December 2020
Summary: Worked and vacationed from home while much of California returns to shelter in place and vaccination begins.
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Tue Dec 1, 2020
Ran in place to Glee s2:e3 on Amazon Prime Video on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Read CSS Layout News 279. Mailchimp work: prepped an announcement for commencement. Siteimprove policy work. Lunch at home with Patrick: leftover fried chicken, water. I also had a large mixed lettuces salad with sliced mushrooms and ranch dressing. Helped Lisa C with a PowerPoint question about cropping images. Continued D8 work. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, raisins; water. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Chaiya Thai via Uber Eats: veggie egg rolls, corn fritters, yellow curry chicken, pad woonsen with pork, jasmine rice, two thai iced teas. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched Sex Education s1:e2 on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. Began reading Grav 1.6 documentation from the beginning to refresh my prior knowledge in preparation for new development for Patrick's website.
Wed Dec 2, 2020
Ran in place to Glee s2:e4 on Amazon Prime Video on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, diced fuyu persimmon; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Began converting Javascript-based accordions into details and summary elements. Computer crashed with kernel panic while opening a local dev web page in Chrome—process = kernel_task. Began troubleshooting. Lunch at home: leftover rigatoni, water. D8 content type work and styling. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blackberries; water. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers. Dessert for Patrick only: one chocolate chip cookie. Afterwards we watched Nova's Secrets of the Forbidden City on Kanopy.
Thu Dec 3, 2020
Ran in place to Glee s2:e5 on Amazon Prime Video on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blackberries; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Sent a resend Mailchimp campaign. Edited the EDS profiles module to remove a degrees release conditional. Met briefly with Anne about the town hall content migration. Mailchimp work: commencement announcement. Lunch at home with Patrick: 1.5 soft tacos for Patrick. For me, toasted everything bagel with cream cheese and .5 soft taco. Water for both. Wrapped some holiday gifts. Continued Mailchimp work. EDS degrees release problem followup. People data followup with Joel for Lauren. Dinner at home with Patrick: risotto with asparagus and pancetta using a chicken stock made with asparagus, garlic, and saffron. White wine for Patrick, water for me. Dessert for me only: one eighth of a chocolate chip cookie. Afterwards we watched Star Trek: Discovery s3:e8 on CBS All Access. Mended a handwarmer cloth pouch with needle and thread because it had begun to fray at one seam. Watched Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet s1:e2 on Apple TV+.
Fri Dec 4, 2020
Ran in place to Glee s2:e6 on Amazon Prime Video on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries, sliced banana; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Accordion conversion to summary-details all day. Lunch: a small portion of leftovers from dinner. 30-minute nap. Chatted briefly on Zoom about various tasks with Anne B. Sprint recap meeting with Eric and James. UCSF town hall on Zoom. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Perilla (Haight) via Uber Eats: garlic noodles with five-spice chicken and imperial rolls, lemongrass beef with rice and imperial rolls, thai iced tea for both. With this order we learned that the boba milk option with their thai iced tea includes tapioca balls. (The only other milk options were almond and soy.) Afterwards we watched Star Wars: The Mandalorian s2:e6 then more of Hamilton on Disney+. Patrick today made lemonpoppyseed muffins from The Good Book of Southern Cooking, and they turned out perfectly. Late snack: no-salt, no-oil popcorn via the silicone microwave popper.
Sat Dec 5, 2020
Ran in place to Glee s2:e7 on Amazon Prime Video on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries, sliced banana; warmed lemonpoppyseed muffin, water. Walked to the post office and back to send a package. Set a hook in the bathroom to hold a small mirror for shaving in the shower. Stowed a duvet in the sofa bed in the couch because we didn't have space for it elsewhere. Vacuumed. Worked on Patrick's forthcoming new website in Grav all day, abandoning an earlier attempt that used Gantry 5 because I realized that I didn't want the Gantry layer on top of Grav. Afternoon snack: seaweed. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers from last night, white wine. Dessert: hot chocolate for Patrick, one eighth of a chocolate chip cookie for me. Afterwards we watched Warrior s1:e4 on SFPL DVD. Troubleshot connection problems with Unified Remote. Resolved it by uninstalling and reinstalling the iOS app then reinstalling the Mac app (server) then manually adding the server on the iOS app. Late snack: no-salt, no-oil popcorn via the silicone microwave popper.
Sun Dec 6, 2020
Ran in place to Glee s2:e8 on Amazon Prime Video on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries, sliced banana; warmed lemonpoppyseed muffin, water. Continued work on Patrick's forthcoming new website. Drained then filled emergency water containers to refresh the water. For an impromptu brunch, Patrick made banana pancakes followed by banana fritters. We ate the fritters with powdered sugar similar to how beignets are served. Reinstalled Dropbox after IT's reinstall of SEP which seemed to resolve the kernel panics I had been receiving. Dropbox subsequently deleted all the webdev work I had worked on because I renamed the folder I was working in. It also deleted several days of entries in my journal. My Time Machine backup was not current because I unplugged it during the day because I have limited space in my current standing desk work environment at home. iDrive was uninstalled because it, too, had been crashing, and I was trying to isolate the problem. Fortunately, work's CrashPlan backup saved the day and I lost only about an hour of work. It was pretty scary there for a good 25 minutes, though. I'll say it again: the minimum number of backups you should have is three. Cleaned the bathroom, cut my hair, showered. Dinner at home with Patrick: I prepared udon noodles with vegetables in a chicken stock. White wine, water. Dessert: I had one eighth of a chocolate chip cookie. Patrick had part of a packaged brownie. Watched part of SNL s46:e7 then Sex Education s1:e3 and Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia on Netflix. Snack for Patrick: popcorn and peppermint white chocolate Kisses. Later, snack for me: popcorn.
Mon Dec 7, 2020
Ran in place to Glee s2:e9 on Amazon Prime Video on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Banana fritters from yesterday with Patrick. Details-summary work. D8 sprint start with Eric and James. Followup with SEP reinstall and SEP message "The computer ff02::fb is attempting to access Google Chrome on your computer. Do you want to allow this connection?" on port 5353. D8 work: gallery content type. Read NNGroups email newsletter. Lunch: leftover noodle soup, water. Continued town hall content migration. Siteimprove policy work. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries; water. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick had chili mac from a can. I had leftover noodle soup. We both also shared a ciabatta roll with butter or peanut butter or both. White wine, water. Afterwards we watched What We Do in the Shadows s2:e2. We realized we forgot to record when we watched s2:e1. Then we watched Sex Education s1:e4 on Netflix. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Continued work on Patrick's forthcoming new website. Late meal: large soft taco using leftovers from taco night, water.
Tue Dec 8, 2020
Ran in place to Glee s2:e10 on Amazon Prime Video on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries; water. Worked from home. No sprint standup. Read CSS Layout News 280. Snack with Patrick: warmed lemonpoppyseed muffin, previously frozen; water. 1:1 with Eric then Grant joined so we could talk about a particular task (COVID-19 content migration). Lunch at home with Patrick: delivery from Sunrise Deli via Uber Eats: chicken schwarma, mujaddara, baklava. Continued troubleshooting SEP crashes and "Upload Blocked" in Word with Zane B from IT. Short Zoom call with Levi about COVID-19 content migration. Unlinked and relinked OneDrive. Short Zoom call with Cheryl C about replacing an image on the contact us page. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries; water. Today Patrick prepared a frosted coffee-chocolate bundt cake. Dinner at home with Patrick: together we prepared package ramen in tonkatsu broth with grilled flank steak, egg, broccoli, green onions, sliced mushrooms, diced parsley; water. Dessert: slices of frosted coffee-chocolate bundt cake. We both washed dishes. Afterwards we watched Sex Education s1:e5 on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. Continued work on Patrick's forthcoming new website: how collections work in Grav, installed the blog skeleton demo, got tripped up by "class ziparchive not found" and spent a long time trying to resolve it, not really sure how I did it, but I think it was setting my path to include the php bin folder of the version of php I was using in MAMP and also ensuring that the php.ini file of that version of PHP included "extension=zip.so". Also tried to get zsh to see more than 16 lines of history—failed. Ran in place to Glee s2:e11 on Amazon Prime Video on Apple TV. "Upload Blocked" appears to have been resolved by unlinking then relinking my account in OneDrive.
Wed Dec 9, 2020
Ran in place to Glee s2:e12 on Amazon Prime Video on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Deleted extra copies of files from the two-month troubleshooting of OneDrive this past summer. D8 event content type work: displays, date formats. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself a large salad. More D8 work. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries; water. Siteimprove policy work. More details-summary work: remove old css and js. Handled a logo usage request. Dinner at home with Patrick: turmeric fried rice, water. Dessert: heated baklava. Cocktail: egg nog and bourbon. We watched What We Do in the Shadows s2:e3 on Hulu Basic Plan then Sex Education s1:e6 on Netflix.
Thu Dec 10, 2020
Ran in place to Glee s2:e13 on Amazon Prime Video on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Worked from home. Siteimprove policy work: make BioE labels consistent. Sprint standup. Letterhead work: BJG. Began MJML work. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself ramen leftovers with a new package of ramen, water. At around 2:30 pm I did a Bomgar session with Zane B who uninstalled SEP on my computer to see if that resolved problems with kernel panics, hangs, crashes, beach balls of death, etc. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blackberries; water. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Calibur via Uber Eats: cheddar bacon cheeseburger for Patrick, cheddar cheeseburger for me, tallow fries, water. I also had a small glass of white wine. Dessert for me: five eighths of a chocolate chip cookie. Afterwards we had mezcal margaritas and watched Star Trek: Discovery s3:e9 on CBS All Access then Sex Education s1:e7 on Netflix. Late snack: five mandarins.
Fri Dec 11, 2020
Ran in place to Glee s2:e14 on Amazon Prime Video on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced pear; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Orgchart work. Followup with Shanthi and an issue with UCSF Profiles. Followup with Zane B about SEP and crashes. Lunch: leftover turmeric fried rice to which I added some sliced leftover flank steak, water. HR update in Mailchimp. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blackberries; water. D8 sprint recap meeting with Eric. Dinner at home with Patrick: chicken marsala with mushroooms, side of instant mashed potatoes, water. Watched various clips on YouTube including a lot of Marvel trailers then Star Wars: The Mandalorian s2:e7 on Disney+. Cocktails with Patrick: eggnog with tequila and a dash of brandy. I washed dishes. Patrick went to bed. I continued working on Patrick's new website in Grav: page collections and ui-tabs shortcode.
Sat Dec 12, 2020
Ran in place to Glee s2:e15 on Amazon Prime Video on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced pear; water. Continued working on Patrick's new website in Grav. Lunch: I prepared for myself sliced leftover flank steak with grilled yellow and green onions and parsley over leftover steamed basmati rice, water. Nap. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, diced pear; water. Patrick's Zoom meeting in conversation with Jewelle Gomez and hosted by Bureau of General Services - Queer Division (BGSQD) in New York City. Dinner at home with Patrick: pepperoni pizza from frozen to which Patrick added sliced red bell pepper and green onions, water. For the past few days Patrick and I have been enjoying a little per day of a Christopher Elbow box that we treated ourselves to for the holidays. Afterwards we watched Warrior s1:e5 on SFPL DVD then Sex Education s1:e8 on Netflix. Patrick had a bowl of popcorn with the Sex Education episode. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Troubleshot problems with iDrive (clean reinstall) and Creative Cloud (repair hung so I clean reinstalled CC apps and that fixed it). Renaming hdpim.db to old_hdpim.db resolved the problem I had. Cleaned the bathroom. Late meal: star pasta with tomato sauce from a can. Electric candle maintenance. Trash maintenance.
Sun Dec 13, 2020
Ran in place to Glee s2:e16 on Amazon Prime Video on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries, blackberries; water. Continued troubleshooting iDrive problems. Trash management. Brunch at home with Patrick: delivery from Wise Sons via Caviar: reuben sandwich for Patrick, Manny's breakfast burrito for me. The portions were so large we ate only half and saved the rest for dinner. Dessert: one TJ's holiday Joe-Joe each, which we started one each per day either yesterday or the day before. Patrick also ordered other items to take to Sam tomorrow for a Hannukah celebration. Tidied in the garage, looked for more items to sell or get rid of, cleared the bathtub drain. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries; water. Researched solutions for mounting an iPhone to a tripod. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers from lunch, side of roasted Brussels sprouts, water, egg nog with bourbon. Dessert: more Christopher Elbow. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched the remainder of Hamilton on Disney+ then Sex Education s2:e1 on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: toasted plain bagel with cream cheese.
Mon Dec 14, 2020
Ran in place to Glee s2:e17 on Amazon Prime Video on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced pear; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. D8 sprint start meeting. Siteimprove policy work. Mailchimp work all day: BTS holiday greeting. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries; water. Two meetings about ACDRS. Troubleshot problems with my D7 config. fin init did not resolve it. Must be more corrupted databases on the Acquia side. Will troubleshoot more tomorrow. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Marnee Thai via Uber Eats: imperial rolls, steamed jasmine rice, prawns pad see-ew, bbq chicken, mixed vegetable yellow curry, two thai iced teas. Dessert: more Christopher Elbow. Afterwards we watched Sex Education s2:e2 on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. I continued working on Patrick's new website in Grav: mostly styling and event building.
Tue Dec 15, 2020
Ran in place to Glee s2:e18 on Amazon Prime Video on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Attempted to install a CKEditor plugin for D7, failed. Lunch: leftover rice with leftover veggie yellow curry, water. Helped Joel with some edits in Qualtrics to the reply to interview invitation form. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries; water. Dinner at home with Patrick: shepherd's pie, water. Afterwards we had TJ's holiday chocolate-covered Joe-Joe's. We watched a little more than half of The Prom (2020) on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late small meal: leftover Thai food, water.
Wed Dec 16, 2020
Ran in place to Glee s2:e19 on Amazon Prime Video on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. More Qualtrics work for Joel. Followup all day with BTS about their holiday greeting. Read CSS Layout News 281. Met with Anne to review work on a task. Lunch at home: leftover shepherd's pie, leftover Brussels sprouts, water. Met with Anne again to review work on another task. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, sliced banana; water. Dinner at home with Patrick: deli meatloaf, leftover Brussels sprouts, leftover cole slaw, water. Dessert: more Christopher Elbow. We finished watching The Prom (2020) then watched various trailers on YouTube then Sex Education s2:e3 on Netflix instant watch. Late in the evening a surprise gift arrived from the dean of the School of Pharmacy: lots of sweets and snacks from La Cocina. We are stunned. Continued playing Journey on my iPad Air. Late snack: seaweed, dried plantain chips, blue corn chips, water. Late tonight I received a package of treats sent by Dean Joe: a box from La Cocina containing: alfajores by Sabores del Sur, a superfood baobar from Teranga, a quintet box of chocolate truffles from NeoCocoa, spicy hot cocoa from Sal de Vida Gourmet, thai chili peanuts from Sajen, kettle corn from Endless Summer Sweets, and plantain chips from Estrellita's Snacks.
Thu Dec 17, 2020
Ran in place to Glee s2:e20 on Amazon Prime Video on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. More followup all day with BTS about their holiday greeting. Seed Award web edits and reminder email work for Shalimar and Liana. Lunch at home: leftover yellow curry with leftover basmati rice and leftover meatloaf, water. Prepped web and orgchart changes following the forthcoming PC chairship changeover. Posted an event for Carolina L. Reviewed Eric's suggested changes to associate dean and assistant dean content. Dean's Office Zoom chat. Dinner at home with Patrick: I prepared for us udon noodle soup with roasted beef broth, ground beef, sliced red bell pepper, diced yellow onion, broccoli, sliced green onions, minced garlic, chopped parsley. Water to drink. Dessert: more Christopher Elbow. I washed dishes. Afterwards we ate kettle corn and watched Star Trek: Discovery s3:e10 on CBS All Access then The Simpsons s31:e22 (The Way of the Dog) on Disney+. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Late: a few bites of Coolhaus street cart churro dough ice cream.
Fri Dec 18, 2020
Ran in place to Glee s2:e21 on Amazon Prime Video on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Followup with a Mailchimp subscription issue. Followup with BTS holiday greeting. Followup with Xandrine G about donor list updates. Small meal: mixed greens with deli trout salad, water. All day: repaired my lists of accomplishments after they had been accidentally lost. Ordered lunch from Grubhub using a Grubhub gift card provided by Dean Joe. There were lots of problems with ordering from Grubhub's site. After entering the coupon code it informed us that gift cards cannot be used when ordering from restaurants that serve alcohol. (We were not ordering alcohol.) Then, the checkout failed to let me select my saved credit card as a payment method. I tried selecting PayPal as a payment method and that failed, too. I reentered the credit card that was already saved in the system, and that finally worked. Grubhub still has no map delivery tracking. Medium Madeleine's pizza plus American bacon. Two Zoom listen-only meetings at the same time: Follow a Plague Doctor Through Prague and Jeremy's commencement. Helped Diana K with a web edit question. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, raspberries; water. UCSF town hall. Removed a few weeds from the driveway. Patrick ate dinner: leftover pizza, water. I ate later because I wasn't hungry yet. Cousins Zoom chat. Dinner: leftover pizza, water. Dessert: one TJ's dark chocolate holiday chocolate-covered Jo-Jo and more Christopher Elbow. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched The Mandalorian s2:e8 on Disney+ and it was terrific. I washed more dishes. Continued working on Patrick's new website in Grav. Late snack: a tiny meal of leftover rice with leftover meatloaf.
Sat Dec 19, 2020
Vacation day 1 of 16 during COVID-19 shelter in place. Ran in place to Glee s2:e22 on Amazon Prime Video on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, raspberries; water. All day: troubleshot problems with iDrive backup: "A file name with the same directory name already exists". Continued working on Patrick's new website in Grav. Today Patrick made blueberry-ginger muffins from The Good Book of Southern Cooking. We were a bit disappointed in this recipe. He used powdered ginger but its flavor did not come through at all. The muffins were good, but not great; slightly too dry inside. Lunch: beef noodle soup from leftover noodle soup stuff and newly made broth from refrigerated bouillon. Dessert: more Christopher Elbow. Vacuumed, including air purifier pre-filters. Trash management. Printed a few shipping labels that Patrick needed using a Rittenhouse template that I had created in InDesign. Had to reinstall the printer for our Epson XP-7100 several times before it would work. Weight training: quads. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, raspberries; water. Snack with Patrick: plantain chips. Played some games on the iPad Air: Family Style: Co-op Kitchen, Journey, Blek, Shadowmatic. Dinner at home with Patrick: we shared a baked potato with fixins, water. Dessert: chocolate truffles from NeoCacao. Cocktails: ginger-mezcal old fashioneds. Afterwards we watched Sex Education s2:e4 on Netflix then What We Do in the Shadows s2:e4 on Amazon Prime Video. Patrick went to bed. I stored dishes. Late small meal: half of mini ravioli from a can, water. Washed dishes.
Sun Dec 20, 2020
Vacation day 2 of 16 during COVID-19 shelter in place. Ran in place to Glee s3:e1 on Amazon Prime Video on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, raspberries, dried tart cherries; one blueberry-ginger muffin, water. Groceryshopped online with Patrick. Continued troubleshooting iDrive backup error: "A file name with the same directory name already exists". Here is the solution: compare local to cloud for each folder in the path looking a *file* in the cloud vs. a *folder* on local (or vice versa) and then when the conflict is found remove what’s in the cloud. Attempted to resolve some scratches on our dining table. Gave up after paste wax and furniture crayon failed. Paste wax had no effect perhaps because the scratch is too deep for it to hide it. The crayon failed I think because the scratch is too shallow for the crayon wax to remain embedded. Patrick might try staining with coffee grounds, but I'm too afraid of trying anything else which might make things worse due to our inexperience in repairs like these. Lunch: leftover beef noodle soup, water. Patrick made cornbread from The Good Book of Southern Cooking. Played Dream Detective on iOS with Patrick. We did not realize for a while that after finding the objects shown at the bottom of the screen you can scroll to the right to reveal more objects to be found and that there is a countdown timer which seems to indicate that there's a limited time to each level. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, raspberries; water. Nap. Fletch stopped by briefly to drop off some cookies, and we gave him some cornbread in return. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Mozzarella di Bufala via Uber Eats: cuore special with chicken, feijoada completa, brazilian flan. Afterwards we watched about half of Home Alone (1990) on Disney+. Patrick washed dishes and went to bed. Created some new color palettes in Adobe Color. Late small meal: half of mini ravioli from a can. Washed dishes.
Mon Dec 21, 2020
Vacation day 3 of 16 during COVID-19 shelter in place. Ran in place to The Great Courses: The Great Tours: France through the Ages: The Splendor of Versailles on Kanopy. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; one blueberry-ginger muffin; water. Cleaned the bathroom, cut my hair, showered. Nap. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries; water. Weight training. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick made split peas and bacon with rice. Dessert: chocolates from NeoCocoa. Afterwards we finished watching Home Alone (1990) on Disney+. I washed dishes. Drinks: Patrick had a very small glass of red wine. I had bailey's with creme de menthe on ice. Then we watched Ari Eldjarn: Pardon My Icelandic on Netflix. Patrick went to bed. Continued working on Patrick's new website in Grav.
Tue Dec 22, 2020
Vacation day 4 of 16 during COVID-19 shelter in place. All day: continued working on Patrick's new website in Grav. Ran in place to Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet s1:e3 and s1:e4 on Apple TV+. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Later, leftovers from two nights ago with last night's leftover rice. Napped on the couch. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick had leftovers from two nights ago with last night's rice. I prepared for myself a bowl of ramen with vegetables. Cocktail for Patrick only: tequila with ginger ale on ice. We watched Sex Education s2:e5 on Netflix instant watch then the remainder of Ari Eldjarn: Pardon My Icelandic on Netflix then an episode of Billy on the Street with Jason Sudeikis. Patrick went to bed. Club soda with ginger syrup.
Wed Dec 23, 2020
Vacation day 5 of 16 during COVID-19 shelter in place. All day: continued working on Patrick's new website in Grav. Ran in place to half of The Gardener on Amazon Prime Video. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Lunch: chicken noodle soup from a can with cornbread. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries. Helped Joel with a web issue. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Lemonade via Uber Eats: Patrick had a green chile chicken bowl with cauliflower rice with lavender elderflower lemonade, I had a mango chicken bowl with baby greens with water. Dessert: we shared a brownie. Both bowls were much spicier than we had expected. I ate mine even though it was uncomfortable to do so. The brownie was more like fudge than a brownie. Not the best experience, but I'm not complaining about minor problems during the pandemic. Watched Warrior s1:e6 on SFPL DVD with Patrick. Uninstalled and reinstalled Unified Remote to successfully resolve connection failed and address already in use errors (after restarting did not fix it). Patrick went to bed. I watched various movie trailers via the Trailers app on Apple TV. Late snack: no-oil, no-salt popcorn from the silicone microwave popcorn popper.
Thu Dec 24, 2020
Vacation day 6 of 16 during COVID-19 shelter in place. Ran in place to the remainder of The Gardener on Amazon Prime Video. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. All day: continued working on Patrick's new website in Grav. Lunch at home with Patrick: delivery: empanadas from Chalos via Grubhub using the $15 gift certificate from Dean Joe: Patrick had carne dulce fried and pollo picante fried. I had pollo baked and cebolla and queso baked. Patrick also had a cafe bombon. We had ordered an Argentine-style traditional churro but it was missing from our order and we got a refund immediately after I reported the problem. Watched a Disney holiday sing-along on Disney+ with Patrick. Patrick prepared a panforte, and we tried a piece. It was delicious. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Suppenkuche via Uber Eats: Sauerbraten mit Preiselbeerkonfiture, Rotkohl und Spatzle; Reibekuchen mit Hausgemachtem Apfelmus und Schmand; Wiener Schnitzelvom Schwein mit Bratkartoffein und grunem Salat (and we added sliced tomatoes). Red wine to drink. Dessert: one small slice of panforte each. I washed dishes. We watched Star Trek: Discovery s3:e11 on CBS All Access. Patrick went to bed.
Fri Dec 25, 2020
Vacation day 7 of 16 during COVID-19 shelter in place. Patrick ordered a dozen doughnuts from Royal Pin via Uber Eats and ate one and a half of them shortly after arrival. I ran in place to Slim Aarons: The High Life on Amazon Prime Video. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries; water. Sam came over for Christmas brunch: delivery from Yank Sing via Tock: steamed bbq pork bun x 2, stuffed lotus leaf x 3, shrimp dumpling x 2, pork and shrimp siu mye, spinach dumpling, savory vegetable dumpling, pork potstickers, salt and pepper pork, sauteed string beans with dried shrimp, rice noodle soup with bbq pork, steamed rice x 2. Water to drink. All the food was delicious, and the delivery via DoorDash arrived exactly 50 seconds before our requested delivery time of 11:00 a.m. The salt and pepper pork we later determined was too spicy even for Patrick, but Sam enjoyed it very much. Dessert: some of the Royal Pin doughnuts. Afterwards we opened gifts. Sam got us a wooden 4-in-a-row game (like Connect Four) and an art projector. We got Sam a new iPhone SE 2nd Generation with Anker wall charger and Spigen clear case to replace his aging iPhone 8. We set up Sam's new phone, swapping the SIM card. We chatted briefly with Dianne over the phone. Sam departed. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, raisins; water. Patrick and I attended The Dickens Fair at Home watching various videos streamed over Apple TV to our TCL television. We used Facetime with Patrick's mom and chatted with Kerry and her for a while. Dinner: Patrick had oatmeal. I had leftovers from today. Then we watched a lot of different things including Pluto's Christmas Tree on Disney+ and the most recent Christmas episodes of The Simpsons and Will and Grace. Late snack: one steamed bbq pork bun.
Sat Dec 26, 2020
Vacation day 8 of 16 during COVID-19 shelter in place. Ran in place to the December 2 episode of The Daily podcast: Something Terrible Has Happened. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. All day: continued working on Patrick's new website in Grav. Some web and other work for Recharge Medical: hours change, staff listing changes, Facebook profile updates. Snack: one Royal Pin Boston cream doughnut. Lunch: used leftover noodle soup noodles in a new soup with green onions, mushrooms, and tomato. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, raisins; water. Dinner at home: leftovers from Suppenkuche. Patrick ate earlier and I ate later due to slightly off schedules for eating today. Afterwards we watched Warrior s1:e7 on SFPL DVD. Patrick went to bed.
Sun Dec 27, 2020
Vacation day 9 of 16 during COVID-19 shelter in place. Ran in place to Extra Spicy: Roman Mars on Fifth & Mission. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. All day: continued working on Patrick's new website in Grav. Lunch at home with Patrick: leftovers from Yank Sing and Suppenkuche. Troubleshot connection problems with Unified Remote. Resolved it by reinstalling the server application. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, raisins; water. Dinner at home with Patrick: tofu and vegetables in teriyaki with leftover steamed white rice, water. I also had a glass of red wine. Dessert: I had an alfajor. Afterwards we watched Soul (2020) on Disney+ and enjoyed it very much. Patrick went to bed. Late meal: part of a bowl of ramen with egg and vegetables, water.
Mon Dec 28, 2020
Vacation day 10 of 16 during COVID-19 shelter in place. Ran in place to various clips on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. All day: continued working on Patrick's new website in Grav. Lunch: the remainder of ramen from last night. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, raisins; water. Dinner at home with Patrick: I prepared linguine with peas, spinach, mozzarella, lemon, romano, butter, olive oil, garlic. Patrick washed dishes. Dessert for me only: a few bites of holiday chocolates. Afterwards we watched and enjoyed Over The Moon on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Listened to Revisionist History s1:e1 and s1:e2 on Apple Podcasts on Apple TV. Some gifts arrived today: bath supplies from Tina and a photo calendar from Dex. Late snack: havarti on toasted ciabatta slices, water.
Tue Dec 29, 2020
Vacation day 11 of 16 during COVID-19 shelter in place. Ran in place to various clips on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. All day: continued working on Patrick's new website in Grav. Lunch: leftovers from last night but with rigatoni instead of linguine, water. In the afternoon Patrick made peppermint brownies, and after they cooled a bit we each tried a piece with milk. Delicious! Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, raisins; water. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Perilla on Haight: we shared: chicken with garlic noodles and imperial rolls, pork with steamed white rice and imperial rolls. To drink: we each had a thai iced tea with soy milk. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched Sex Education s2:e6 on Netflix instant watch. Another gift arrived today: a copy of the 2021 Biddy Tarot Planner from Tina which I'm sure that Patrick will enjoy. Late snack: havarti on toasted chiabatta slices.
Wed Dec 30, 2020
Vacation day 12 of 16 during COVID-19 shelter in place. Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana, cocoa rouge; water. All day: continued working on Patrick's new website in Grav. Small meal: leftover tofu stir-fry, water. Recharge web meeting on Google Meet with Drew. Patrick and I split a peppermint brownie. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries; water. Dinner at home with Patrick: Perilla leftovers, red wine. Afterwards we watched Sex Education s2:e7 on Netflix instant watch then What We Do in the Shadows s2:e5 then Warrior s1:e8 on SFPL DVD. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. A gift arrived today: a bottle of J. Schram 2011 from Chris and Nate. Late snack: havarti on toasted chiabatta slices.
Thu Dec 31, 2020
Vacation day 13 of 16 during COVID-19 shelter in place. Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. All day: continued working on Patrick's new website in Grav. Lunch at home with Patrick: sandwiches from Grubbin' via Uber Eats. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries, cocoa rouge; water. Long nap. Dinner at home with Patrick: deli mushroom ravioli in romesco sauce, side caesar salad, water. I washed some dishes. We opened a small bottle of Champagne, saving the J. Schram for later since we realized that we were unable to drink an entire great bottle in one night. Afterwards we watched Star Trek: Discovery s3:e12 then Sex Education s2:e8. Dessert for me: a few bites of Christopher Elbow holiday chocolate. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Late meal: chili mac from a can, water.