As the title says, this was a really rough week, which was the last full one of classes for the local schools.  It also meant last time for field trips, beginning of world language tests, and a whole slew of reasons for people to be busy.  That meant we had to cover others, so I was working for 9 periods straight for almost the entire week.  Had to wolf down a lunch when there was a lull in a period like with our meditation time.  I was really thankful when someone said pizza was in the faculty lounge.  Snagged a slice and ate it while hurrying back to my class.  By the end of the week, I was wearing a Snoopy t-shirt and running off fumes.  My brain can’t even comprehend all of the things that happened.

My son had his first ever regents exam, which was in Algebra.  Won’t know what he got for at least another week.  Really hoping that he gets into the 80’s.  The only other regents exam is Living Environment (formerly biology), which is Friday.  That’s a bigger challenge even though math is his weaker subject.  A lot of information to absorb and we heard that this one gets factored into his final grade.  He’s usually really good at science and we’re studying for half of this weekend.  The other half will be Pokemon Go, sleeping, and some food shopping.  The main goal today is to find his weakest topics, so tomorrow will be more focused.

Let’s see . . . My son got an award for participating in All County Chorus.  Can’t really say more about that one since it’s pretty straightforward.

As far as writing goes, I managed to edit 3 chapters of Darwin & the Avenging Elf.  I was hoping to do more, but I went out to enjoy the weather longer than expected.  A big part of this was caused by the Cricket World Cup tournament that has taken over the nearby park.  If I saw it was open, I went there to walk around for an hour to enjoy the good weather.  This weekend won’t be the same since it’s a lot of big games, so I wanted to get my exercise and Pokemon Go time in when I could.  Didn’t always go smoothly since I got blockaded into a parking lot that was open when I arrived.  An out-of-towner went in for a jog and they closed up his exit too, so I had to tell him where I knew he could get out.  It’s a mess with helicopters overhead, cops everywhere, bad traffic, and feeling like I’m banned from a section of my own town. All of that to say that I hit my minimum goal of editing 3 chapters last weekend.  I’ll get more done once the school year winds down and might even finish editing the whole book by the end of June.

I did get some good news in regards to my health.  Stress, anxiety, and everything else aside, my sleep apnea is practically gone.  This is only because I use the CPAP machine every night, so it isn’t like I’m cured cured.  Still, this means my blood pressure has gone back to healthy levels or only goes a point or two higher.  I don’t wake up feeling like I almost died or wondering if I have Covid.  My energy is better as long as the heat and other factors don’t wear me down.  At least it isn’t the same time of tired that I used to feel, so definitely improvement.  For numbers, I used to have nearly 200 apnea events per hour and now I usually have less than 1.  The doctor was really happy with that.

With everything going on at work, this week was primarily about survival.  Just glad to make it to the weekend.  My back, shoulders, knees, and lower intestines aren’t in great shape, but we all made it.  I’ll be fine for when it’s time to go out and catch some Pokemon or do the food shopping.  Weather is in our favor too.  Need to cook dinner for us and multiple lunches for myself too.  Figure I should get it all taken care of tonight since I’ll be cooking one thing already.  Not very exciting, but it’s adulting and I need to do it.  Things should get easier after this coming week.

I won’t be able to touch Darwin & the Avenging Elf until Friday.  Not ideal, but I might get more time with it during weekedays after next weekend.  So, I’m going to finish up the August posts and maybe even start in on September.  Found some interesting post ideas with one of them being able to span 2 weeks.  As usual, I’m not sure what to do about Tuesdays, so I might just revive the teasers.  Sunday will be either animal posts or holidays for the rest of the year.   Might throw in a few other topics if they come up.  This isn’t very exciting.

Oh, the only other victory I had this week was figuring out what this mystery CD I’ve been listening to in my car was.  It’s a burnt one from my college days and there was never a name put on it.  Finally remember to look up a lyric, which led me to ‘Have a Cigar’ by Pink Floyd.  Only it wasn’t Pink  Floyd singing it.  Thought it was the Primus cover, but it ended up being Foo Fighters.  This whole thing resulted in me learning that CD #6 in my car’s player was a burnt copy of the ‘Mission Impossible: II’ soundtrack.  Not sure why I didn’t realize that when the first song was Limp Bizkit doing the them song.  My brain is just not braining this week.

So, goals of the week:

1. Help son study for tests.
2. Cooking food.
3. Finish August blog posts.
4. Pokemon Go fun.
5. Try to finish puzzle to make space for summer Lego work.
6. Enjoy good weather.
7. Get through work.
8. Continue sleeping well.