For a short work week, this past one was crazy busy.  My class had a mini-golf field trip one day, which was a lot of fun.  Two students got holes-in-one and everyone had fun even with a few minor blips.  The day after that was the Unified Basketball championship, which is composed of teams with special and general education students.  Our team was defending champions and it was dicey for a while.  They pulled it together though and got the win, which is great for our seniors since it was their last game and they have been there since the beginning.  Next week doesn’t have any exciting events like that, but I’m sure it’ll be busy.

I tired to do some editing for Darwin & the Beast Collector yesterday, but didn’t get as far as I’d hoped.  With 3 chapters to go and 4 days, I thought I could pull it off, but I have a bunch of appointments and meet-ups.  I still think I can definitely get 2 done over breakfast and in the evenings.  Then again, one of the things I had planned was canceled by someone else without my full agreement.  I can’t go into any more about that, but it’s soured my mood.  Might be why I’m editing slower too because letting my mind wander goes to this issue and not the story.

Another problem is I ran into a wrinkle.  A character has this medallion/pocketwatch that makes them invisible to monsters.  I think I had other plans for this thing, but I seem to have forgotten it existed between its introduction and being handed to another character.  It’s mentioned at times, but the character keeps it under his shirt all the time.  I’m not sure if this works or if I should have it be fiddled with in passing a few times throughout the story.  I’m also thinking of making it a strict medallion or locket instead of a pocketwatch since he never checks the time.  His biggest tic is taking a drink from whatever goblet he is holding, but I can’t switch the goblet to the story importance of the medallion since it serves its own purpose.  So, I feel kind of stuck on how to make the medallion truly work and am leaning towards adding it into a few scenes while I type in the edits in June.  Any suggestions even though this is vague?

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Coming to the end of the school year means events are coming fast and often.  My son had his big chorus concert this week and he is getting a music award in June.  There are other field trips, state tests, Regents exams, various holidays, and overall tension growing among students.  It’s not always a bad tension, but people are getting antsy for the school year to be over.  I think you really see it in special education students because they can be very aware of changes in the atmosphere.  That and many know the end of the year is coming, so those that don’t like changes in routine aren’t happy.  To be fair, I know many adults like this too.

Can’t think of anything else that has happened between the weekends.  That whole foot pain thing is getting better thanks to the compression socks and better shoes.  They still hurt if I walk for too long and in the morning.  Yet, I definitely feel improvement, which is great since I have a weekend of walking ahead of me at the end of June.  Though, I think I can convince my son to let us sit down from time to time.  Anyway, I guess I should jump into the list and maybe I’ll announce the completion of Darwin & the Beast Collector next weekend.

1. Finish editing Darwin & the Beast Collector.
2. Rest during the long weekend.
3. Continue setting up summer posts.  I think I’m already in August.
4. Let feet rest.
5. Get a haircut.
6. Finish watching ‘Konosuba’ and start another show.
7. Curse the rain that keeps showing up.  This is May.  Where was this crap in April?
8. Stay healthy since a lot of people around me are getting sick.

I didn’t make a Memorial Day post this year because I didn’t realize when it was.  I also find myself thinking it’s strange to say things like ‘Happy Memorial Day’ and be anything more than solemn and pensive.  Maybe I’m overthinking things.