Last Saturday, I made the goal post about the life event and tried my best to explain without going into details.  I needed to vent and it was the only thing that really happened that week.  Once I saw that audience interaction was really low by the end of the day, I felt I either made a mistake or very few cared.  Even some of the people who like right away were missing, which caused my already anxious mind to spiral.  I deleted the post and forgot to put up a replacement, so my posting streak ended at 3, 177 days.  At least according to WordPress even though I haven’t stopped.

This week wasn’t that exciting because work and life took over.  The first half of the week was hot, which culminated in a field day in 90+ heat.  It was grueling and we did our best to have fun, but it was draining.  Didn’t help that the next day plunged into the 50’s by morning, so my body was rocked.  Allergies, exhausted, stress, and who knows what else made me a zombie for a day.  Managed to physically recover enough to avoid using a sick day and dragged myself into this 3-day weekend.  By the way, it’s supposed to rain from noon today through noon Monday.

Been running the household this week, so chores and cooking were all on my shoulders.  I figured out the air fryer to make fried raviolis.  Did sausages too, but the rest ended up being take out due to exhaustion.  To make up for it, I’m cooking some big dishes this weekend and will have them for leftovers.  That or they’ll be lunches, but we’re off Wednesday too for Eid.  I still want to try making air fryer quesadillas, which I bought the ingredients for.  Groceries are still so expensive.  I’m trying to make it last by eating smaller portions . . . Yet, I still can’t lose weight, but that’s cortisol levels.

Writing hasn’t left the research stage because I realized the picture I saved doesn’t actually work for what I want.  So, Coven of the Gray is paused while I scour psychology sites for inspiration to create the 13 members.  I keep finding lists of 13, but I can never tell if they’re legit.  One was for psychological factors for proper mental health, which were only found on a single site and some books by the founders.  Another site showed there are only 13 mental illnesses, which I could already tell was wrong.  I tried looking into the hierarchy of needs too, but that list is either too short at 6 or too long at 20+.  With the rain and my son having homework, tomorrow will probably be more research.  Unless I stumble onto something today, which is possible since I keep coming so close.

Next week might be more productive since there are only 3 days of school and then we hit the weekend.  Hoping I can make it though because I’m really running on mental and physical fumes.  Desperately trying not to take a mental health day, but it’s starting to look like it’ll be a physical crash at some point.  Probably won’t happen this week due to the breaks, but it depends on if the life event starts wailing on me.  Given the weather, they might have nothing better to do than poke at me from long distance.  Really hope this mess is over soon, but not looking likely.

Nothing else is really going on.  Been slowly working my way through a long anime when I have the energy.  My son and I are trying to think of a movie or two to watch this weekend when we need a break.  One of them might be ‘Short Circuit’, which was a favorite of mine as a kid.  I think we both need comedies.  He’s been under a lot of stress with school, college prep, SAT prep, and a Super Smash Bros tournament.  He took second place after winning the last tournament.  So, he had a victory this week.  I merely survived to struggle another day.

Goals of the week:

1. Cook dinners.  (Restaurant Style Chicken Lo Mein, Sweet & Sour Meatballs, Air Fryer Quesadillas, Macaroni with Vodka Sauce.)
2. Finish Coven of the Gray research.
3. Finish September blog posts.
4. Sleep in when possible.
5. Watch movies and anime with son.
6. Puzzle!
7. Pokemon Go when not raining.
8. Clean bathroom, kitchen, floors, and mow the lawn . . . At some point.