So, I realized I forgot to schedule a holiday, animal, or any type of post for today and next Sunday.  Found a note under my desk reminding me to find a Halloween-like animal post, but clearly I forgot.  I might try to post one for next Sunday, but that brings me to the whole ‘Addendum’ thing.

Yesterday I posted about trying to get some Darwin & the Joy Path writing in or maybe tinker with ‘Phi Beta Files’.  That didn’t happen because an unforeseen, but unsurprising, incident occurred.  I can’t go into any more details about it, but those who have been following my blog for years can probably figure out the arena.  Anyway, I had to spend most of my time yesterday handling the crisis, including while I ran errands and went to the park for fresh air.  There was no way I would get any writing done and it looks like this might be a norm for a while.

This is making me wonder about my whole weekly goals thing.  I’ve been keeping them simple for a reason, but even that’s getting tough.  Not that I’m taking an emotional beating any more because shit happens.  Working in education, having a special needs son, being in a contentious situation with my ex-wife, having some chronic health issues, and paying too much attention to the news really takes a toll on the nerves.  I am glad that I can slip into positive, oblivious, and child-life mode for Darwin pretty easily, but I still need time and energy.  My general goals are taking a hit.  Not that I’m going to stop posting them, but I’m wondering if I should be even more generalized.

I’m also emotionally battered due to yesterday.  The situation wasn’t pretty and lasted from about 10:30 AM until 8:55 PM.  As weird as it sounds, ‘Have I Got News For You’ on CNN helped get things settled.  Just going to have to trust me on that since I can’t go into details in public.  Anyway, today is going to be Pokemon with my son at one mall before the storm and then at the bigger one for a 2-5 event during the storm.  We both need to get out and have some fun as well as soft pretzels.  That isn’t giving me much time to process though, especially the feeling of helplessness because I’ve tried everything to prevent the current situation with no luck.  Now, I can’t do anything to really put an end to it or minimize the damage.

Looks like it’s a good thing that I forgot to post because I needed the odd vent.  At the very least, I will try to finish the December posts, including the ‘2025 review’ because it’s going how I expected.  I’ll add to it if need be though.  Well, this was a nice rant while my son got himself ready.  Glad I noticed the missing post.  Going to be a long and rough road ahead, which means this song seems appropriate: