*These daily highlights are inspired by Chris Harrison.

June 2020

June 17, 2020: #MedExperation
June 12-14, 2020:
#ShenandoahValley #RestandRelaxation
June 10, 2020
– #SHUTDOWNSTEM Day. I did have a few meetings.  But for the most part, I reflected on my mindset and contribution as a human, a Black Women, and as an Associate Professor of Computer Science over the next 5 years.  #SelfReflection    Oh…and I cut the grass in the frontyard!
June 9, 2020
– I went to the ATM 3 times.  I’m so not used to being outside. #StayAtHome #Covid-19  Purchased burn barrels for yard work.  We’ll see how this goes. lol
June 6, 2020
– Blacks in Computing meet (Zoom)… To respond… 

May 2020

May 24, 2020 – Happy Birthday to me!  Zoom call.
May 23, 2020
– Harriet Tubman Byway Tour. Profound indeed.
May 12, 2020 – Last day of Classes! Thank God!!! 
May 11, 2020
– Stressed.
May 10, 2020
– Happy Mother’s Day!
May 4, 2020 – Had a productive day of class, proposal writing, research, and more yard work. #CYSE #MathGamesResearch
May 3, 2020 – Trying not to be a distraction to the needed paper writing… #PoliciesToEliminateVoterSuppression #LoveWins #MsKimball
May 2, 2020
 – Yard work! I love it! …and I’m exhausted!
May 1, 2020
– #RestDay… all day long!

April 2020

April 30, 2020 – Productive Proposal Writing Meeting #CYSE #CEDI; #Coppin.AI award notification
April 29, 2020 – I think I wanna pay attention to fashion more.  Hmmm….
April 22, 2020 – Happy Earth Day!
April 20, 2020 – #MathGames Research Project – Official Rating sheet ready!

March 2020

March 30, 2020 – #Tenure #Promotion
March 14, 2020
– Wrote Neighborhood Watch letter to make sure everyone is OK. #BlockCaptain
March 13, 2020
– Groceries, cash, gas, …and dinner.
March 12, 2020 – #SpringBreak
March 11, 2020
– #CoppinBbStressTest #FAMU #FilamentGames #MathWebGames Research Project Launch
March 10, 2020 – #Miche #TheColorOfLaw #Coronavirus …Yup, it’s almost exactly 3 years later, and I’m back it.  (Micro)Blogging every day.  Stay tuned.
March 7, 2020 – Love. Be Loved. Make Things.

March 2017

March 20, 2017 – #Fairview; CISE CAREER Workshop – can you believe someone mistakened me for the wait staff and asked if I could bring out coffee! 0.o #ignorant
March 18, 2017 – #Omar!!!
March 17, 2017 – #SpringBreak; Welcome to the planet Winston Michael Proctor!  Love you already!
March 15, 2017 – Acceptance – Google Faculty-in-Residence Program #excited
March 11, 2017 – Yahoo! Server Memory Consolidation

February 2017

February 26, 2017 – Barbara Sabrina!
February 9, 2017
  – #WoodBrook
February 7, 2017LAIA – Welcome back to campus (1st spring semester) meeting! #agile #scrum

January 2017

January 28, 2017 – #5YearPlan – continued. Errands.
January 27, 2017 – Interesting dreams -> BSL (picture) & LT ($2.5 million)
January 26, 2017 – #5YearPlan???
January 25, 2017 – First day of Spring 2017 semester @ Coppin. “Dr. Hatley, where have you been for the past 4 years!”
January 20, 2017 – #Rest
January 14-19, 2017 – #St.Maarten #Anguilla
January 13, 2017 – Happy Founders Day #DST #AlphaMade #Atlanta
January 6, 2017 – #Agile #Scrum #BlockSchedule for Q12017 #Workload Committee work for CSU #BaileyBooPuppy gets a bath lol
January 5, 2017 – Installed and configured OrangeScrum Community for LAIA and CSU’s NASA Swarmathon Team.
January 4, 2017 – Spent the day working on the design and code of an app.  Realized it will take much longer than I expected to finish. Ugh.
January 3, 2017
– Happy New Year to my main twins! …grateful for the deadline extension! #2017Goals
January 2, 2017
– Chocolate Boy Wonder Twins!  …coming to an IG page near you!
January 1, 2017 – (A Special) Happy New Year!

December 2016

December 31, 2016 – Finish strong! Happy New Years Eve!
December 7, 2016 –
#HaitiMission2018
December 2, 2016
– The twins! #EvanandEan #EanandEvan
December 1, 2016 – “Dr. Hatley, You have a glow!” lol

November 2016

November 30, 2016 – Servers!!! #Productivity
November 29, 2016
– Dr. Chris Wright visits LAIA! 🙂 #EngineeringEdu
November 17-20, 2016
– #Google #UNCF #WH #HBCUs #CSEducation
November 13, 2016 – #BSLVisits
November 9, 2016 – White House Tour
November 8, 2016 – Did you vote? #BSLVisits

October 2016

October 25, 2016 – Happy Birthday Mom! 🙂
October 23, 2016 – Surprise Birthday Dinner for Mom!

September 2016

September 10, 2016 – #27Hours 🙂

August 2016

July 2016

July 16, 2016 – I picked her! 🙂

June 2016

June 25, 2016 – Happy Birthday Big Brother! 🙂
June 19, 2016
– Won White House HBCU Maker Challenge #LAIA #RooftopGardenRobotics
June 18, 2016 – Maker Faire!

May 2016

May 24, 2016 – Happy Birthday to me!
May 15, 2016
– Huge Graduation party.  Thanks everyone!
May 14, 2016
– I graduated from George Mason University.  #PhDObtained

April 2016

April 15, 2016 – Launched LAIALab for Artificial Intelligence and its Applications at Coppin State University.
April 7, 2016 – Defended Dissertation!  Dinner with T.B.  Left for Academic Careers Workshop.

March 2016

March 8, 2016 – My 25th Deltaversary!

February 2016

February 3, 2016 – Began working at Coppin State University, I’m a Professor! 🙂

JANUARY 2016: HAPPY NEW YEAR!

January 22-26, 2016 – Snowed in.. #Blizzard2016
January 8-11, 2016
– #JSmiles #ATL
January 7, 2016
– RIP Uncle Ben
January 6, 2016
– Dissertating. #LastStretch #Yay 🙂
January 5, 2016
– The Boobalas! #EanandEvan #BugandLadybug #MyHearts  …and more possible collaborations
January 4, 2016
– Literacy. Educating Black Boys.  Proposal Prep.
January 3, 2016
– Fish stew, Chi-Raq, Pie, Peanut butter cookies.
January 2, 2016
– Great Falls Hike.
January 1, 2016
– 3 mile run, walk, sprint, stop and rest, almost settled for 2 miles, but finished by any means necessary.

DECEMBER 2015

December 27, 2015 – Submitted 1st draft of dissertation to committee.

NOVEMBER 2015

November 4, 2015 – Happy Birthday Dr. Smith! Ordered replacement laptop display.
November 3, 2015
– Chapters 1 & 2 of dissertation submitted to committee for review! 🙂 Happy Birthday Aunt Brenda!
November 2, 2015– Happy Birthday Carol!

OCTOBER 2015

October 31, 2015 – Broke laptop display 🙁
October 27, 2015
– Robotics @ DC Scholars begins.  Uplift’s Robotics Open House @ Freedom House Museum.  Happy Birthday Ayanah Ama!
October 25, 2015  Happy Birthday Mom!
October 24, 2015  Happy Birthday Devin!
October 22, 2015  
#SisterMentors.org Breakfast Fundraiser  #TechisMore Digital Twitter Panel 
October 16, 2015
– #BlackPanthers Documentary

SEPTEMBER 2015

September 23, 2015 – Linesisters! #Love #Forever #AlphaMade #DST
September 21, 2015 – Dr. Winston-Proctor! #Realness #Always #Mentor
September 15, 2015 – Submitted 3 proposals for Myles & Ayesha: Reading Together!
Blink, Blur, Blink lol
September 1, 2015 – Beehive battle.  I believe I won …me and Darwin the Beehive technician. 😉

AUGUST 2015

August 31, 2015 – Bee sting recovery. #majorHeadache 🙁 …but, overall, a productive day.
August 30, 2015 – Lawn mower battle won! Victory mow/ride.  Garage cleanout.
August 29, 2015 – Lawn mower battle. Toon Boom.
August 10-21, 2015 – Data collection.  Programming camp.  What a journey.  Glad it’s over! Break time! #PhDBound
August 3, 2015 – Successfully defended dissertation proposal! 🙂  Data collection starts next week! #PhDBound
August 2, 2015 – Finalize dissertation proposal defense presentation! #PhDBound
August 1, 2015 – Working on dissertation proposal defense presentation and data collection material.  Went to see DREAM UNLEASHED!

JULY 2015

July 31, 2015 – Rinse and repeat. #PhDBound
July 30, 2015 – Dissertation proposal prep.  Advancing in Legend of Korra video game. #StressRelief
July 29, 2015 Hung out with my campers and DC SYEP students.  Dissertation proposal prep.
July 28, 2015 – More rest, The Legend of Korra XBox Game, Toon Boom Harmony, and a bit of organization.  #AGreatDay 🙂
July 27, 2015 – Dissertation proposal submitted.  #REST! #PhDBound
July 26, 2015 – Finalizing dissertation proposal.  Dreaming about all the things I am going to do when this is over.  #LiveLife #CountMyBlessings #EverythingShouldBeEasyAfterThis lol
July 25, 2015 – Writing, writing, editing, and re-writing.  Proposal defense scheduled for August 3rd.  Grateful indeed!
July 24, 2015 – A-STEM meeting.  Farewell dinner -> Tony heads to Nashville. Finished The Legend of Korra (so many parallels).  Study recruitment.
July 23, 2015 – New D-Day (Dissertation Day).  Meet with Dissertation Chair (KC).  Writing, planning, etc.
July 22, 2015Infamous Paper Tower challenge. Women’s Policy, Inc. STEM Fair with Howard University and HU ADVANCE-IT.  (Dissertation Proposal Defense Scheduled???  …Maybe) 🙂
July 21, 2015 – Relaxation… just a bit.  No need for CL instruments.
July 20, 2015 – Summer camp visits – Martha’s Table (App Design) and Housing Opportunities Commission (Game Design).
July 19, 2015 – Time with Ean and Evan = The loves of my life! 🙂  Clarified Butter.  Storytelling begins… #PolyMath
July 18, 2015– Writing. Taught Scratch programming class (Archer and her fireworks).  More writing? Yup.
July 17, 2015– APHA Annual Meeting Poster abstract submission.  #YupAnotherStartup
July 16, 2015– Writing, writing, and more writing.  #PhDBound
July 15, 2015  – Coils replaced on car.  More reading.  DDay.  Some challenges.  Scapple.  #PhDBound
July 14, 2015 – Save the Shire.  Palantir visit. #BigData #HomeLink
July 13, 2015 – Helped teach App Inventor and Fusion Tables to Howard University’s 2015 YALI students.  Visited Yahoo. #BigData
July 12, 2015You’re Gonna Hear Me Roar!  Window washing.  Fusion Tables.  XMind MindMapping.
July 11, 2015 –Happy Birthday D!  Soar in Peace.  Day off …with Mom-Dukes and Bailey.   🙂
July 10, 2015– My Zotero libraries, their contents, and a few Simple Mind mindmaps got to know each other really well today! #PhDBound
July 9, 2015 – Enter Scrivener, an amazing writing tool! #PhDBound
July 8, 2015– New bedroom set.  Dissertation – Chapter 1.   Korra: Book 2.  Mr. Robot.  Funny social media clips. lol  …I’m pooped.  Back at it bright and early manana. #PhDBound
July 7, 2015HU ADVANCE-IT STEM Women Archive. TransAtlantic Slave Trade visualization (+more).  Gutter cleaning – gross but fun, in a scary sort of way. 😉   …and a little bit of body! #ChantaeMcMillan
July 6, 2015 – So much to do, so little time.  HUH Cafeteria – yay!  Capstone – Welcome to Howard Center…even with today’s flooding.
July 5, 2015 – Happy Birthday Manny! 🙂  Love ya! #BrainStorming #AMD
July 4, 2015– Whew! Never thought so long and hard about research questions!  #StillDissertating
July 3, 2015– Dissertating…   and A huge CONGRATS to Dustin Brown!
July 2, 2015 – Loved the Nina Simone (Netflix) Documentary.
#KnowThySelf – the most profound message/lesson …reminder of the day. #AncientEgyptianNotGreek
July 1, 2015 – Drove a Tesla. Could be a permanent thing. #FromMyVisionBoard 🙂

JUNE 2015

June 30, 2015 – Found Chris Harrison‘s website.  His work inspires me.
Started watching Legend of Korra. #MentalBreak

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