Winter break has just barely started and I can already feel myself losing my circadian rhythm. I kicked off this weekend with lots of Netflix. And I am completely okay with this. At least for the first few days of break. Then hopefully with the rest of it I’ll be really productive blog-wise and catch up with independent reading and maybe experiment with some computer science projects.

When this post goes live, I’ll probably be in the air on my my flight to Beijing to see my family for winter break. I’m not sure where exactly in my itinerary I’ll be at when this post goes live because I’m too lazy to figure out all the time zones. Hopefully I’ll figure out a way to keep up with blogging and social media while I’m behind the Great Firewall of China, but worst case scenario, I have blog posts queued up. See you on the other side!

1. Wearing my Christmas sweater all the time. It’s the perfect indoor sweater and the perfect outdoor layering sweater.
2. Smoked salmon with honey mustard dill sauce and brie. Julia bought some food at Costco but doesn’t have a mini-fridge in her dorm anymore, so she’s been storing it in our fridge and sharing it with us when she comes over to eat it.
3. Full/new bottle of conditioner. I don’t need to squeeze the life out of my bottle of conditioner anymore.
4. Thanks Dad for taking time out of your busy day of actual work to help me understand basic concepts in computer science!
5. Went to Chinatown on Friday and didn’t get ticketed into the city or out of it.
6. Watched You’re Not You on Netflix amongst many other things, but this movie was so good and I cried and it was so good. I also watched The Jungle Book and it was beautiful. But You’re Not You definitely takes the cake.
7. I dug up my suitcase from my closet to pack for winter break, and in it I found a forgotten postcard from last winter when I was in LA. I was supposed to send it to a friend, but it appears that I never got around to it! Will definitely get on that (eventually).
8. Currently listening to Marco Polo by China Lane.

What was the highlight of your week?

I want to make an effort to remember the little joys in life, so my 52 week challenge for 2016 is to write weekly Happy Lists.

PS: 50. 49. 48. 47. 46. 45. 44. 43. 42. 41. 40. 39. 38. 37. 36. 35. 34. 33. 32. 31. 30. 29. 28. 27. 26. 25. 24. 23. 22. 21. 20. 19. 18. 17. 16.