Weekly cleaning and home improvement series, with some thoughts in between. Late/lazy start today. My bedtime routine has disappeared. I'm getting into bed after 2:00. I've stopped listening to records before bed and I think the knee injury also gave me an excuse to not be on top of hygiene stuff. So I want to get...

I gave my blog a temporary makeover for Halloween. I've been seeing several Bear bloggers giving their blog a revamp for Halloween and I've been inspired! I was only going to change the colors, but I ended up drawing a new avatar for myself, added a new font, restyling the NOTES page, and made a Halloween-themed...

Hopefully there won't be a part 3. Two weeks ago, I wrote about how a mosquito infiltrated our homes and bit me like 4 times. Since then, there hasn't been an incident. We eagerly assumed the mosquito decided to leave the warmth of our abode and the abundance of free food to venture out back into the wild, where the...

Working on admin stuff today. Yesterday's cleaning day was really productive. Since I was successful in my achievements, I felt confident that I could take a break from writing another accountability blog post. The day was off to a normal start. I had breakfast while playing my game, but then I got really tired....

Weekly cleaning and home improvement series, with some thoughts in between. Yesterday's trip to the doctor's and then some has caused me to have severe lower back pain. One hour using the EMS didn't do anything. This morning, I applied supposed pain-reliever creams and a heating pad. It barely helps. The only thing...

I'm ok. This morning, I left the house 40 minutes early to head to the clinic. Normally, I can walk there in 20 minutes, but I wanted to take the bus. Which means I also had to give myself enough time to get to the bus stop. While I can get around the apartment without crutches, I thought it'd be safer to use them...

More specifically, Lucerne. October 2 was my 10-year anniversary in Switzerland, though when I checked my old photos, I landed in Switzerland on October 3, 2016. Ah well, potato potato. I had wanted to do something special this year, like make Lozärner Chügelipastete* from scratch. Thanks to my injury, I can't stand...

It's my favorite game. I'm a very slow gamer, especially if I want the game to last forever.I think it took me over 4 years to finish the main game from Witcher 3. I finally got through the first DLC, "Hearts of Stone" last year. Daniel's the opposite of me. He usually speeds through the main quest and ignores...

A dramatic—yet accurate—retelling of events. In 2019, Daniel and I were walking home. It was close to midnight and we were arguing about something. I stepped off the curb—or, I thought I did. The distance from the curb and the pavement was actually quite low; it felt like mere inches off the ground. However, it was...

Monthly reflection and outlook. September was an emotional roller coaster.The highs were high and the lows were low. Let's reflect. + I got hired. I worked at a restaurant for two days. I learned a lot about myself (good and bad). I'm also proud of myself for pushing myself to try something new in an unfamiliar...

Part of my cookie series. This is for September. Read about the introduction and idea of this project in the inaugural post. Over the summer, I took a break from baking cookies because it was very hot. Our apartment doesn't have air conditioning and it didn't seem worth it to increase the heat in the building. That...

Weekly cleaning and home improvement series, with some thoughts in between. I'm starting later and later each week. But at the same time, it's not like I have anywhere to be. I get out of bed around 10:00 now. I used to get up at 9:30. I also have my language exchange today, so that will take up an hour of the...