Of the school year that is . . . Then I get a week off before I’m back to work doing the summer session.  That’s fine though because it’s more laidback, we have trips every week, and I can wear my normal clothes.  The hours are shorter as well, which means I might be able to get more writing done during the weeks.  We’ll see though because I’ll have other things going on at the time.

I knew this week wasn’t going to be writing friendly, but I did manage to get the prologue of Darwin & the Beast Collector typed in with edits.  Ran through to fix some continuity issues as well.  Today, I’m hoping to get through chapter 1 and maybe start in on #2.  I still have a few errands to do and do a 30-60 minute Pokemon Go outing to get the daily stuff done.  The same is going to go for tomorrow even though I keep thinking there’s something else I have to do that day . . . Oh, mow the lawn because my dad isn’t able to do so.  That’s easy.

Much of my non-work time was spent with appointments and school events.  For my son, he was part of an art show on Monday.  We went there right after we learned that he should have has braces off by the end of the year.  Celebratory chocolate shakes were had even though other things had him in a mood.  My son also got an award for being in All County Chorus, which was given out Wednesday night.  Thursday was prom and I went to give support to one of my students who had a blast.  Kid . . . Young man danced all night with his fellow seniors and was happy as can be.  Known this student since he was 13 and now he’s a young man, so just watching him and seeing how far he’s come really made my night.

There really isn’t much else to report about my week since I used yesterday to mostly do errands and handle an appointment.  A personal situation that I can’t talk about here took some of my time as well.  It shouldn’t be too much of an issue, but I probably won’t get to writing Darwin & the Joy Path until mid-July unless I get tons done during the first week of that month.  It’s for the best because I’m getting increasingly nervous about writing something new for the first time in years.  Doesn’t help that I still don’t know what to do with the Darwin books since I have other big expenses, so even getting cover art is out of the question.  Been nearly 2 years since I talked with the cover artist who did Nytefall and the fantasy tips book too, so I feel like an ass there.

Speaking of my blog, which I didn’t actually mention until now, I think I’m going to take an old series of posts I stumbled onto.  We’re talking 2013 and 2014.  It was a bunch of ‘What do you look for’ posts that were kind of interesting.  I wonder if people will give different answers.  This also gives me extra time to get life stuff settled and find more blog topics since this would also run into the October period.  I need to find a monster theme for this year since last one was USA cryptids.  Got plenty of time to do it.

This coming week is the last full one of classes for my school.  My son has a big test as well, so plenty of studying on the days he’s with me.  Two more big ones are the week after, so even more studying during next weekend.  Thankfully, the weakest subject is this week and he’s studying hard at his mom’s.  The rest of the week is peppered with appointments and just making it to the end.  I might try to type in a few pages of edits when I get openings, but I don’t know if I should relax and brace myself for the busier weekend and the following week of half-days.

Well, I’m sorry this isn’t more interesting.  I do wish I could share some of the antics from school, but I won’t share my students’ lives on my blog.  Same goes for some of the personal stuff involving my son.  Sharing that stuff could get me in a lot of trouble.  So, I’ll do the best I can over the summer to have some kind of adventure.  My son and I do plan on going to the Bronx Zoo on the weekend that a new exhibit opens, so I should have a fun share the weekend after.  Sorry you have to wait that long . . . Goals?

1. Make headway on Darwin & the Beast Collector
2. Help son study for Regents.
3. Handle paperwork for various situations.
4. Work hard.
5. Play hard.
6. Sleep hard.
7. Cereal.
8. Stress gummies.
9. Bagels.
10. Oh, that’s my shopping list . . . Oops.