Day 4 : Real Progress Felt.
Important Dates
- Dental Surgery Eval - April 23rd.
- Viewing apartments - April 24th and staying with a friend until early May.
On The Packing Front
Knowing that the boyfriend's sister is going to be in a horrible, tense, stressful mood for the next two weeks is important. I am going to be trying to do all of my packing while she's asleep or upstairs in her room so that I'm not around her while she's tending to her dog. She needs a lot of space and I can imagine how stressful it is trying to take care of a dog who is recovering from surgery. I can't let her stress and tension affect me too much as I need to stay focused on the mission. I will be out of this house soon. I will do everything I can to get out of here.
I've already opened two boxes and started filling one up with our various medium sized decorations and knicknacks like the boyfriend's Dice tower, small candy dispensing machine (which is very cute and pumpkin shaped), funko pops, etc. The other box is for what's left of our board games, hopefully it fits them all. Lastly, the insert for the box of glasses should be coming in today along with the anti-static foam. So hopefully I'll be able to pack away all of our glasses by the end of today, and maybe in the evening the boyfriend can get started on packing some electronics.
I am writing this next part at 6PM, well into the evening. Dinner has been eaten, I made conversation with the mom and kept things fun and calm at the dinner table. But I am disappointed. at 2PM I decided to take a break. And that break continued until 6, with me barely making it through a one hour meeting with a coworker who luckily I love to talk to. I haven't done much more packing. I still want to watch my evening cartoons with the boyfriend and take a shower. I have the time. I just need to be relaxed and calm about it.
The end of the night was such a fun and relaxing time packing with the boyfriend. A great end to the day. We got practically all of our glassware packed, he packed the VR headset (which, by the way, really glad we kept the box it was shipped in because it's perfect for travel), and the last bit of the materials I ordered came in which gives us some time to think about how much more we might need, if any.
Still so much work left to do, but I firmly feel we're in the 40% done phase. We'll pass the halfway mark very soon.
Today we packed:
- Books 4 - Has my Lugia and Vivi plushies at the top (love you guys!! Sorry for the box treatment) with some of the Batman and Birds of Prey hardcover comics, and some soft cover ones.
- Misc. Dolls 1 - This has miscellaneous desk stuff in it. Hawk's candy dispenser and dice tower, and my wood hand and body figurines, my Asaro head, etc. Not sure how many of these I'll have to pack, but at least some of the important ones are in there. It still has space open so I'll continue thinking of other stuff that can go in before it's sealed.
- Glassware - This box doesn't need a name because it's one of our only vertical ones, so it's distinct.
Baking
I spent time looking up bread flour recipes that seemed easier to make than the one I attempted yesterday. I need to use up a ton of that flour before we leave so that I'm not left carrying more heavy stuff to the new apartment. So far I'm thinking of making the following and see which one I could keep repeating until we're out of here.
Back-of-the-Bag Oatmeal Bread - I'm not crazy on oatmeal bread, but I want to try this recipe and see if it changes my mind. A sturdy sliced bread that I could make at any time would be super useful.
Tahini-Scallion Rolls - This recipe in particular will be really useful as I have some Tahini to get rid of, as well. Going to hope I can make it at least once.
Golden Pull-Apart Butter Buns - Buns and dinner rolls are not really a type of bread I eat all that often, but the boyfriend's family does. So maybe making some of these could be worth it if the family ate some.
Quick and Easy Flatbreads - A skillet flatbread recipe like this one is something I've been trying to add to my rotation of baked goods for a while now. It would be time well spent to learn this one since flatbreads are so versatile with my cooking.
Soft Wrap Bread - A soft wrap would be equally useful, but I'm sure I'll have a harder time making it. I'll leave this recipe last, but I'd love it to be the one I make all the time.
Chess
The most I did today was a puzzle in the Chess.com app. I've been doing those daily since I started this blog, but didn't make time for actual Chess with all the packing that ended up happening today. I'm totally fine with that, though.
Things I hope to get to soon:
- Blog (2 day break)
- Stretch
- Tekken (2 day break)
- Drawing (3 day break)
- Game Dev (3 day break)
- SF Third Strike (4 day break)
- Forums (4 day break)