First, Do I Need to Use a Dragon? has sold about 18 copies.  Not bad.  It’s still 99 cents, so feel free to grab one for yourself.

Not really sure where else to go at this point in the post.  Darwin & the Beast Collector saw some progress, but not as much as I expected.  Various life stresses got in the way and I ended up needing a lot of rest.  Even now, I feel oddly off while writing this post on Friday night.  Got the doctor soon, but that’s to see how the blood pressure medication is going.  Let’s just jump into that.

The biggest surprise obstacle was that the medication I was on may have started battering me a bit.  Not as bad as the last one, but I was really feeling off last weekend.  Reached a point where I got myself tested for Covid just to be safe.  Negative, but the dizziness and bouts of fatigue continued.  It wasn’t even full fatigue.  There were just moments where I was at half energy and my brain was foggy.  This is the big reason why writing didn’t get as far as I had hoped.

There is a chance that the heat was doing some damage too.  I felt like this last summer when I had long Covid and it was hot out.  For all I know, I still have long Covid issues that come to the surface once the temperature and humidity reach a certain point.  Haven’t been sleeping the best even with the AC on too.  That could be sleep apnea getting worse, which I have to ask about.  You have the general exhaustion and medication effects as well, so who knows what in the world is going on.

As for my blood pressure, it’s definitely lower and was out of hypertension levels at several points.  In fact, the numbers only went really high again when I started feeling dizzy and tired.  Doesn’t make any sense since I read that this would happen if my numbers dropped too low and not when they shoot up.  I should just give up on figuring out my body and pray things pass since I can’t keep going to the doctor every week.  Hopefully I’m better in the morning and just needed some good sleep.

On the family front, my son started camp this week.  Not a lot to say about this, but he’s having fun.  Getting used to the camp and kids in his group.  They’re definitely more into sports than him, so he doesn’t know what to do sometimes.  He had a fun field trip to a bounce house place.  Think he made a new friend too.  Guess we’ll see how things go during week two.

Only other thing that happened this week was I finished this Lego set:

It was a lot of fun to put together.  Didn’t know what things were going to turn into until I was done too.  So, there was a good amount of surprise in this set.  Glad I managed to have enough energy to get it done.

I wish I had more to share, but it’s been a primary focus on health, work, and parenting.  Nothing exciting.  Just hoping that first category finally settles down because I’m getting tired of constant bouts of issues.  Trying to eat healthier, exercise, and I’m on meds, but I feel like I’m in worse shape at times.  Makes no sense unless it’s entirely stress doing some damage.  Fingers crossed that I can get that under control.

Goals of the week:

1. Working.
2. Parenting.
3. Writing.
4. Resting.
5. Biking.
6. Sleeping.
7. Medicating.
8. Reading.