Legends of Windemere

Here we are at the birthday aftermath and the precursor to Passover.  All I can say is: I’ll probably be grumpy and a rarity this week.  My son has Spring Break until the following Tuesday.  *rest edited out*

I’m thinking of taking an extra week of ‘vacation’ before tackling Book 8 of Legends of Windemere, but May has a slew of events too.  I’m really starting to wonder how I’m supposed to succeed if I have giant blocks of time where ‘life’ won’t let me get to my writing.  Kind of unfair since several people (some of which haunt this blog and might not be aware that I’ve caught wind of their haunting) seem determined to push events toward me quitting.  I’m not talking trolls.  There are people who think I should be forced to get a ‘real job’ and go back to writing once I’m ‘comfortable’.  I’ve been in the comfortable position of life before.  You know how?  I worked my ass off to the point where I was too exhausted to do anything beyond outlining.  You know what happened?  Comfort was torn out from under me by forces beyond my control.  So, there’s no guarantee that things will work out if I get a ‘real job’.  I’m going to try to end the rant there.

It was a fun birthday week with the usual antics.  Saw ‘Captain America 2’, which is highly recommended.  Stay for the end of the credits.  Hanging out with Greg went as smoothly as it always does.  In other words, our original destination ended up being closed and then we found every restaurant we wanted to have lunch in was packed.  Took us 2 hours of wandering to find a burger joint for a place to sit and eat.  After that, we hit up a very nice bar called ‘The Thirsty Scholar’.  Had some drinks, made plans for the movie, and off we went.  All in all, it was a fun day and something I needed.  I’m still hoping to hold onto the calm I had, but . . . well, look above at that first paragraph.

Goals for the week are going to be minimal with the toddler home:

1. Get back into biking.  Pulled a leg muscle last Sunday and haven’t been able to get back on it since.  Tried for 15 minutes and it hurt . . . a lot.  Honestly, I don’t see this one happening because of the full house going on.
2. Work more on The Elysium Saga set up.  Lost time since I outlined Quest of the Broken-Hearted this week, which was a spontaneous idea.  Was it this week that I did that?
3. Fiddle with the Project Phoenix idea that can solve a lot of it, but cause a new problem.  Need to bounce the idea off someone to get feedback.  Preferably someone who is listening.
4. Play with the toddler and take him to the playground when weather is good.
5. Try to ignore the hunger in my stomach because I’ll be sick of Matzoh by Tuesday.
6. Keep promoting Tri-Rune.  Though I think I’m burning out on the daily marketing.  I can already feel a bout of ‘blues’ hitting me thanks to the tension in the house, which seems to be a topic I can’t shake on this post.
7. Find reasons not to duct tape family to the ceiling in an attempt for peace and quiet.