As you can guess from the title, my week didn’t go as planned.  I was a little congested last Friday and had a sore throat all weekend.  Runny nose, cough, and watery eyes too, which made me think allergies.  It wasn’t until Monday when I heard a coworker had the same symptoms that I realized something was wrong.  No fever or chills, but it ended up being Influenza B.  Story of my life that I can’t even get an A in a disease.  Anyway, I’m still worn down, but I was able to go back to work on Wednesday.

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to take full advantage of having two days off from work.  The cough medicine had me dizzy and sleepy, so I couldn’t focus on the notebook to make any Phi Beta progress.  There were blips of time when I was able to hop onto my computer and prepare a June post though.  So, that entire month is done.  Not a glorious victory, but it’s something.  Meant I wasn’t wasting all of my recovery time lying in bed and watching the last season of ‘Brooklyn 99’.

Similar to when I was in the hospital, my brain figured out a few future story ideas when at full exhaustion.  So, I forgot them.  All I remember is that I came close to figuring out ‘Coven of the Gray’ and ‘Lords of Hyperscape’.  Almost had an epiphany on the alien bounty hunter landing on Windemere series.  It would have been nice to figure it out, but at least the ideas on somewhere in my head.  With cold weather and low energy, I might really try to finish up ‘Phi Beta Files’.  That way, I can enter Spring Break tinkering with a brand new story idea.

Speaking of Spring Break, that’s going to start on Thursday.  Although, I have a thing going on Wednesday, so my break kind of starts early.  It’s kind of related to my son getting pulled from the Disney Trip among other situations.  Really wish I could go into details, but that could cause trouble.  My hope is that actions that hurt my son can be stopped and prevented in the future.  It’s not going to be over this coming week, but it’s a first step.  Funny going into the first night of Passover with this, especially since I’m going to get pizza after I’m done.  I’ll need my comfort food even it goes well because I’m really stressed out.

Another thing I have to decide on is if I’m going to make new posts for M/W/F in July and August.  Last summer, I chose old posts that newer followers might not have seen.  It seemed popular and gave me a big window to get others ready.  That and I liked seeing how far I’ve come.  Only issue is that I don’t really know, which posts I should revive besides them having to be writing related.  No ye olde shoppe, animal, or goofy posts will be used because I want them to be informative.  Come to think of it, I think I’m going to start writing Darwin & the Deadland Queen over the summer.  I should probably take time over Spring Break to go over the outline and get that ready.  Hard to focus with that Wednesday thing coming.

Oh yeah, I need to do some preliminary packing for a father/son trip.  I can’t do anything in regards to clothes and most toiletries, but I want to start.  That way, I don’t have to scramble at the last minute and risk missing something.  There are a handful of toiletries and CPAP supplies that I can pack away, which is something.  Need to rework the CD collection in the car too because I have a set of old Rock N Roll songs that I’ve been saving for this trip.  3 CDS of classics, which weren’t labeled as that when I was a kid.  Should be fun though.

Only other thing going on is watching TV since I was recovering.  Managed a few Pokemon outings at a slow pace, but I’m taking it easy.  Working my way through a fun anime about a guy who is playing a VR game and unlocks as a special quest.  It isn’t an Isekai like I thought it would be, so it’s a nice change.  Not sure what I’m going to watch after this though.  Only live action show I have on my list right now is ‘Black Sails’, which I watched long ago.  I think I need more fantastical whimsy and less dark drama though with everything going on.  Maybe I give one of the weirder comedy anime a try.

Goals of the week:

1. Rest up for Wednesday encounter.
2. Preliminary packing for trip.
3. Work on ‘Phi Beta Files’.
4. Time with son when he’s here.
5. Lego time when need a screen break.
6. Passover on Wednesday.
7. Have pizza before Passover starts.
8. Set up trip activities.
9. Rest.
10. Prepare July posts if anything comes to mind.  (Should I re-post some of the old animal ones on Sundays?)