Only one week left before the 24-25 school year is officially over.  Got students Monday through Thursday and then final meeting on Friday.  After that, my son and I jump right into Pokemon Go-fest and relax.  I’ll be back with my students after July 4th for the summer, so it’s a brief break.

This past week was fairly tiring.  More than I realized since I had a drink last night and it wiped me out halfway through. It wasn’t even strong or big, but it punched me in the stomach and forced me to lie down for a bit.  I could have been a little dehydrated too since it’s been getting hotter even with a little rain.  We have an extreme heat warning running from Sunday at noon until Tuesday evening.  I’m going to get my Pokemon time in before the heat comes in and then depend more on the mall until things subside.  I have my son for a bit this afternoon too, so that will have minimize my time in the heat.

Even with everything going on, I somehow managed to type in a chapter of edits for Darwin & the Beast Collector.  It was a big one too.  Helped that I had Thursday off, but I had a lot of errands and chores.  Slipped in a few pages here and there until it was done.  Still had time to watch two episodes of ‘Fubar’ before I needed to sleep.  This means I might be able to get 2 more chapters done this weekend.  Today is going to be iffy with me having time with my son, but tomorrow shows more promise.  I might get some done on Thursday too since I don’t have any appointments on that day, the heat will be much less, and there isn’t a Pokemon event I’m interested in.

Pretty sure I have changed my editing plans too.  I have 13 chapters to go and my goal is to finish it by the end of summer school, which means I can start writing a new book the week before school starts up again.  This feels better because I still need time to get my head back into the writing game.  Editing is easy compared to putting words on a totally blank page and having them make sense.  I haven’t done that in so long that I get anxious just thinking of it.  With other events coming up, I really hope I’m up for the task and haven’t lost as many of my skills as I fear.  Writing isn’t like riding a bicycle where you can jump right back on.  At least, it doesn’t feel that way.

I think I’m going to use my summer mornings while I wait for students to arrive for outlining too.  Best to use as much time as possible since I’ve been barely active in this arena for so long.  This means that I’m going to push the ‘old posts’ idea into September, which isn’t bad.  I have so many old posts that went unnoticed because I had no audience, so I don’t mind reviving them.  I might start on that during the times I have my son and he’s doing his own thing.  That or when we take a trip in August, which will give me something to do while he’s drawing.

Not really sure how much I should plan for the summer since the weather is starting to worry me.  We had a bunch of rain, especially on weekends, for about two months.  Then, it was decent weather and now we’re heading into a heatwave for a few days.  After that, we’re supposed to get storms for a few days.  Good weather after that . . . Then, I have no idea, but it’s all over the place.  I don’t like the idea of being cooped up inside even though I can get writing done.  This type of weather pattern drains me and gives me headaches, so writing becomes a challenge.  That means only 1 chapter section a day and I’m already expect to go slow out of doubt and anxiety.

On the plus side of things, my son is done with his tests and is basically through with 10th grade.  His summer hasn’t really started since the students still technically have school through the 26th.  So, he’s going to be sticking to the usual schedule while I have to go to work.  Thankfully, I can use my lunch breaks to swing by the house and eat with him before heading back.  I’m looking forward to these breaks since work is 4 days with 3 of them involving field trips.  None of them on the day that will reach 100 degrees, which is a small favor.  Really dreading combating that weather.  You can tell that it’s been a focus lately since everyone is worried.

Haven’t mentioned book sales in a while . . . Because there aren’t any.  99 cents didn’t make any difference.  No reason to change it back since a higher price won’t bring in readers.  I picked a really difficult dream as a teenager.  Though, I guess more people were interested in reading unknown authors back then.  Felt like the 80’s and 90’s had more names rising to the top of the fantasy genre.  Now, it’s the same ones with a few blips of new ones.  At least from my perspective.

So, goals of the week?

1. Finish the school year.
2. Pokemon Go-Fest events with son.
3. Stay cool and hydrate in the heat.
4. Type in 2-3 chapter edits of Darwin & the Beast Collector.
5. Make some urgent calls.
6. Contend with my nemesis.
7. Finish watching ‘Fubar’ and start an anime.
8. Bike on the days I can’t walk.
9. Appointment with sleep doctor and hopefully get good news.

Ran into these guys yesterday on my walk too:

Duckies! Mother flew off, so I hope she came back