This week was crazier than expected and I’m not counting the election results in that statement. Not going to get into that chaos . . . Again. Anyway, I’ll try to recap a week where nothing writing-wise got done.
Look, I tried to do some editing, but I didn’t see a few things coming:
Monday
I got an email on Sunday that there were parent-teacher conferences for my son on this evening. It was ‘first come, first serve’, so I got there early while my son studied for his unit math test, math quarterly, and science quarterly. This event took most of the evening, so I just went home to watch a cartoon with my son then crawl into bed. I mean, I had Tuesday off, right?
Tuesday
Election Day, but also virtual training for work. My son studied with my mom while I wen through the training. That was the entire morning and we had an appointment in the afternoon. So, it was all of that with a lunch in the middle. Afterwards, it was going home with dinner and studying some more. Also, I started my online defensive driving course.
Wednesday
Work . . . Schedule got changed due to needs again. Tension and high emotions due to the election. By the time I got home, I was drained and handling texts from people who had stuff to say. Got some Pokemon Go in that evening then it was home for more defensive driving course before bed.
Thursday
Work . . . Pokemon Go . . . Appointment . . . Dinner . . . Defensive driving course. Oh, one of my headlight bulbs went out, so I had to work with my dad to change it at 8 PM. This was done in the dark and I came back to find that I left the online course running. So, I had to take extra time to get myself logged back in.
Friday
Work . . . Appointment . . . Finished defensive driving course. Crawled into bed after all that to whimper myself to sleep due to other issues. Seriously, this week ended up being more emotionally taxing than I expected.
I really did hope to finish editing chapter 10 of Darwin & the Demon Game. It was short and I thought I’d have some evenings free. Couldn’t even pull it off last night after finishing the course and writing this post. My hope is to get it done this morning and start in on Chapter 11 (that’s ominous). There is a Pokemon Go event going on, but I did all of the research. An event runs from 2-5 tomorrow, but I can use the morning to get even more done. There’s also having Monday off for Veteran’s Day, so I can edit before I get my son at 9:30 AM. It’s still looking like I won’t finish this until late December unless I can finally get a few of my evenings back.
Another issue is that I have no idea what to watch on TV right now. Don’t feel like live-action or hour long episodes due to my crazy schedule. Seriously, it’s like every weekday has an appointment. Oh wait, they do for the next week or so. Can’t choose an anime that is interesting me either. Simply not feeling motivated to do anything. Really, I’ve just gone numb after this week. Probably not a good sign, but I have therapy to help me through it.
This coming week is going to be a crapshoot as far as time. Got my son on Monday, Tuesday, and next weekend. Wednesday is solidly booked and Thursday only has an evening appointment after work. I might try to do the daily Pokemon Go stuff Thursday morning in the cold in order to clear up the afternoon for editing. That or I get into work early to edit before other people arrive then do more while I’m waiting for the appointment to start. Totally an option that I might have to attempt in order to cover all of the stuff I want to do that day.
I’m just going to dive right into the goal list:
- Edit at least 2 chapters of Darwin & the Demon Game
- Get fresh air with Pokemon Go
- Enjoy time with son when he’s here
- Remember to take Dramamine before we play Lego Jurassic World
- Buy pineapple or strawberries for one of my lunches.
- Laundry as usual
- Check in on friends who aren’t doing well
- Pick a new show to watch
Legends of Windemere 
In the midst of all the general falderol of this past week, we retreated to watch an episode or two of the Great British Baking Show, which is soothing.
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I never got into those shows. Trying an anime with infamously ridiculous dubbing. The show did terrible in Japan, so the American voice actors figured they could say whatever they wanted.
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🙂 🙂
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Hope you dealt with your tire, too. I got fed up with virtually everything, everywhere. Decided to go back in time. Found Hercules The Legendary Journeys on Amazon streaming. No virtue signaling, no forced agendas, just fun. They were great 20 some odd years ago and they’re still fun today.
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Tire had to be fixed right away considering the situation. I remember Hercules. Preferred Xena though. Funny thing is how the old shows and stories still had what we call virtue signaling and social messages. We just didn’t notice due to subtlety.
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Gotta hope next week is better. If you want an easy show to watch try Colin from Accounts. 1/2 hour and a lot of laughs.
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Thanks. Where’s that show found?
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Paramount +
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Life always seems to conspire to upset plans, doesn’t it?
I seem to have had little time for writing/editing recently. Husband wants to go out this morning, so that’s this morning, at least, gone. I can’t say, ‘But I’d planned to get on with my next book.’ If I were making oodles of cash I could say I’m not going, but I’m not, so haven’t got that reason. Can’t say it’s my job.
I hope you get a bit more time next week. And rest. That’s important, too.
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Doesn’t look like I’ll get any time or rest. Might not even get the haircut I’ve needed for the last week. Appointment every weekday afternoon after work. Today was taken over by family around mid-morning, so I agreed to watch the Giants game with my friend. Figured I’d get some non-family time in, but it now seems like they all going somewhere without me after I changed my plans. This is what happens. People around me keep scheduling stuff on my free time and putting me in a position where saying no isn’t possible or a good idea. For example, if I skip one of the appointments my ex-wife keeps making for our son, she gets to make full medical decisions without my input and I won’t know what’s going on because communication between us is terrible. So, no more writing on weekdays for me.
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Well, I hope you can manage some writing on the weekends. But I’d say, don’t stress about it. Write when you can, and don’t worry if you can’t for a week or two.
Same with your blog. It doesn’t matter if you miss the odd day or so. It’s important to chill out and do nothing.
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The issue is that it’s becoming more like I get to edit once a month. Can’t even carve out time for new stuff.
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First come first serve for parent-teacher conferences? Never knew any school did that. Terrible. At least you had Tuesday off. Changing a headlight in the dark at night had to be terrible, too. I hope you have a better week ahead. At least it’s a 4-day work week. Best to you, Charles.
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It’s necessary for in-person meetings. If you do appointments, you’ll have parents make those then no-show or be late. This wastes time for teacher and other parents as well as throwing all other appointments off. Meetings are kept to 3-5 minutes too.
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Yikes. We still have sign-ups for parents whether it is a phone, Zoom, or in-person, and we’re 15 minutes. I don’t know if yours are easier…
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It seemed to go smoother. There are multiple days too.
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