This week feels like it took forever to reach the end of.  There was plenty of drama . . . I think.  To be honest, my hay fever has been so bad that my head is foggy.  It got so bad that I had low grade fevers on Thursday night and took Friday off to get myself tested just in case.  I feel bad about that because I have to take Monday off for a personal thing that I can’t talk about in public.  Think the only times I’m emotionally okay with missing a day with my students and coworkers is if I’m truly bedridden or there’s a big event going on with my son.

Speaking of my son, he’s getting used to high school.  He’s getting better with breakfast and there haven’t been any fights about homework.  Well, not much.  The workload is definitely heavier than middle school even though it doesn’t look that way if you see the assignment list.  Weekly essays and multi-page packets being on the list means more work than he realizes.  Still, we’re finishing stuff and still having time to play Pokemon Go every now and then.  That’s not doing my allergies any good, but it works as a reward to help him focus.  Found out yesterday that masking up reduces the lung devastation, so at least I have a plan for the future.

Looking at my calendar for the week, I don’t see any big events that happened.  That means my time was mostly parenting, working, and setting up November blog posts when I was able to focus.  I did manage to get one section of Darwin & the Beast Collector done yesterday since I was home.  With any luck, I can finish the rest of the chapter by the end of the weekend.  Maybe even step into the next one, which can give me an opening to get a bit more done during the week.  No idea which evening that would be since Wednesday kicks off a long line of events going into the following week.  I’ll be happy with whatever I can get though.

I wish I had more excitement to share.  No big sales.  My son and I are slowly making our way through ‘One Piece’ on Netflix since we don’t get much time to watch episodes that are so long.  We’re only up to the 4th one, so we’re hoping to get further next weekend.  When I’m alone, I’m re-watching ‘Keinichi: The Strongest Disciple’ because I’ve been dozing off fairly early.  It’s easy to stop an episode halfway through and pick it up the next day while I try to wake up.  Not sure if I should be proud or ashamed of that.  I’ve been really tired lately, so it’s not like I have a choice.

That is one thing that’s going on.  I received the sleep apnea home test yesterday and decided to use it last night.  It was either last night or tonight, but I didn’t have any assurance that my allergies would be better.  So, I might as well get it out of the way and do my best.  This machine gets strapped to my chest then gets connected to a sensor on my finger and a breathing tube that sticks into my nose.  It’s not very different than the one I used in 2017, which wasn’t very comfortable.  Thankfully, it only needs 6-7 hours to get a good reading and not 8+.  I’ll send it back today when I decide to head out and then wait for my next appointment . . . in November.  Maybe I’ll get lucky and my readings will be so bad that they’ll rush me ahead of the line.  Fingers crossed?

As I said, this week is going to be busy.  I have stuff at school, appointments for myself, appointments for my son, a birthday party, and then bracing for Yom Kippur.  Needless to say, I’m going to be crawling into the following weekend.  This is why I might not get my hopes up on writing after Sunday.  There will always be the first weekend in October to get more done.  The books aren’t going anywhere.

Goals of the week:

1. Return sleep apnea test.
2. Recover from hay fever.
3. Help son with schoolwork.
4. Have fun at work.
5. Continue eating chopped salads.
6. Continue making chopped salads.
7. Buy supplies for chopped salads.
8. Exercise more since not much Pokemon Go this week.
9. Write this weekend.
10. Sleep.