checking off the checklist items

Monday (lunch only)

Finish proofing Units 6 and 7 of the Book 7 textbook.

Late afternoon: shop for Middle Eastern chicken & Italian sausage ingredients.

Walk 140 minutes. Do resistance work.

Begin prepping Middle Eastern chicken (sauce, chickpeas, zucchini, pistachios, feta).

Repair pants pocket.

Tuesday (fasting)

10 a.m.: visit rental office & talk about handling October rent.

Reserve pension for Friday night.

Haircut, 10:30 a.m.

Proof Book 7, Unit 4.

Review all Book 7 mistakes w/designer. Continue proofreading Book 3 (Unit 7).

Bring pork belly home from office.

Do 1.5 staircases. Do resistance work.

Walk 70 minutes.

Prep Italian sausages (pork belly + ground pork) as parting gifts for Friday.

Wednesday (fasting)

Morning: get ticket to Daejin (east coast).

Continue to review Book 7 mistakes.

Review Book 3, Unit 7, with designer. Proofread Book 3, Units 8-9.

Walk 140 minutes. Do resistance work.

Prep more of Middle Eastern chicken (raisins, figs, herbs, chicken, couscous).

Start finalizing the packing of the backpack.

Thursday (hospital appointment + cheat day!)

Do 1.5 staircases in the early morning—6 a.m.

Visit hospital, 9 a.m. Learn new numbers. Pick up new meds for 100 days.

Review Book 3, Units 8-9, with designer. Proofread Units 9-10.

[No walking or resistance work. It's the day before the big trip east.]

Finish Middle Eastern chicken (throw everything together). Pack pistachios separately.

Friday (leave for Goseong + month-long cheat day begins!).

Finalize packing. Take everything to office (to leave for bus from office).

Review Book 3, Units 9-10, with designer. No time for 2nd proof of Book 3.

Serve food for office party and dole out sausages.

Leave straight from office for the east coast, 3:30 p.m.

Arrive destination (Haedang-hwa Pension) by 9:30 p.m.