This was a crazy week even though I only had 4 day so work.  Don’t even know where to start, but I’ll do my best.

Parenting

I only had my son on Monday in regards to the Easter break.  It was really cold, so we didn’t get a lot of Pokemon Go in.  Bunch of homework too.  The rest of the week was kind of the same.  He went on a field trip to see ‘Hamilton’ on Broadway, which he says was fun even though it was pouring.  Got to take a boat around the harbor too.  Beyond that, he had a lot of tests and assignments.  Most of it happened after my time with him and now I have him for the weekend.  Pokemon Go and a birthday brunch is all I’ve really got planned now.  (Birthday is next week.)

Work

Lots of stuff was going on, including an earthquake on Friday that I didn’t feel.  The rest was fairly normal for what goes on in for me.  Biggest change was that our Life Skills students started Unified Basketball.  This is a team with Gen Ed and Special Ed students playing.  I’m helping with the practices by being TA support for the special education students.  Not an easy gig since they spread out through the gym to do different things, so I have to run among them at times.  I’m with another TA and one of the coaches helps, but I’m on the move a lot.  They’re all having fun, which is the important part.  Looking forward to the games, which start later this month.

Writing/Editing

For those who only care about this, I don’t have much to report.  I didn’t edit as much as I had hoped last weekend, but it wasn’t too bad.  Had to stop halfway through chapter 9 of Darwin & the Halfling Hunt.  That leaves 9.5 to go and I’m hoping to tackle that half this weekend.  Not sure if that’s possible since I have my son and we want to do a bunch with the decent weather.  Won’t panic too much since I think I can still get this book done before a father/son road trip at the end of the month.  Aiming to print Darwin & the Angry Elf in time for that.  Gives me something to work on while my son does some art during our downtimes.  If not, I’ll go back to working ‘Phi Beta Files’.  Wish I had more writing time in general, but this year hasn’t been friendly towards my imagination.

Future

We have the solar eclipse on Monday, which my son gets out of school early for.  I’m out regular time, but will get home for it.  Hoping to do some Pokemon Go after homework and the eclipse.  Then, we have my birthday on Tuesday, which won’t be a really big event since we’re doing a family thing this weekend.  Wednesday is off for Eid, so my son and I will get to do a little extra Pokemon Go.  Gives me time to get my car checked out for the trip too.  After that, it’s just work and editing with some biking thrown in.  At least, that’s the overview.

I keep thinking there’s more going on, but probably not.  I’m really just pushing ahead to make it to Spring Break.  Watching ‘Brooklyn Nine Nine’ is the excitement.  Really think I’m forgetting something beyond work, parenting, eclipse, and basketball practice.  I get the feeling that this entire year is going to be a brutal slog to the end where I don’t produce anything new.  Editing will be it.  Maybe I’ll get lucky and finish all of that over the summer then dive into writing Darwin & the Joy Path in September.  It’s entirely possible.

Goals of the week?

1. Celebrate birthday . . . Meh.
2. Parenting.
3. Working.
4. Sleeping.
5. Biking.
6. Crying at times.
7. Maybe some puzzle work.
8. Work on May blog posts.
9. Do absolutely nothing unique and special because I barely have the time to decompress much less enjoy life.