The title pretty much says it all.  Since the last post, I only managed to type in one chapter of edits for Darwin & the Beast Collector.  I was hoping for more, but last Sunday was busier than expected.  Well, I slept in later than I planned and several errands turned up between Pokemon Go outings instead of me getting to return home to edit.  By the time I got back, I was exhausted and my feet were hurting too much for me to focus on typing anything in.  Although, I did have a plan to get one more chapter typed in before this weekend . . .

Let’s just say this week started off physically and emotionally brutal then decided to keep sliding into the abyss.  Not a single day where there wasn’t some drama, which resulted in me dragging myself to bed early.  I can’t talk about any of this in public because it involves confidential stuff.  The things that don’t fall into that category are subjects I can’t publicly discuss for now.  Emotions ran high a lot in various arenas, which wasn’t made better by the increasing temperature.  I only had one good night’s sleep thanks to getting to talk to a friend for a while beforehand instead of anxiety spiraling.

Outside of editing and surviving in general, I tried to tinker with ‘Phi Beta Files’ a few mornings.  I did manage to create the supporting cast for one of the short story arcs in Book 3.  It felt good to do that even though doubts kept slipping into my mind.  I was going to do the set for the last story arc in that book, but my old baby name book isn’t drawing my attention these days.  Wondering if I’ve drained it of what I need, so I should buy a new one.  Not an expense I should concern myself with at this time since I will probably be writing a new book before the end of August.  I really need to keep up with the notebook work, which might be what I do when I take a trip with my son.  Told him we would take time for him to draw and me to write since we aren’t making a detailed itinerary.  I really want to get ahead in ‘Phi Beta Files’ this year.

Haven’t touched that thief idea again aside from running through character concepts and wondering how to sort them.  A part of my mind keeps pointing out that there was the ‘Oceans 11’ movies where they had a large main cast.  Does it seem like such things work better for movies than books?  I was only going up to 9, which might be less if I switch a few out of this series.  Not sold on the divorced couple who are forced to work together being in the guild.  They might go to a cursed monster hunter series where their curse is that they can’t get away from each other.

This weekend isn’t going to see any progress since my son’s birthday is coming up.  So, today is a small party with his friends and then a family dinner.  We’re going to enjoy a Pokemon Go event between the two.  Tomorrow is in the air with only pizza and a movie for lunch being locked in.  It’s unclear how bad the weather will be, so we don’t know if we can go out or not.  Come to think of it, the predicted rain is either missing us, showing up at different times than stated, or not being anywhere near as bad.  I know meteorology is all about predictions, but it feels like my weather app is doing a mediocre job with the rain warnings for the last few months.

That’s really it for what’s coming up.  I think I can get some editing done on Wednesday or Thursday, but I won’t hold my breath.  Next weekend will definitely be better, especially since I have to bring my car in for usual maintenance.  With 4 more chapters to go, I really want to finish before the summer school session is over.  Maybe I’ll get really lucky and get them all done this week since I just realized I have some time on Monday.  Then . . . I will do notebook work until my week with my son is over and then . . . I will enjoy a big Pokemon Go event and then . . . Fine, I’ll start writing Darwin & the Joy Path like I’ve been saying.  Friggin’ terrified of that act no matter how much I say it’ll be like getting back on a stationary bike.

Goals of the week?

1. Birthday time with my son.
2. Type in more chapter edits of Darwin & the Beast Collector.
3. Tinker with ‘Phi Beta Files’.
4. Pokemon Go when weather and energy permits.
5. Survive drama and stress.
6. Make sure Lego pre-order is still locked in.
7. Watch more of ‘The Sandman’ on Netflix.
8. Work on puzzle to clear table for Lego.
9. Complete several October blog posts about ghosts.