i made some scrambled eggs and kielbasa sausage for lunch. i must've forgotten how to do it because i grilled the sausages first in a dry pan, scorching them and leaving a burnt smell in the house for the rest of the day. i ended up running the air purifier all day but the damage was already done.

after lunch i biked to belmont. the weather wasn't too bad - temperature at 38° - and i was overdressed. our last temu package arrived today and i brought it inside. i also came with 3 jars of jiu niang (leaving me with 2 jars still).

i went into the sunroom, prepared to move the plants inside the warmer part of the house. but it was still so warm and sunny in the there, i decided to leave the plants for the time being.

in the garage i tried to start the motorcycle engine again. when it wouldn't turned on, i figured all the gasoline in the carburetor had been used up, which was my cue to remove the battery and trickle charge it inside the house. i reassembled the bike, put the cover on, and left it to hibernate until spring.

i had a chance to see our new 24ft extension pole. it was so long, i accidentally scratched the ceiling leaving a mark. i ended up moving the pole to the garage, where it's less likely to damage the house.

i left my parents' place and headed to the cafe to drop off the temu items. there was a tablet stand i wanted to try out. unfortunately it's small and seemed like it was designed for a phone rather than a tablet. it's also non-adjustable. i ended up giving it to my mother to use for her phone. i adjusted the router so the 2.4GHz wifi would use channel 1, after reading last night that channels 5 and above share similar frequencies with the microwave oven. i hoped this would fix the interference issue, but while i was there, the tablet went offline again when somebody used the microwave.

i ended up staying at the cafe for more than 2 hours, between 2 and 4pm. i helped my mother finish making a new batch of tea eggs (30), then cooked a pot of black noodles. i then moved all 4 cases of the new beef noodle takeout bowls down into the basement and did some decluttering. i left with some readymade fried pancakes stuffed with braised beef.

i ate the pancakes when i got home. all day long i thought today was friday when it was actually thursday. after a lengthy search, i bought a new tablet stand online, one that's larger (designed for tablets) and adjustable (arriving on saturday). i also bought a new fitted sheet for my bed: just the fitted sheet, i don't need any pillowcases or flat sheets.

since i ate in the late afternoon, i wasn't very hungry. later in the evening, i threw a small chicken pot pie in the oven and didn't eat it until after 10pm.