As of the writing of this post, Do I Need to Use a Dragon? has sold 16 copies.  Feel free to click on the title to get your own copy.  Been getting some good responses, so I’m hoping to sell more and get some reviews.  Fingers crossed since I’m now at the point where I can’t put any money or much time into promos.

Okay, so I did start writing Darwin & the Beast Collector like I said I would.  I was nervous again for some reason.  Managed to slide into things fairly easily.  There’s still an issue of fight scenes working differently than in previous series.  Darwin is main reason because he isn’t a charge ahead warrior like Luke and Clyde.  He’s a run around screaming spells while trying not to get hit type.  Another challenge here is that one of the villains is turning out creepier and crueler than I predicted, which is both great and throws me off a bit.  I only got 2 2/3 chapters done though.  I’m hoping to write 1 1/2 chapters this weekend and then get a chapter done before the next weekend.  Going to see how afternoons between work and picking my son up go.  Still probably won’t finish until after the next school year begins.

(Noticing that this was a fairly simple week.)

As the title says, I started my summer job, which is working with our Life Skills kids for the next 6 weeks. I do enjoy going to work wearing shorts and a graphic t-shirt since it’s very casual.  Nobody has really batted an eye, but I’ve been sticking to Snoopy and Super Mario.  We have a new student who is a smiling ball of sunshine and just lights up the room.  So, he’s a great addition to the family.  Everyone has been great even with a few ‘off the rails’ moments.  First week rarely goes 100% smooth, but we made it through and are preparing for next week.

My son was in Buffalo with his mom until he was dropped off Thursday morning.  Then, he was back with her Friday night.  So, I didn’t get to spend much time with him beyond an evening Pokemon hunt through the park on Thursday.  At least we got to discuss him starting camp next Monday and what he wants for food.  Hard to get that out of him since he kept catching Pokemon.  On the plus side, he got to spend a lot of time with my parents, who he won’t get much solo time with this summer.  It’s good for them to have their moments without me around.

Let’s tackle July 4th next . . . It happened.  I went with my parents to see fireworks last Saturday.  Not a big fan when I don’t have my son being excited, but they included drones making shapes that moved this time.  It was a long walk to and from the park, but I’d say it was worth it.  The actual holiday was a day off and I went to a friend’s BBQ and fireworks event.  His daughter wondered where my son was and was a little down because I keep showing up without him.  Just bad timing since he tends to be with his mom whenever they have things going on.  Anyway, the food was good, the Burger Cake I brought was delicious, I didn’t have much to drink, and the fireworks were fun to watch.  A little too close for comfort at times, but fun.

This brings us to the health . . . I should really put writing higher up.  Hold on.  I’m going to add a paragraph earlier . . . Back from writing the Darwin & the Beast Collector paragraph.  I’m going to talk about the blood pressure thing since it’s been a wild ride.  So, I was put on an ACE Inhibitor last Friday, but I kept putting off starting it because of gatherings that involved alcohol and wanting to see how the beetroot powder did on its own.  It was looking good since numbers were going down.  Well, that July 4th party and other stuff may have been too much because my BP shot up that night.  It wasn’t going down much (mid and high 90’s as the lower number), so took my first pill Wednesday night.  I did get a little of the cough in the morning.  Some achy muscles too, but that could also be the biking and walking.  As of writing this post, the diastolic number (bottom one) has gone down to 83 AFTER a long day.  Seems even if I feel stressed, my resting BP isn’t leaping to level 2 hypertension.  Good sign and I hope it keeps improving.

This week is going to be more of the same as last week.  Working, taking my son to and from camp, writing when I can, Lego set once I finish this puzzle, and keeping an eye on my BP.  The biggest ‘challenge’ I have to tackle is that One Piece dubbed is now on Crunchyroll, so I have to see if everything we want to watch is on there and decide on switching anime streaming services.  I have to get through Season 3 Part 1 of ‘The Witcher’ on Netflix too.  Not sure how to feel about it since I know Henry Cavill is gone after this season.  Let’s get to the goals.

1. Work and play in Life Skills.
2. Help son with first week of camp.
3. Finish Dracula puzzle.
4. Start Pac-Man Lego Set.
5. Write more Darwin & the Beast Collector
6. Check BP and bike.  (Not at same time.)
7. Pokemon Go outings if possible.
8. Watch ‘The Witcher’.
9. Take an evening to set up Crunchyroll.
10. Sleep and relax.