Back in civilization, I learned that the Endwalker launch has been a hot mess. There are hours-long queues to enter the game. Square has apparently stopped sales of the game because they can’t handle the volume of players. Good thing I bought the expansion before the embargo hit. At the time of the ...
The small round table wasn’t working for my roommate; it’s too cramped and makes his legs hurt when sitting there for prolonged periods. I have the only viable desk in the house. So now we’re sharing it. We moved his computer over yesterday. Working out the setup was tricky. The placement of the rou...
Last night I fell asleep early without doing most of my dailies (no journaling or daily drawing, no pokemon trade, no nightly walk; I ended the day at 16K steps). It was a long day, and so good to sleep in my own bed at last. This morning I woke up early, did my morning walk, and took a shower. Firs...
The day of the big move was blustery and bleak, but thankfully not rainy. We set out at 8 am to make the final drive up to Razorback Ridge. Another thing I won’t miss: Driving back and forth all the time. Road trips are romantic when they’re rare, but when they become frequent they’re just obnoxious...
HGR says that I shouldn’t feel bad about asking for and receiving help from my parents, notwithstanding their habit of bringing it up as leverage against me, which he says is “really shitty.” (It’s mostly Dad who does this.) He says parents help their kids all the time and it’s normal. More fundamen...
So, as I mentioned, my parents got an air fryer for Thanksgiving and it’s basically the star of the household. There were two reasons for the purchase. First, Mom’s co-workers waxed eloquent about how it was sooo good. Second, the new condo has a gas stove, which is unfortunate because research indi...
Thanksgiving time! (I'm still at my parents’ house. Despite getting the condo measured for carpet on November 6 and choosing carpets that were in stock, the soonest date for installation was December 8. I’ve hired movers for the end of that week, i.e., December 11. On the bright side, that means I'm...
Went up to my old apartment, new key in hand, and discovered that the locks had been changed again. At this point I ain’t even mad. It’s just a comedy of errors. I went to ask the office lady to let me into my apartment and she was very apologetic. She said that some second-floor apartments had been...
Today was a holiday (a fake holiday, as Dante would put it), but I didn’t realize until after lunch. My fault for not checking my work email sooner. HQ sends out a daily news bulletin at 9 am, which I do not read, but lack of a bulletin means it’s a day off. At around 2 pm, the power went out. Unfor...
WE DID IT WE CLOSED THE DEAL WE HAVE A HOME At 10 am, Dell met us at the condo for the final walkthrough. It was uneventful. That’s a good thing. The seller left us a couple of floor lamps, her toaster oven, and her microwave, which was nice of her. Shortly after we left, I got a suspicious text fr...
hard to believe all of this is the same month. it feels like it's been several months packed into one. but hey, here we are, we made it to the end our offer on a condo was accepted!!! took a walk in the cool after a rain. heard the geese honking as they fly south. they make quite a racket, but it’s...
One of the irritating features of being at my parents’ house is that they’re way out in hicksville with no public transport, so I have to rely on them for anything I want. The nearest pokestop is a 20-minute round trip away. That’s not a problem, it’s a nice daily walk, but it’s symptomatic of how r...
