I’m writing this from a desk that is more cluttered than expected.  Guess the plus side of that is it means I got some work done.  Not just errands, laundry, and cleaning up around the house too.  Maybe that’s why I don’t feel like I’ve gotten enough sleep to be ready for Monday.

Writing-wise, I finally managed to finish the edits of Darwin & the Fate Bracelet.  It was all by hand though, so now I’m working on typing it all in.  Enough things happened to make me come up short before I got time with my son.  So, I still have 8 chapters to go, which I should be able to tackle throughout next week and weekend.  Then, I’ll dive into the printed copy of Darwin & the Halfling Hunt.  Made a bunch of continuity notes that I put into my editing folder too, so I’m prepared.  A few things got dropped after the first book, so I need to explain why they disappeared. Really it’s just cosmetic stuff about Darwin’s magic, which I’m locking in as far as colors and effect.  Then again, would an easily distracted mind have spells that don’t always have the same range of effect or be slightly different every time in terms of visual effects?

Another event was going with a friend to a Korean BBQ and Hot Pot restaurant, which I’ve never done before.  My friend did one of them long ago, but he didn’t remember how things worked.  You get 2 hours to order food to cook and get charged $13.99 for every pound you waste.  So, we showed the greatest restraint . . . No, we had no idea what we were doing.  Ordered a lot of meat to cook in the hot pot and not as much as we thought for the BBQ.  Everything tasted great and we finished everything except a few of these long, white mushrooms.  Then, it was off to some video games at Dave & Busters, but we were definitely stuffed.  Surprised I could sleep at all with my stomach feeling like it was three times its normal size.  Glad I biked for 20 minutes and ate a small lunch too.  A very good time.

Only other thing that happened was a trip to the zoo with my son.  We do this every time we have a long break and the weather is good.  Kind of chilly, so it wasn’t that crowded.  A bunch of areas were closed for maintenance since the big season is coming up.  So, we were out after 3.5 hours instead of the usual 5 hours.  Not a bad thing since we took our time and got to see a few animals that aren’t normally active.  Forgot to get the pictures of those off my camera, but I have these from my phone:

Tree Kangaroo

Burrowing Owls

Gibbon

Only two more days of break.  Big Pokemon Go event happening all weekend, so I’ll be out at the park a lot.  Family is coming over this afternoon too, including my 3-year-old niece.  So, my son and I are going to have to balance stuff.  Hopefully, it won’t be so exhausting that I’m dead on my feet for Monday.

I’m not going to make any big plans for the week though.  Doing more blog posts for April and putting in the last 8 chapters of edits for Darwin & the Fate Bracelet will be enough.  If I can do more then that’s a bonus.  Work is going to be crazy with the kids coming back from a long break.  My son probably has a test or two coming as well, so home life won’t be calm.  So, I’m going to focus on just getting to the next weekend and finishing up the one project.

Oh, I’m not sure what to watch on the streaming services.  I have 3 episodes left of ‘The Dresden Files’, which I’ve always wanted to finish.  After that, I don’t really know what I want to put on.  Hate it when I hit a point where nothing appeals to me, but I can’t stand to be in a room without either music or television on.  Maybe I’ll just grab another older series and start watching again.  Highlander Season 2 is a possibility.  Is there any new fantasy or science fiction out there worth my time?  Everything seems like a reboot, remake, or bland.

Goals of the week:

1. Get back into the work schedule.
2. Help son get back into the school schedule.
3. Finish Darwin & the Fate Bracelet.
4. Work on April blog posts.
5. Puzzle time.
6. Biking and continuing to eat better.
7. Start editing Darwin & the Halfling Hunt
8. Whatever I’m forgetting