Well, the obvious event was coming home from Oswego.  The drive back last Sunday wasn’t too bad until we got into Westchester.  That’s when the traffic started hitting and it’s never good when it’s at the end of the trip.  My legs were already tired from the long hauls and there aren’t any more rest stops, so I have to endure the stop/go/stop/go stuff until we got home.  Checked a map though and I think I found a route that could get me around one of the worst spots.

The rough drive was followed by laundry, so I didn’t get to rest between that and going back to work.  I genuinely thought I could get some work done on ‘Coven of the Gray’ at night.  If not on the days I had my son, the ones where he was with his mom should have had a some time.  Unfortunately, work was crazy with everyone getting back into the schedule ON TOP of summer temps.  This left me completely drained by the time I came home.  A hot room didn’t help, so I really just showered, changed, and went to bed early to make it through the next day.

In regards to ‘Coven of the Gray’, I am trying to figure out how to work the coven members with a theme.  There are going to be 13 of them, which doesn’t give me many options.  I don’t want to go with bad luck or any of the standards.  In the past, I tried the 12 Olympians plus Hades for this kind of thing, but that doesn’t work here.  I have time this weekend to look stuff up, but it’s going to bug me for a while.  Doesn’t help that I don’t know how many other characters need to be added besides the coven, the protagonist, and a woman who hates the protagonist while following him.  Everyone has had their memories wiped, so they’re working of residual emotions.  Mostly different levels of positive and negative thinking.  Yeah, I haven’t figured it out yet.

Some progress was made in regards to blogging since I set up the poems, Sundays, and Teaser Tuesdays for September.  This was when I was in Oswego and my son was working on something else while talking.  We had the Artemis II landing on TV, so I worked on it while waiting for the final 3 minutes.  Anyway, that’s something, but I’m not going to rush into doing the rest.  Need to figure out what to do about the October monster theme as well, but it might be reusing various Windemere beasts from the past.

Had to check my calendar to see if I had anything planned, but it’s a full week with no appointments.  I’m going to be using this afternoon and tomorrow morning to get in Pokemon time since it’s an event.  Both will be on the shore because some of the stuff requires being near water.  That means getting there early and getting out before a storm hits tomorrow.  I’m fine with this because I’m still in the thinking stage for ‘Coven of the Gray’, which I do when I’m walking around.  Maybe come up with 1-3 more recurring non-coven members for the adventure.

Another reason I’m not going to plan much is because there are school events going on next week.  We’re doing a field day thing at one point, which can be brutal if its sunny and hot.  Looking like it won’t be that bad, but a full day of being outside can be fairly draining, especially if I have to run around.  Thankfully, next weekend I have my son, no Pokemon events, and a local comic/anime/video game convention that he wants to attend with his costume.  It’s all indoors and he doesn’t spend more than an hour on Saturday to do the fun stuff and returns Sunday for the cosplay contest.  At this point, it’s a tradition that we plan the rest of our weekend around.

Guess I’m going to be boring for a while.  There are five weeks until Memorial Day Weekend with no days off.  It’s rough because many students are starting to check out, especially when the weather improves.  Even with our kids, we end up struggling to keep them focused and on task.  You can feel the restlessness in the air, but there are still 10 weeks to go.  The last 2.5 are Regents though, which doesn’t make much of a difference.  I have my other stuff going on while this is happening too.  All I can say about that is it’s a legal situation.

Goals of the week:

1. Rest up.
2. Work on ‘Coven of the Gray’.
3. Help son with schoolwork.
4. Legos!
5. Sleep!
6. Remember sunblock.
7. Walk when weather permits.
8. Bike when weather does not permit walking.