My idea of keeping Amazon boxes may be flawed. Sure, it gives us variety in the sizes and shapes of boxes available to us. However, it creates a giant mess in the living room. The boxes I’ve packed have nowhere to go. More correctly, I have to do a lot more maneuvering to make a simple stack of boxes. What I need to do is disconnect all wires and move speakers out of the way so there’s more room. It’s a giant game of Tetris.

A friend offered to come on Sunday to help pack. If things were more organized, I might have accepted. There’s too much going on right now. I need a staging area for things that will be donated. Where? There’s no room. I need a staging area for things that can go right to the new house as soon as we get the keys. Again, no room. It’s frustrating. Personally, I don’t mind going through a maze of boxes. Lion has a hard time both from a mess point of view and a vision point of view.

I’ll just be glad when we get the keys. Luckily, I think it will be a Friday so we can make a bunch of trips over the weekend to get things started.

Yesterday was punishment day. No, I didn’t spank Lion. I may not be able to be in move mode and spanking mode at the same time. Too many balls in the air. Of course, Lion will probably say there aren’t enough of his balls in the air. His balls are another matter. He can do his Edex shot whenever he wants to. There’s a brand new can of IcyHot spray that hasn’t been tested yet. The clothespins haven’t been packed yet. The rope is still available. So many options.

I don’t want to brag but I’ve packed three boxes today. Actually, that was only an hour. I’ve been using boxes we’ve gotten from Amazon to pack so far. I’ve been able to pick a size that matches what I’m packing. It also helps limit the weight. In the past, I’ve loaded up a big box with books. Try and lift that! Ha!

We do have some leftover boxes from our last move. I just ordered more boxes this morning. They’ll be delivered later today. Then I can really get packing. As if the lack of boxes was standing in my way. I’m standing in my way. But I am making progress. I just hope I’ll continue to make progress and be ready for the movers. I have to be.

After dinner, Lion asked if we could do an Edex shot. Sure. I thought he didn’t want to do anything because he hasn’t mentioned it before then. No problem. I got the dishes out of the way and helped aim the needle. It’s a little tricky because you have to avoid veins, it has to be far enough toward the base, and at about ten or two, so just left or right of center. Even with the lights on all the way, it’s sometimes difficult to see what I’m doing. I think, however, we’ve only missed a time or two.

When I was helping him along with my hand, he was getting hard. My Apple watch thought I was exercising. It asked if I wanted to start an elliptical workout. Anyway, he was hard and then we moved into blow job position, he was pretty limp, but I love feeling him get hard in my mouth, so that wasn’t a problem for me. He didn’t get as hard as he was initially, but I soldiered on.

At one point, I sort of grabbed his balls. It wasn’t like a yank or a squeeze. I just grabbed them as if I was using a rope. Well, I tried to do that. I never actually got a hold of them. He started moving like that was the thing he needed to get over the edge. If I ask him afterwards, he always says he has no idea what I’m talking about, but it seemed to spur him on. In a few minutes I felt his balls retract and he was on his way to an orgasm. Or was he?

On my end, it seemed like a ruined orgasm. All systems go and then I stopped too late. Except I didn’t stop. It just seemed like he hit a brick wall. He said it was weird too. Between not getting very hard and the strange orgasm, I wondered if we got the shot in the wrong place. I don’t know why that would matter for the orgasm. I also don’t know why he was hard at first and then didn’t get that hard again.

He said maybe we can try again soon. Absolutely. I want my cream filling.

I finally spanked Lion last night. I said something to him about it and he said I really should do it. Then, he followed, we could have sex tonight. Apparently, he’s been waiting to have sex until after his spanking. I know we’ve gone round and round about sex and punishment being on the same night. Somewhere along the line, I must have said he can’t have sex until he’s been spanked. I think I meant it only for this time since it’s been a long time between spankings.

If, for example, he interrupts me on a Tuesday and I swat him that night, it does not necessarily follow that he will get sex Wednesday. What if he had sex Monday night? Would he be ready for sex again on Wednesday? Pre-Edex Lion would say, “of course!” It might be a bit soon for post-Edex Lion.

Anyway, the bigger “problem” is that he can’t manage to take a full, ten-minute punishment. The last three times (give or take) I’ve stopped with at least three minutes left on the timer. I’d even say the last two times were five minutes short. Is it because of the amount of time between spankings, or am I hitting him harder?

Maybe I’ve been hitting harder because, at that point, I don’t really care if I spank him or not, and maybe I’m attempting to end it early. I know I’ve been using wooden paddles more often, and those definitely hurt more. If it’s been a long time between spankings, I tease him about having a virgin butt again. I guess I can’t expect him to be able to take a hard punishment if I haven’t been consistently spanking him.

I’d vow to be more consistent, but with the upcoming move, I don’t want to promise anything. Plus, I don’t have the best track record of keeping promises like that anyway. So what I can say is I’ll try to do better.

[Lion — I didn’t ask Mrs. Lion to stop spanking me. I was a little surprised when she decided to stop before the timer went off. I have no idea why she thought I needed her to stop.]

Late yesterday afternoon, Lion said he wanted to go to a local credit union to get cashier’s checks for the deposit for the new house. There was an ice storm moving in and he wanted to get things done so we could mail it today. I think he just wanted to get out of his punishment. (I don’t really, but sometimes things seem to pop up at just the right moment to delay it.)

Since we were out, I suggested grabbing dinner. We were near KFC so we decided on that. Normally we get all white meet. This location could do all dark meat, but not all white meat. What’s up with that? We settled on white and dark, chose our sides and headed home with the chicken smell making me hungrier by the mile.

It wasn’t necessarily late when we got home, but Lion was dealing with the checks and I was dealing with the food and whatever else was going on. I could have spanked him. I could have spanked him after dinner. I didn’t. Unless we do things right around his shower, they get pushed off and then forgotten about. There’s always tonight.

For once, the weather delivered almost exactly what was predicted. There wasn’t as much snow, but the ice was certainly mucking things up. Word on Facebook was not to go out unless your life depended on it. People were slipping off of their porches. Dogs were confused why they were sliding across the yard. And a semi wound up facing the wrong way on the highway. Bottom line: stay inside. Will do.

Lion asked me few times if I was venturing to the post office. Nope. The road was a mess. He asked again and I told him there was still a winter weather advisory. He said it was more important that I stay safe. The last time he asked me, I considered tying my trusty sled dog to something and heading the four or five blocks to the post office. Again, Lion said not to worry about it. I wasn’t. He seemed to be. Tomorrow is supposed to be a mess too, at least in the morning. No worries. The post office will pick up the package. Neither rain nor sleet nor dark of night….

We both had trouble sleeping last night. Well, this morning. I think it was around 3 am we finally fell asleep. Surprisingly, I’m not tired. I can’t promise I won’t fall asleep watching TV, but I wasn’t face down at my desk. I couldn’t turn my brain off. All the moving preparations were running through my mind. We need to get this. We need to do that. Where will this piece of furniture go? Should we get rid of X rather than moving it? Rinse and repeat. It’s a lot to do.

Lion is in the shower. I didn’t get to him beforehand to spank him. He’ll be cold when he gets out. Oh well. There’s always tomorrow.