This week didn’t go as planned, which I’m sure will be written on my tombstone.  I had glorious intentions, but life decided to intervene.  Specifically, my ragweed allergies and mild bronchitis made it difficult to do complicated things like sleeping, breathing, and exercising.  So, what did I accomplish?

Writing-wise, I didn’t get the two chapters done that I wanted.  Darwin & the Beast Collector only made it a chapter ahead.  A big part of this was because I only wrote one section a day and ended up junking the 4th section due to it not fitting.  It was another talking one, which didn’t make sense.  I was aiming to do some writing after the ominous life event on Monday, but that left me too emotionally drained.  By the time I got my head together, it was time to pick my son up from school.  The torrential downpour setting off my sinuses didn’t help.  Maybe I’ll have better luck this coming week . . . Which starts with Yom Kippur the Jewish day of fasting.

I couldn’t do any writing during the week due to appointments and my son needing a lot of help with school.  Not just with the work, but rewards for when he finished.  This was typically a Pokemon Go outing, so I was doing a lot of walking.  This is on top of biking 4-5 miles whenever I could.  There was also ‘Meet the Teacher Night’, which I was on the teacher side.  I only had the mental capacity for November blog posts on Tuesday and Wednesday was about errands.  Just so much going on, but I guess I accomplished small things.

Going back to my son with school, he’s doing pretty good.  Grades are high and his anxiety is low.  Clubs start next week, so we’re going to see how things keep up.  It might be a challenge to get all of his work done in time to get cartoons at night, which might end up being an issue.  Those help him relax for bed.  I can’t let him stay up too late, so we’re going to have to adjust.  I refuse to tell him to quit clubs, especially if he’s having fun with them.  Kids need socializing after all.

As I said, Yom Kippur is this week, so I won’t be eating from sundown on Sunday until sundown on Monday.  My plan is to play ‘Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’ on the Switch, but I need to pay $35 for a special membership.  Trying to decide on how badly I want to play one of my favorite games.  It’s for a yearly and the package comes with other games like Mario 64, Star Fox 64, and Goldeneye.  All of that might be worth the money as long as I don’t let it renew automatically.  It will definitely kept me distracted from the fact that I’m hungry.

Let’s see . . . I took my home sleep apnea test last Friday night.  It wasn’t that hard to set up beyond a picture that didn’t really explain things.  Took me a few tries to get the nose tubes set up.  The issue was that I didn’t feel comfortable sleeping even though it was possible to roll onto my side.  I think I spent the whole night in one position, which was on my back.  I was out for the required 6-7 hours as far as I can tell, so I’ll get to discuss my results eventually.  This was probably another reason I had trouble writing last weekend because I started with a rough night’s sleep.  Then, my breathing issues gave me another tough night, so there was a domino effect.  It took all of my energy to make it through the work day.

This week is going to be wild and crazy, but next weekend doesn’t look that bad.  My son has appointments, but nothing that will cost me more than a single evening.  So, I should be able to write.  Maybe I’ll even get through 2 chapters.  Kind of harping on that, but the loss of my writing stamina is agonizing.  Used to be able to write 3 sections in a day without mentally feeling it.  Now, I do 1-2 sections and my brain is about to drip out of my ears.  Been that way ever since I had Covid last summer, which has me wondering about what’s going on in my skull.  Could I have some kind of brain damage that would cause me to wear down quickly when I push my imagination or brain in general?

Really isn’t anything else going on that I can think of talking about.  Got my niece’s 3rd birthday today, so it’s a celebration.  Tomorrow is the promised day of Pokemon Go since I’ll be out of commission on Monday.  Come to think of it, Septembers are always pretty crazy and Octobers aren’t much better.  It isn’t until November that things begin to settle down a bit.  I should just accept this and not get my hopes up in terms of having writing time and energy.

Goals of the week:

1. Family time!
2. Help son with school.
3. Enjoy another week of job sites with students.
4. Start watching ‘Castlevania: Nocturne’ when it comes out on the 28th.
5. Play ‘Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’ to survive fasting.
6. Pokemon Go outings.
7. Write more Darwin & the Beast Collector before next weekend if time and brain permits.
8. Finish November blog posts and start December posts.
9. Exercise and eat better.
10. Sleep better.