To be fair, I do plan on starting the edits on Darwin & the Demon Path. My original plan was to start Friday night, but I decided to write this post instead.  Well, I ended up having a glass of whiskey while I cooked dinner and it went right to my head.  It hit right after I stopped working with fire and hot oil.  It was a homemade Korean Beef Bowl, but that’s not important.  Anyway, maybe I did tackle the prologue before bed, but it’s more likely that I decided to call it an early night.

The reason for my not being able to write was that this week was crazy busy with work and parenting.  Not to mention I’ve been cooking dinners every night, except Tuesday because it was a busy day.  So, no time to dig into the book.  It was work, home, parenting if I had my son, cooking, Pokemon Go, and then bed.  That’s basically how my week is going unless I can get to the park before work.  I need to do that more often and leave my non-parenting weeknights for editing.  Maybe next week if I have the energy, but I only have Thursday to attempt it.

I won’t say my time was entirely wasted.  Managed to get about half of the November blog posts scheduled AND worked on ‘Phi Beta Files’.  Thankfully, my brain wasn’t scrambled so much that I couldn’t do notebook work.  Oddly enough, I seemed to be better at coming up with character names and ideas since my mind was already drifting away from my daily issues.  Not that I want to make this a habit since this isn’t healthy.  On the plus side . . . I got nothing since I also burnt my mouth on the Korean beef bowl.

That’s pretty much the theme of this week too.  Actually, the best analogy to my week is how I started every morning.  A spider keeps creating a web between a bush and the car parked at the end of the driveway.  Started this on Monday and I have blindly walked into the web every morning since then.  Just stumbling into one sticky situation and stressful event after another this week.  This is why I didn’t have the energy to edit even on the nights I didn’t have my son.  Needed extra sleep and relaxation. I’m hoping next week is easier, but we’ll have to see.   Probably still start the day walking into that webbing and praying the spider isn’t on me as I drive to work.

Really wish I had other news to share on this post.  Started making the ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Lego set.  Been watching this old SyFy series called ‘Eureka’ to give myself a break from anime.  My fresh air and exercise has been Pokemon Go for at least an hour every day.  Finished my son’s Halloween costume and am only waiting for the wig to arrive from China . . . I already did tons of sewing, so styling a wig isn’t a skill I want to test my luck with since the color isn’t easy to find.  Anyway, this is has just been a week of making it to the end.  A really sad existence in my opinion.

Having the house to myself should work to my advantage this weekend.  Aside from a Pokemon Go event from 2-5 today, I have nothing else planned beyond editing, laundry, and cooking dinner.  I should be able to get through at least 4 chapters, especially if I can push myself to 11 PM tonight.  I tried to bring a chapter to work last week, but never had the time or quiet space to start in on it.  Maybe I’ll try again this week, but it’s probably better to wait until I have a clear night like . . . Dang it.  Forgot that a big reason I can’t get time to edit or relax is because of all the appointments I have to attend.  They’ve gotten really bad and I’m not even the one making most of them or involved, but I need to be there for reasons.

Let’s jump to the goals of the week before I keep babbling:

1. Edit the first 4 chapters of Darwin & the Demon Game.
2. Complete more November blog posts.
3. Drink more water.
4. Go to bed a bit earlier on days when I’m extra tired.
5. Continue going out for an hour to walk even if it’s to play Pokemon Go.
6. Laundry.
7. Work on D&D Lego set if I have time.
8. Continue working on ‘Phi Beta Files’ outlines.