My weekend involved lots of getting things done.
The living room is clean. I still have to move some things out of the guest room and into the master bedroom, but the sheets and comforters are in the wash and will be complete soon. The house has been swept, we've rediscovered the kitchen table, I cleaned the kitchen counters, and if the master bedroom could be a little neater (not to mention if I could find my desk), well, that doesn't matter quite as much. The important parts are getting done, with the one exception of needing to finish up the bathrooms tomorrow, in addition to picking up a gallan of distilled water.
We even managed to find time to go in for the town's Oktoberfest celebration today, which was enjoyable. I have new candles; new smells are always something that makes me happy.
There's still a bunch of things on the to do list for the evening, but most of them don't relate to getting the house ready for Yuki's folks to arrive. I should mix up something for dinner at some point, and then run the dishwasher. The cat is being quiet and well behaved for the moment, and I've been sitting on the sofa delighting in the fact that I have a laptop where I can move around and not cause issues with overheating.
There's still a lot of thinking going on, on a huge number of topics, but I'm pleased with the progress I've made on getting things in the house taken care of, at least. Once I'm back to maintenance mode, as opposed to frantically trying to finish the move-in and getting everything settled before his folks were in town, I'll be able to relax more at home and think about some of the things I want to pursue in my head. I really wish I had time this year to do NaNoWriMo, but there's really no way I can justify the time with quals going on. Possibly next year, but it will happen at some point. I have some goals for next weekend, while we're out of town at Tahoe, that will help get me back on track as far as my overall momentum (I hope) while letting me recharge as much as possible too.
So all in all? Life feels slightly less overwhelming (at least parts of the house are clean) and I have new laundry to do. I'm all domestic now - I got excited about getting glass storage containers for leftover on sale yesterday.
We even managed to find time to go in for the town's Oktoberfest celebration today, which was enjoyable. I have new candles; new smells are always something that makes me happy.
There's still a bunch of things on the to do list for the evening, but most of them don't relate to getting the house ready for Yuki's folks to arrive. I should mix up something for dinner at some point, and then run the dishwasher. The cat is being quiet and well behaved for the moment, and I've been sitting on the sofa delighting in the fact that I have a laptop where I can move around and not cause issues with overheating.
There's still a lot of thinking going on, on a huge number of topics, but I'm pleased with the progress I've made on getting things in the house taken care of, at least. Once I'm back to maintenance mode, as opposed to frantically trying to finish the move-in and getting everything settled before his folks were in town, I'll be able to relax more at home and think about some of the things I want to pursue in my head. I really wish I had time this year to do NaNoWriMo, but there's really no way I can justify the time with quals going on. Possibly next year, but it will happen at some point. I have some goals for next weekend, while we're out of town at Tahoe, that will help get me back on track as far as my overall momentum (I hope) while letting me recharge as much as possible too.
So all in all? Life feels slightly less overwhelming (at least parts of the house are clean) and I have new laundry to do. I'm all domestic now - I got excited about getting glass storage containers for leftover on sale yesterday.