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Weekly review: Week ending May 10, 2009

Posted on May 10th, 2009 by Sacha Chua

From last week’s plans:

• Work: Merge development changes into release-4
• Work: Build event calendar system
• Work: Get feedback on presenter guide
• Work: Attend speed mentoring event in SecondLife
• Work: Mentor more people on Drupal
• Garden: Encourage plants to survive Brussels sprouts and cauliflower plants look like they’ve gotten eaten by local wildlife. Catnip was completely dug up; rescued tattered remains and put them into a pot, and they seem to be okay. Basil’s thriving. Yay!
• Piano: Learn Pachelbel’s Canon, Memory Played these for my mom on Mother’s day. yay!
• Sewing: Pin-fit blouse pattern, start making muslin; make spring skirts Ignored this in favour of pretty Vogue 8020 dress with princess seams because I bought a few yards of cheerful and slightly glittery butterfly fabric =)
• Blog: Write monthly report Heh, still not done

Also:

• Baked apple-walnut muffins, mmm
• Had a great chat with my mom about encouraging happiness at work =)
• Coached people on LinkedIn and other tools/ideas
• Had lunch with a number of my mentors
• Attended Science Rendezvous
• Biked a bit!
• Got a bike rack installed
• Delegated organizing get-togethers, for now
• Filled out my GoodReads profile
• Learned a lot about JQuery and Drupal =D
• Learned a lot about getting Date+Calendar to do what I want (also Drupal)
• Received acceptance notice for IBM Early Career Conference, yay!

Next week:

• Work: Finish AJAX behaviour for event calendar
• Work: Build new Drupal access model for our partners
• Presentations: Prepare for upcoming presentations
• Sewing: Finish dress
• Blog: Write that monthly report
• Life: Host a get-together

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