The title says it all . . . Well, it doesn’t, but that’s the key point.

The goals for last week were all over the place in terms of success.  I finished the online course and wrapped the presents.  Didn’t get to biking until last night.  Sleep wasn’t as great as it should have been even though I got 100 most nights on the CPA score.  A single 98 happened because I didn’t sleep for 7 hours.  Missed it by 12 minutes.  Honestly, the goals were mostly things I had no choice in doing, which made the mayhem of the week less impactful.

First, the Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights were a success even though we couldn’t get into one of the areas before we had to leave for dinner.  It was the newest one and the last on our route.  It is what it is.  I’ll have a post in January with chosen pictures and a possible video of the event.  Too tired to really sort through things, especially since I already have December’s Sundays set up.

Parenting took the bulk of my time because my son wasn’t feeling well halfway through the week.  Weather was pretty nasty and we were in the rain on Sunday for a Pokemon Go thing.  We were supposed to stay in the car, but he joined up with a large group doing the raids and walked around with them.  He was kept fairly dry by the umbrella while I got soaked, but he didn’t get sick until a few days later.  Anyway, the big challenge was making sure he didn’t fall behind in schoolwork.  That was a success and he was able to go back before the week.  Get the feeling it was a small cold combined with him not getting enough sleep.  It’s that time of year.

Writing-wise, I did finish that one character in ‘Phi Beta Files’.  Got a few February posts done and stared at the outline for Darwin & the Joy Path for a few minutes.  That last one might be my Saturday work before and after I get a haircut.  Feel like I need a real lazy day to recover from last week and prepare for the next one.  This time of year is always mentally and physically exhausting, so it’s hard to do any writing.  Nothing substantial anyway.  Still deciding on if I want to start writing this book during the holiday break or wait for 2024.  Might be good to just tinker with other projects for the 6 days I don’t have my son.  I could finish off ‘Phi Beta Files’ too.

This coming week isn’t going to give me much breathing room.  So, I’m scared to make any writing goals.  It’s Hanukkah, which just means lighting candles at night and tomorrow is latke day.  After that, I have my son’s big concert and a day full of appointments.  The ‘life event’ figures prominently into things too.  I’ll just be happy to get some biking in a few nights and sleep well.  The week ends with our big field trip to holiday shop in the mall, which is always fun and crazy.  The following weekend won’t be very relaxing either since I have a Saturday appointment and both afternoons will be Pokemon Go related.  It’s my last weekend with my son before the holidays, so I’m hoping to make it count.  Trying to find tickets to a movie on Sunday morning too.

Maybe I’ll get some February posts done or make progress on the book outline.  I don’t really have much else going on.  Been watching ‘Cyborg 009’, which has been a fun anime so far.  Halfway through and the storylines go by really fast.  Feels like it’s more episodic ‘threat of the week’ stuff, but the characters are good.  With 9 heroes, it’s nice to see that the series is managing to spread the attention now.  Was worried that a few would fall by the wayside.  Not sure what I’m going to watch after this though.  Trying to decide between anime or one of the few live-action series I have saved.  Probably do the later since it will be around the time of the break and I’ll be lounging.  Friends will all be busy, so I’ll just have me time. Might not be a bad thing.

Goals of the week:

1. Work on Darwin & the Joy Path outline.
2. February blog posts when possible.
3. Parenting (this is a given though).
4. Son’s concert.
5. Latke day tomorrow!
6. Work on ‘Phi Beta Files’ during free periods.
7. Puzzle time.
8. Get a haircut today.
9. Continue to sleep well.  CPAP machine is working great.
10. Appointments scattered about.
11. Try to do something fun and interesting for next Saturday’s post . . . My life is so dull.