Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced half banana, blueberries; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Only one bus on my route was running today, so I had to take an alternate route. Orgchart and related web page and people pages work. Met with Lisa D and Jeff P about an email newsletter that Jen C is asking for. Benet Symposium work for Lawrence. Lunch by myself at Subway: 6-inch veggie delight, harvest cheddar Sun Chips, large lemonade with a little bit of ice. I sat in the sun in front of Kalmanovitz Library. The day was warmer than expected; the forecast predicted midday rain, and that never occurred. Followup with Teams and SEP issues. More configuring of Gmail-to-Asana gateway filter settings following a suggestion from James H. Encountered a problem in which in Photoshop the neural filter menu item was grayed out. I fixed it, but I don't know how. Installed app updates following macOS upgrade from Monterey to Sonoma. Upgraded Docker from 4.23.0 to 4.27.2—no problems, and I am surprised because my last Docker upgrade did not go smoothly. I walked and rode Muni to Kerry and Mom Ryan's place where Patrick had already arrived about 90 minutes earlier. Kerry was away playing darts. We watched an episode of To Tell the Truth together. We walked with Mom in the hallway on her floor. Afterwards Patrick and I walked and rode Muni to dinner at Eric's with Remi and Jesse, whom we hadn't seen since February 19, 2019. We shared one appetizer combo order, walnut prawns, asparagus with black bean sauce, five-taste chicken, steamed rice, hot tea. Food was very slow to arrive at the start. Service was middling (orders or checks delivered to the wrong table before being quickly resolved) but we tipped generously anyway. We talked about Oliver, geneology, New Orleans, New York, the pandemic, art, drawing, painting, sculpture gardens, my mom's passing, and more. Fortune cookie fortunes: Remi got: Good thoughts make life better. Jesse got: The most direct approach isn't always the best. Patrick got: You will be rewarded for being a good listener. I got: You will be rewarded for being a good listener. Afterwards Remi and Jesse gave us a ride home in their rental car. A fine evening.