How It Went

 Revisiting the things I'd wanted to accomplish over this long weekend: 

• Sort out licensing and certification maintenance requirements -- partial credit (looked up when everything needs to be renewed by; set up email queries for access to some things I need access to in order to re-certify. 
• seal the last of the bathroom tile --> DONE! 
• catch up on textbook reading -------- read a nonzero amount of textbooks but did not actually "catch up" to anything. 
• sketch out a drafting plan for the week ahead -- this had been somewhat done on Friday before I left work. 
• at least one baking / cooking project. Maybe something I can bring to work to share if it's something I don't get around to until later in the weekend. 
• baked short ribs and marinated/glazed pork (both ribs and pork butt were on sale at the market) 
• cooked a big batch of fresh noodles -- enough to feed us both dinner on Saturday + 3 packed lunches for me to eat over the week + an extra one-person meal's worth of leftovers. 
• grocery shopping at the specialty market --> DONE! 

Perpetual weekend goals -- (AKA The things I would have done anyway but I keep them on my to-do lists to bolster my sense of accomplishment) 

• plan and pack lunches --> DONE
• 2 loads of laundry --> DONE
• exercise -- DONE 
• clean retainers -- DONE 
• charge smartwatch -- DONE
• call parents -- DONE 

Stretch goals -- 

• re-grout the crack in the bathroom countertop -- didn't happen, but incredibly non-urgent. 
• narrow down accent wall paint colors to 4-5 -- 30+ paint chips narrowed down to 3 finalist colors. 6 different types of light. Lots of staring at the wall from up close and across the room. Nice to be able to finally move on to the stage where we can paint some sample patches on the wall to decide what we ultimately like best. 

Surprise accomplishments: 

• Sealed the tile around the tub x2 (This was a 99% C effort, with me around on standby to fetch things and generally plan.) 
• replaced the ripped piping insulation in the appliance closet 
• purchased and prepped baby shower gift for a friend 

I've been reading Crying at H Mart on and off over the weekend. The Internet kept saying it was such a good read. I am...... not that impressed so far? Admittedly, I'm less than halfway through, so maybe it gets really good in the later chapters. Will keep reading and let you know.