12 Years (Day 3757 - 3/8/20)

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Today, Stephen and Mallory are having Sunday lunch at home with Dan and Lindsey. They decided to do the lunch at home since they're waiting for the guy to come install their shelf. They aren't sure when he's going to come today, so they just have to wait for him. For lunch, there was the choice of leftovers and the food that Dan and Lindsey brought over. Lindsey says that Stephen and Mal have a lot of leftovers. Mal had a sandwich and Stephen had white chicken chili because they have a ton of it. Stephen mentions that they also have soup that Debra made them. He says that they at least finished the meatballs. Mal interjects and says that she actually put half of the meatballs in the freezer. Stephen says that they have like 10 meals worth of leftovers.

All of them are going to hang out and play some games while waiting for the guy to come. Stephen says that the guy contacted them saying that the paint was still wet, but Stephen is not sure whether the shelf is dry yet since that was a few hours ago. Stephen mentions that Dan was sick, but he's feeling better now. Stephen says that a philosopher named Sonic the Hedgehog once said that "feeling good is imporant".

Later, they finished played a board game named Forbidden Island. Stephen was told that there is also a desert variant of the game. He then explains the game is a cooperative game where players try to collect treasure from an island and escape. Stephen says that it has a similar style to other board games like Pandemic or Flash Point. He says that this game has a better sense of foreboding than Flash Point does since the number of black cubes you have left at the end in Flash Point is basically the measurement of whether you're going to lose. In Forbidden Island, the board is made up of 24 separate tiles which disappear as the game goes on. The players also have to retain a path to the exit as the tiles disappear. They ended the game with 5 tiles left. Stephen says that he prefers this game to Flash Point, but is not sure whether he prefers it over Pandemic. He says that the format of this game is good and you can play through it quicker than Flash Point. Lindsey then does a shout out to her cousins Jill and Shawn for introducing her to this game since she knows they watch Stephen's channel.

Much later, Stephen says that had fun with Dan and Lindsey. He talks about how he had told Mal to message the guy to see if their shelf was dry yet. The guy told them that the shelf was good to go and that it should be good for installation tomorrow. Stephen says that the guy's message from this morning wasn't clear enough and that it could've been interpreted in different ways. They interpreted it as "the paint is still wet, but it will be dry later in the day". But, it seems like the guy meant that the he would let the paint dry for the entirety of today and install it tomorrow. So, they just spent the entirety of today waiting for the guy which was frustrating. Despite them spending the whole day waiting, Stephen says that today wasn't a waste since they had fun hanging out.

Stephen then talks about how they had reached out to the guy at the beginning of February, but they didn't receive a response for a while. After he had contacted them back, they decided that he would come install the shelf on Friday. But, the installation was moved to Saturday because the time that the guy was planning to come was too late for Stephen and Mal. Finally, they thought it was going to happen today, but nothing ended up happening. Stephen says that he's not going to let this upset him. Instead, he's just going to use the rest of his time today to do some work. He hopes that the shelf will be done tomorrow.

Today, Stephen and Mal are going to record 3 new episodes for Super Smash Bros: Ultimate since they ran out of episodes last week. Stephen says that they needed to work on it today since these episodes start releasing on Tuesday and Dan needs time to edit them. There is then a brief clip of the episode they filmed.

After recording, Stephen asks Kepler if he was just going to stay in the dark office room. Stephen says that they could've recorded more episodes, but they just ended up recording enough episodes to release next week. He says that they will get back to recording more episodes if they have more time.

Mal is cooking some chicken seasoned with some Herbs de Provence. Stephen comments that it sounds like "Herbs of Providence". Stephen comments that the all the food smells amazing. He says that they are also going to be adding mushrooms and artichokes to their dinner. Stephen says that he's generally the one who cooks the Brussels sprouts since he's gotten pretty good at cooking them. He says that they sometimes get frozen artichokes, but there are other times where they get them fresh. Stephen has found that getting a fresh artichoke is cheaper. It's just that cutting a fresh artichoke is more work.

Stephen then talks about how today is his and Mal's 12 year dating anniversary! He comments on how it feels fitting that they're are having a fancier meal tonight on their dating anniversary. Stephen tells Mal that it's been a fun 12 years and that there have been a lot of smiles, laughs, and tears together. He also tells her that he wouldn't change anything for the world. Stephen mentions that they didn't plan this fancy dinner ahead of time, it just so happened that they had this meal today. Stephen and Mal then start to eat dinner. Stephen comments on how brussel sprouts taste good, but never look pretty. He tells Mal that he steamed the Brussels sprouts for a little too long. Stephen says that he isn't as good at cooking Brussels sprouts as he is at cooking eggs. He then talks about how artichokes are so good and that they should eat more of them.

Stephen talks about how the last 3 days haven't been ideal since there's been a lot of waiting around and miscommunication. He hopes that the shelf will get done tomorrow and he says that he's done stressing out about it. Stephen says that will just have to adjust the dates if the guy comes at an inconvenient time because they can't just keep waiting around for him. Finally, he wishes Mal a happy anniversary.