I was right about the internet being the downfall to our productivity – both internet and TV were hooked up last night, and we got nothing done afterward. It took a Herculean effort and also a crowbar, but eventually I managed to pry both of us away from the blinking electronic things and set out to do groceries. We pretty much bought out the entire Safeway, overfilling a cart and running out of reusable grocery bags – $330 later, we finally have food in our house that isn’t relish. The sad thing is that I’m not DONE – I still need to go to Costco and Bosa Foods for other deliciousness, and I forgot to buy kidney beans. IT NEVER ENDS!

I did buy discount ham, though, so all is good.

Tonight: IKEA. I refuse to unpack the 17 boxes of media until I have somewhere to store it, and that will come in the form of an additional EXPEDIT to match the one I was using as bedroom storage. I’ll miss having a shelf dedicated to my miscellaneous crap, but it’s for the greater good: I can’t play video games until everything is set up, and I really miss video games.

I am running out of TIME. Christmas Breakfast is at our place, and we need to make it livable before we dare host a fancy meal. I figure if I run myself ragged between now and Thursday afternoon, we should be good – not all the pictures might be up, and I still haven’t found a suitable place to hide the dildos, but at least our guests won’t have to trip over boxes and a stunning collection of Optimus Prime memorabilia on their way to the bacon.

I am looking forward to meatballs.