Friday, April 2, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today, Fifth and Mission, and various videos on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, and diced pear; water. Sprint standup. Got my first shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine via Kaiser. This time instead of a Getaround Sam drove us. While I got my shot, they visited House of Bagels. I was instructed to get in a long line that wrapped around the corner. The wait time before entering was maybe 20 minutes. They said they were backed up. I was grateful nonetheless. Upon entering everything went very smoothly, and I successfully received my second shot and waited the requisite observation period. Sam and Patrick picked me up a few minutes afterwards, and we drove home. Sam joined us inside to eat bagels. They had toasted bagels with cream cheese. I had a warmed pastrami, egg, and cheese bagel. Water and tonic water to drink. After Sam left, I napped. Woke and continued work. Eric and I met with IR about HIVE, through which we have a kind of affiliation via Tejal and Lisa C in BTS. D8 sprint recap meeting with Eric and James. UCSF town hall. Patrick secured his first vaccine shot appointment from Kaiser. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Mamahuhu via Toast: dinner party: sweet and sour chicken, mushroom mapo tofu, beef and broccoli, two orders of jasmine rice, two orders of egg rolls, crunch cabbage salad, mala YOLO cucumbers. To drink: jasmine baby tea lager for Patrick, alcoholic ginger beer for me. We saved the cabbage salad to eat later. The mapo tofu and mala YOLO cucumbers were very spicy so I had none, and Patrick ate some of both but later (on April 7) threw the rest away because the spiciness was unendurable. The mala YOLO cucumbers were spicier than the mapo tofu. The sweet and sour chicken was medium spicy, and I could eat it with some discomfort. The rice and egg rolls were not spicy at all. The beef and broccoli had a hint of heat that seemed more like white pepper than chili oil. Dessert: we had their almond cookies—tiny in size, light in sweetness, with a very delicate crumb, more buttery than almondy. A fine meal, a bit of a splurge. I appreciate their philosophy and approach. We also ordered frozen tofu and shrooms potstickers and pork and jicama potstickers to eat later. They were much tinier than we had expected. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched The Falcon and the Winter Soldier s1:e3 on Disney+. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Just before bed I learned about another tragic attack on the U.S. Capitol that happened today.