We Have a Shelf (Day 3758 - 3/9/20)

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Stephen says that this will probably disappoint the people who were expecting a long saga like the dishwasher or Ikea furniture saga, but this shelf saga is a short one. They now have a shelf! The shelf is not centered though which both Stephen and Mallory find to be odd. Stephen says that he was in the living room and Mal was washing dishes when the guy came to install the shelf. He already had all the brackets on the shelf and was drilling holes in the wall to install the shelf. When the guy briefly left to get some tools, Mal turned around and went "Oh..." when she saw the off-centered shelf. Stephen says that if he was installing the shelf, he would probably center it and make it lower. He explains that the newly installed shelf is higher than the original shelf was and Mal might have trouble reaching the mugs.

Stephen keeps telling himself that the important thing is that the shelf exists and from a utilitarian point of view it's a shelf. It also is not going to bend since it has a support in the middle. Stephen notes that this is also not their forever home, so at some point it won't matter anymore since they won't live here. He mentions that he's kind of confused by the left alignment of the shelf. But, all the matters is that it's a shelf that holds mugs. Stephen says that the work on the shelf is not done yet since the repair guy needs to come back to touch-up the paint. They still also can't put anything on the shelf for 1-2 days since the paint is still sticky. Stephen mentions that some paint from the shelf got on the walls as well, but he's just glad it's done. He talks about how they've had to deal with the issue of having no shelf for a month and he just wanted to get it over with. The new shelf is also bolted to the wall, so they have no worries about it bending or falling out.

It's currently midnight and Mal is chopping some green bell peppers for their late dinner. They weren't planning on having a late dinner, but they fell behind on some things. Stephen says that they were working when they suddenly remembered that they needed to go scan some documents at his parents' house. He says that they always try to scan their documents. so they have both a physical and digital copy. Stephen mentions that they don't have their scanner set up, so they use his parents' scanner instead. It took a while to scan the documents and they also stayed for a while to talk to his parents since they haven't seen them in a week. By the time they left, they realized that it was midnight and they hadn't had dinner yet. Stephen says that he does enjoy seeing his parents though since he likes talking to them. He adds that they can just take a nap tomorrow after Breakfast Stream if they don't get enough sleep.

Then, he talks about how they are cooking the last of the fresh food they have. The rest of the food they have is frozen. Stephen says that usually when it's this late, they would just get some food at a drive-thru. He mentions that there are some places that are open at midnight, like Waffle House, but not a lot. However, they had some fresh food that is going to go bad soon, so they decided to just cook it. They are having chicken fajitas for dinner. Mal says that this recipe is technically for quesadillas. But, it's too much work to make it into a quesadilla, so Mal is just serving the ingredients in a taco shell. Stephen says that it's fine since there's a fine line between a fajita, a taco, and a quesadilla. Stephen mentions that they had it 2 weeks ago and thought it was delicious.

Kepler is playing with his crochet panda toy. Stephen says that Kepler has been keeping him company lately. He says that Kepler has always been a lap cat and cuddle bug, but he's been especially like that lately. He will just exist on Stephen's lap whether he's upstairs or downstairs. Stephen hopes that Kepler knows that he appreciates his company.

They have dinner and they both say it tastes the same as last time. Stephen mentions that they turned on the fan since the broiler released too much smoke and triggered the fire alarm. They ended up waving a cutting board at the alarm to dissipate the smoke around it and it stopped. Stephen then talks about how eating late at night makes him feel alive in a strange way. He says that it might be because it brings back college memories or something. Stephen says that he will probably regret eating so late in the morning. But, he says that it's nice to be in the moment and enjoy eating some good fajitas.