"okay, so what I'm hearing is, you liked working with plants and you liked photography but the plants are hard work and you don't want to learn how to use photoshop all over again?"

Carmen had to pause so she could get all her thoughts in order

"Plants...okay, what if you took on a few easy plants? and then worked with them in our garden, we don't really have that much greenery so it would be nice to fill out the space. You could do research on which ones are the best and then get the seeds and build a garden"

That was a bit of work but he needed something that would really keep him busy, Gardening also seemed pretty safe as long as he avoided using sharper tools like shears

"And then photography, you don't have to use photoshop if you're doing it as a hobby and not an actual job"

Carmen was a bit lost on this, she actually didn't have hobbies of her own so she was throwing random thoughts together

"Of course you don't have to go with that stuff, you can try new things" She added "If you wanted to, that could keep you busy too, just looking for a new hobby or a job"

(sorry it's short)

A smile broke through in Carmen's expression hearing Brayden talk about the plants so excitedly

"that sounds perfect" She agreed "you can add little notes about their height and other progress" Carmen added pausing to think for a while

"I can get you everything tomorrow, seeds, a book and a camera if you don't already have one, mind you it may not be the best quality" she had a vague memory of setting up cameras in her previous job, and it had been costly equipment "they can get pretty expensive"

Maybe she could get Brayden a proper camera for christmas but for now a polaroid would have to do, at least that would print out the pictures once he took them

Carmen was happy that they had found something Brayden seemed to like so much, he seemed pretty happy with the choice as well, if it worked to keep him busy and out of his own head it was perfect

"So now we have that all set, what should we do right now?" Carmen asked leaning against Brayden again and fiddling with her hair as she looked at him waiting for an answer

She would have to make dinner soon, and she wanted to keep unpacking some of the boxes that were still lying around but until then there was nothing wrong with relaxing with her fiance, Carmen didn't mind what they did, watching a movie, just talking or sitting quietly, as long as she didn't have to get up right away

Carmen looked at him "well, I think the same about you, without you my life would be completely different, I feel like you make every day better for me" she smiled and kissed his cheek gently "One of the many reason's why you're my favourite person in the whole wide world"

She wasn't the best at articulating her emotions but she really did want Brayden to know how much he meant to her, she would have to come up with a better way to show him than just words, maybe on the date she could do something sweet

"Okay, I'll help too when I can, if you find anything I could set up interviews or look into places where you could go work" Carmen added to what he had said

"Depends how late you would like to eat, I also want to unpack a few more things..so maybe half an hour?" she leaned her head into his hand smiling "It isn't a lot of time to really do anything" Carmen pointed out

"We can't watch a movie since there isn't enough time to finish it, we could just keep talking if you wanted?" her mind was blank "do you have anything you would like to do?" Carmen asked, twirling the ring around her finger, maybe she could get Brayden a ring, he didn't actually have one to wear, that could be a nice gift, her mind had drifted off thinking about it

"I think the next holiday is Thanksgiving..." she wasn't too sure, she thought about his idea for a minute

"hmm, maybe" she took a look around "well, I think two small boxes would be good to get done"

Carmen got to her feet and walked around, picking up two of the smaller boxes and placing them on the table, opening them up and looking inside "One of these is just some kitchen appliances, spatula, whisk and all that, a few bowls too" it was labeled Baking so it made sense "and the other one...some old work stuff, I'm actually just going to throw this out" she shut it and pushed it away from her, it contained key chains and pictures from Brazil and other places they had visited

Maybe she would keep one or two things but not all of it, she wanted to leave it behind, that time in her life had brought about a lot of stress

Looking up from rummaging through the baking box she focused on Brayden again, smiling at him "we can unpack this and go through the other stuff to see what we should keep, that we can do in thirty minutes"

She chuckled a bit "you like decorating? hm, maybe we could do something extra then, like hand turkeys or those little triangle flag things people hang up" Carmen didn't know the actual name so Little Triangle Things was probably going to stick

Carmen paused a bit and let herself think "Alright...you need to help me with that too though, but let's cross that bridge when we get to it, for now, we just get through the first box" she understood there was sentimental value in some of these items, like the photos, one or two of those were actually nice

Back to the task at hand though, the kitchen, Carmen lifted the box and moved it to the center of the wooden floor "right, you need to get up to help me" she said casting a smile over at Brayden before grabbing a few of the utensils.