I made it!
Spring break starts today and work returns on May 1st. Going to get some editing done this weekend as well as pack for a father/son trip. Passover is on Monday, so I’ll get some family time in too. So much is going to happen this coming week, which I’m really hoping to share next Saturday with a very late goal post. Seriously, we’re talking maybe 9 PM Eastern Standard Time. Depends on how long it takes to get home. I’ll schedule something in the morning just to keep the post streak going.
This week definitely had me wondering if I was going to make it to the break. Work and home life were crazy with so much going on. Kids are always getting antsy leading into a break, so you can imagine how that went. We started with a field trip too, which threw everyone off their schedule. Several coworkers and I kept thinking it was later in the week than it really was because so much happened on Monday. Life didn’t slow down at all after that with my son having a music solo performance, several appointments, and general prep work for the trip.
My progress on Darwin & the Halfling Hunt wasn’t as good as I wanted. I came one chapter short, which doesn’t sound like much. In the end, it is because I really want to finish the editing before I leave on the trip. Be ridiculous to bring a single chapter with me and try to carve out time to do it. The alternative would be having a long period of time between the final battle and wrap up. My hope is that I can get all of this done this weekend and use a little of Monday morning too. I won’t be able to print out Darwin & the Avenging Elf for the trip, but I’ll have ‘Phi Beta Files’ to work on when my son wants to work on his video game ideas.
The little free time I had this week was spent with a few simple things. I finished the May blog posts and started the June ones. I usually like to get June/July/August set up before summer to give me more editing or writing time. Still trying to figure out what to do with Tuesdays once I finish the ‘looking back’ posts. Only have War of Nytefall and Do I Need to Use a Dragon? left to schedule. That covers the summer. Can I start doing Darwin teasers when I haven’t figured out when I’ll publish it? Tuesday is my only remaining book promo day, so I don’t want to drop or change it.
I also watched ‘Fallout’ on Amazon Prime. It was fun, but I wonder if I’d like it more if I knew of the lore. It’s based on a video game series, so it probably had Easter eggs that I missed. Overall, I like the story and setting. Took me a few episodes to get into the innocent Lucy character, but she grew on me. My favorite character was Maximus because he had pretty bad luck at times, but kept on trying. I would recommend this to anyone who likes post-apocalyptic stories with some comedy, drama, and bloody action. The violence never detracted from the story though.
Only other thing on my mind is that I’m trying to think of more topics I can blog about in regards to writing. Not being able to read and watch TV as much as I used to is preventing me from getting ideas. Still mulling over ‘Fallout’ to find a few. I’m hoping to start ‘Great Teacher Onizuka’ this weekend while editing. Maybe a non-fantasy/sci-fi story will give me some character-based topics. Fingers crossed.
Goals of the week:
- Relax
- Finish editing Darwin & the Halfling Hunt
- Father/son trip
- Passover
- Laundry
- Packing
- Relax
Legends of Windemere 
Enjoy your spring break!
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I hope you have a great break and trip.
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Enjoy the spring break, Charles. Yes, relax.
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Enjoy your time away. Everyone deserves some. I loved Fallout. It had enough corniness to keep me entertained.
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Thanks. Definitely had some good corniness.
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I think you need that Spring Break! Where did the students go on the field trip? And where will you go on your father-son outing?
I am watching Halo – I didn’t like it much at first but am now into it. And it’s from a game!
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Field trip was just to Target and then a restaurant. They’re usually trips to help our students learn how to do things in the community while having fun. My son and I are going to Oswego, which is up near Lake Ontario.
Don’t have access to Halo. Heard mixed reviews since they had Master Chief without a helmet, which was never done in the games.
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It did take a while to get into Halo but I like that he is without a helmet at times. Important to the story.
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That’s the thing. The game story made it a point that you didn’t need to see his face. It was a hallmark of the whole thing. The creators of the show argued that people can’t connect with a character whose face you never see. Many fans felt like it was an insult and that the show was made for non-fans instead.
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I can see both sides but being able to see his face adds another dimension to the story. I think that’s why the Mandalorian’s face was ultimately seen.
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The thing with the Mandalorian is that they did the reveal as part of his original story. With Master Chief, it was accepted lore being changed for the show. This happened to Judge Dredd long ago and really hurt the character.
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I only Saw the Judge Dredd movie, which I thought was ‘dreddful.”
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First one with Stallone or second one with Urban?
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First one with Stallone. I didn’t know there was a second.
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They made a second one, which was Rated R and he kept the helmet on. Much closer to source material and better. Though fairly brutal like the comics.
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