Lunch: Patrick had oatmeal. I had Chinese food leftovers, water, half cup of coffee with hot milk. Small sewing projects: repaired a gray henley for Patrick, hemmed a napkin. I spent part of the day continuing to prepare our tax filings. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick had a quesadilla using leftovers from taco night. I had Chinese food leftovers. Water and mezcal margaritas with salt for both. Earlier today Patrick prepared an opera cake. (The recipe name was "Striped Cake," but Patrick says it's an opera cake.) We tried a slice for dinner, but the cake turned out much too dense. He later threw it away. We were disappointed, but not every recipe turns out a winner. Afterwards we watched clips on YouTube: visiting Disney World, then a Jack Skellington night show with fireworks. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes.
Sun May 24, 2020
Ran in place to ⁴ᴷ Paris walking tour 🇫🇷 Back streets and shopping streets of Le Marais, France 4K via Silent Walker on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced banana, dried tart cherry; water. Nap for both. I spent the entire day continuing to prepare our tax filings. Patrick prepared a soup for tonight's dinner. Lunch: Patrick had yogurt. I had leftover rice with leftover garlic bok choy. Still hungry, so I had a snack: some wheat crackers with white cheddar. Patrick prepared risotto balls. Recently our Miele S2121 Capri canister vacuum was not performing as well as it had in the past. So today I disassembled, cleaned, and reassembled its STB 205 Turbo Brush floorhead using Miele Turbo Nozzle Maintenance STB205 -Miele Vacuum Repair via Performance Reviews on YouTube as a guide (despite the "Please do not try this at home!" warning). All turned out well, and now I have a Turbo Brush that's essentially good as new. I was initially hesitant to perform the maintenance, but the Miele design was simple and logical. The greatest danger is probably losing track of all the pieces. This afternoon Patrick made Steve P's ricotta balls (zeppole ricotta). They turned out so well we ate three each. Dinner at home with Patrick: red lentil stew with lemon over steamed rice. I washed dishes and continued taxes work. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Late snack: grilled colby cheese sandwich on previously frozen sourdough slices with butter, water.
Mon May 25, 2020
Memorial holiday. Ran in place to CROATIA Lovely Townscapes - Cities of the World | Urban Life Documentary Film - Episode 1 via 4K Urban Life on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, diced banana, raisins; water. Patrick had his with diced dried fig instead of raisins. Nap. Lunch: Patrick had black bean and cactus soup with sour cream and green onions, Guerra's roast beef and colby cheese tartine, toasted; water. I had Chef Boyardee's beefaroni from a can, water. Delivered a misdelivered letter to a neighbor. Weeded in the front yard while Patrick did laundry and made chocolate no-churn ice cream. Patrick and I chatted with his mom over Facetime. House chores. Afternoon snack assortment with Patrick: rice cake, pretzels, mini cheese and crackers, wheat crackers. Helped Patrick fold laundry that he washed earlier. Watched Legion s1:e2 on Hulu Basic Plan with Patrick and popcorn. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Mahalo via Uber Eats: combo plates. Patrick had fried fish and bbq chicken with side green salad and white rice. I had bbq chicken and bbq beef with mac salad and white rice. Water to drink. Rested. Dessert with Patrick: Patrick's homemade no-churn dutch chocolate chip. Watched a few trailers on YouTube with Patrick. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Watched Solo on Netflix instant watch by myself. Late snack: seaweed.
Tue May 26, 2020
Ran in place to 4K Virtual Walk - Quebec City, Downtown via Virtual Videos Channel on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with diced mango, dried tart cherry, shredded coconut; water; and for me, coffee with milk. Worked from home. Sprint standup. UFD report followup. Read CSS Layout News 252. Siteimprove policy work all day. 1:1 with Eric. Various task followup. Followup with Jen C about a digital letterhead request. Completed pcard paperwork. Met with Jon and Josh about a website editing question. Patrick today organized the pantry and cleaned in the fridge. Dinner at home with Patrick: I prepared mac and cheese with diced parsley. He prepared shrimp scampi. We combined the two dishes. Dessert: Patrick's homemade no-churn dutch chocolate chip. Afterwards we watched various clips on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Continued playing The Room Three on my iPad Pro.
Wed May 27, 2020
Ran in place to Glacier National Park Montana America 4K via The Flying Dutchman then part of 2019 Niagara Falls Half Marathon Full Run - Treadmill Virtual Run - 1440P via TreadmillTrainer on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced pear, diced banana. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Mailchimp template work. Various task followup. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. Met with Eric, Cheryl, and Nicole about email campaigns. Orgchart work: education team. Lunch: Patrick made for himself black bean cactus soup mixed with leftover taco beef and slices of a half avocado; water. I made for myself a grilled sandwich with roast beef, colby, and avocado; water. Orgchart work: School. Migrated many files from UCSF Box to UCSF OneDrive. Prepared and scheduled the town hall Mailchimp reminder for Susie. Dinner at home with Patrick: Louis Armstrong's Creole red beans and ham with steamed rice and garlic parmesan bread, water. I made us no-salt mezcal margaritas. Group chat with the Group With No Name. Dessert: one slice of Patrick's pecan pie, previously frozen. Finished replaying The Room Three on my iPad Pro. Patrick went to bed, and I napped for about an hour before waking and washing dishes. My iPhone X stopped working today. The screen was black no matter what I tried. After letting it charge a while it began working again. I'm not sure why this happened since I always charge at night and I never run out of power during the day.
Thu May 28, 2020
Continued running in place to 2019 Niagara Falls Half Marathon Full Run - Treadmill Virtual Run - 1440P via TreadmillTrainer on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced peach, diced banana. Mine had cream of rice instead of oatmeal. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Siteimprove work: linkchecking and policy work. Various task followup. Used rsync to continue migrating files from UCSF Box to UCSF OneDrive. Taxonomy maintenance: merges. Lunch: microwaved carrots and mushrooms with leftover bbq chicken and bbq pork with leftover steamed rice, water. More of the same work from the morning. Attended the School town hall. Attended Crowdcast: How To Talk About Coronavirus: Liz Neeley in conversation with Ed Yong. Helped Aggie with her website: getting consistent font sizes. Helped Patrick prepare Open Graph data for his website. Patrick made cocktails: monte carlos. Dinner at home with Patrick: flat-iron steak with sauteed trumpet mushrooms and French fries, water. Dessert: a slice of lemon-pistachio bundt cake, previously frozen. Watched 58:37 of Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me on Netflix instant watch with Patrick. Patrick went to bed, and I joined for a while. Woke, washed dishes. Late snack: seaweed, water.
Fri May 29, 2020
Ran in place to Gornergratbahn │Zermatt - Gornergrat │The Matterhorn Railway │Train Switzerland │ Mount Matterhorn via TrainJJ and then part of 4K City Walks: Mannlichen Switzerland Mountains - Virtual Walk Walking Treadmill Video via City Walks on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced banana, diced peach, pecans. I omitted the pecans and had cream of rice instead of oatmeal. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking. Sprint standup. Styling followup: the changes I expected to be live are not yet live. I'll just wait til Tuesday. Met with Eric to discuss pharmchem email campaign needs and mailing list issues: PSPG digest, PC news. Lunch at home: leftover red beans and rice. I also had a cup of cold coffee with milk. Prepped an email: followup with Cheryl and Nicole: pharmchem email campaign needs and mailing list issues. UCSF town hall. Dinner at home with Patrick: I prepared dumpling soup using prepared dumplings, baby bok choy, carrot coins, flank steak, green onions, and a vegetable broth. Patrick made us maguey sour cocktails. Web work for Patrick's website: added images, prepped and delivered a Mailchimp book cover announcement. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late meal: grilled cheddar cheese sandwich, water, glass of white wine. I learned this afternoon that my team at work will be expected to work from home through at least January 18, 2021 due to the pandemic.
Sat May 30, 2020
Ran in place to 4K City Walks: Mannlichen Switzerland Mountains - Virtual Walk Walking Treadmill Video via City Walks on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced banana, pecans. I omitted the pecans, added blueberries, and had cream of rice instead of oatmeal. Rested. Patrick today made chewy chocolate cookies using a recipe from Back To My Southern Roots. He napped while I ate leftover red beans and rice then washed dishes. Unwrapped and then rewrapped our duvet and duvet cover to discover that the duvet is 80 by 80 inches and the cover is 84 by 90 inches. No wonder it has always been variously and weirdly misshapen. I learned then that duvet and duvet cover sizes vary widely. I learned then that bed sizes vary widely throughout the world. Continued preparing our tax returns. Troubleshot sync problems with Simplenote and failed. Finished watching Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me on Netflix instant watch. Dinner at home with Patrick: bone-in pork chops with corn on the cob, water, white wine. Dessert: one Aggiecakes molasses cookie and one of Patrick's chewy chocolate cookie each. Finished rewatching with Patrick Incredibles 2 on Netflix instant watch that we had begun on April 12. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. SpaceX and NASA today launched Robert L. Behnken and Douglas G. Hurley into space to rendezvous with the International Space Station. I had tuned in on Wednesday but that launch was delayed due to bad weather. Today I forgot about it and missed it completely.
Sun May 31, 2020
Ran in place to Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich s1:e1 on Netflix instant watch. Breakfast at home: cream of rice with milk, cinnamon, diced banana. Continued preparing our tax return filings. Lunch at home: leftover red beans and rice, water, cold coffee with milk. Completed tax return filings. Cut my hair, showered. Nap. Vacuuming. Washed dishes. Walked to the mailbox and returned. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Old Mandarin Islamic via Uber Eats: shrimp fried rice, sweet and sour chicken, beijing beef pancake, three-flavor dumplings: $74.03 after an $8.45 tip for Erik. Patrick made pralines today but they came out softer than they were supposed to. He says he'll repurpose them into a batch of no-churn ice cream. OS and app updates for home devices. Watched 42 minutes of Austin Powers in Goldmember on Netflix instant watch with Patrick. Patrick went to bed. Completed OS and app updates and monthly backups for home devices. Late snack: beijing beef pancake, water. A citywide curfew began at 8 pm tonight in response to some protest violence that occurred yesterday. The curfew ends at 5 am tomorrow.