We hosted a get-together at Kathy's house for my friends. W- and I made a double batch of pork buns, Papa brought bibingka and other desserts, and we had green mangoes and bagoong too. It was nice chatting with everyone and seeing how they are now. It feels just as easy to chat with them as it did when back then, and it's great to see people figuring out ways of life that fit them better.

We also went to Tim Ho Wan for more of G* and A*'s favourite shrimp dumplings. There was nearly too much food, but W- and I managed to finish all those scrumptiously soft pork buns ordered. In the name of research, of course. So much yum. I wonder how they make that dough…

It was a bit of a mad scramble to pack all our luggage. We ended up taking a balikbayan box because of all the gifts and hand-me-downs. W- was amazing at wrangling everything while I took care of A-.

The flights back went pretty smoothly. We managed to get lounge access in NAIA, so that covered snacks and a place to stretch out a bit. Switching to the child meal instead of the baby meal worked out okay. I gave A- the bits she wanted, such as rice and eggs, and I polished off the leftovers. This also meant that I could eat a little something while W- held A-, then we could swap while he ate, and then we swapped again so that I could eat my main meal.

We had a six-hour layover in Incheon airport. A- enjoyed crawling around the play area on the fourth floor. There were recliners in the rest area, and we all got some sleep – even A-! It was pretty good. That made the 13-hour flight back to Toronto a lot more manageable. We took a cab home because of the luggage and the cold weather. It turns out car seats aren't required in public utility vehicles, including taxis, so I just held A- on the way home.

We spent the next few days restocking the fridge and settling back into our household routines. Our trip reminded us how nice it is to keep congee and banchan on hand, so we've been cooking that. Yum yum!

A- was almost completely flipped in terms of day and night, and with the short sunlight hours, I hardly got to see any sun for the first little while. I managed to get us to the appointment with the pediatrician for the second half of the flu vaccine, though. Kathy's hand-me-down snowsuit certainly came in handy – it was -5C and A- had outgrown everything else!

I submitted my business taxes. Nice to get that out of the way. I noticed I made a mistake in the quick tax calculation for HST last year, so I amended both my HST return and my T2. I also managed to squeeze in a little consulting (one report and a small tweak to my code).

I've been prioritizing sleep and important tasks over writing or drawing in my journal, at least while jet lag makes our schedule awkward and unpredictable. We have a few daytime appointments next week, and then things should probably settle down a bit.

Blog posts

• Weekly review: Week ending December 2, 2016
• 2016-12-05 Emacs News

Sketches

• 2016-12-14c Week ending 2016-12-02 #journal #weekly
• 2016-12-03a Saturday #daily #journal
• 2016-12-04a Sunday #daily #journal
• 2016-12-05a Monday #daily #journal
• 2016-12-06a Tuesday #daily #journal
• 2016-12-07a Wednesday #daily #journal
• 2016-12-08a Thursday #daily #journal
• 2016-12-09a Friday #daily #journal

Focus areas and time review

• Business (5.0h – 2%)
  • Earn (0.8h – 16% of Business)
  • Build (4.2h – 83% of Business)
    • ☑ Filed taxes and amended previous tax returns
  • Connect (0.0h – 0% of Business)
• Relationships (8.1h – 4%)
  • ☑ Do second part of flu vaccine
  • ☑ Made biscotti
• Discretionary – Productive (1.8h – 1%)
  • Drawing (0.8h)
  • Emacs (1.0h)
• Discretionary – Play (3.0h – 1%)
• Personal routines (11.9h – 7%)
• Unpaid work (60.7h – 36%)
  • Childcare (49.8h – 29% of total)
• Sleep (49.0h – 29% – average of 7.0 per day)