I finished a first pass of all but one of the papers in my reading list, and also read some of the papers that are highly relevant to my project, which I had already read for a first pass, for a second or third pass depending on how relevant the content seemed. I have also outlined the introduction and motivation for my project, and am working through the related works section. Apart from the project proposal, I have also spent some time trying to find some ‘gadgets’ that will assist with the proof for a simpler variant of parks puzzle, which is an effort that has not yet borne much fruit.