Cleaning up the place before we head out for the day. Lots of driving to do today. Even more stairs to do after that. My hips ache, and my feet are sore. Feels as though we got a bit of a UV burn yesterday without the presence of sunshine, while out and about in all that rain yesterday. Had a tough time sleeping I felt so hot.
Not much going on today, so far atleast. Have a great Saturday!
How much time gets spent changing the layout of our favourite apps needlessly. I liked it the way it was, that was why I was using it. Don’t go shake things up every quarter just to feel useful. Try adding new optional features or making the current application more seamless or streamlined. I don’t care if the buttons go from rounded edges to sharp corners. Do something substantive and not just add lipstick to the pig. Silliness.
Welcome to Friday y’all. The last day of the work week (for a good chunk of the population). What does everybody have on the books for the weekend? I for one know that I have even more driving to do. So I can look forward to that, I suppose. Otherwise I’m not putting anything definite on my schedule. Between laundry and having a quick clean up today, I don’t think I’ll do much of anything.
Hope the week ends on a high note for you all.
Rain, overcast, thunderstorms, and high winds. These are the things we have to contend with while trying to keep the kids entertained and their programming moving along. Making due as best we can given the circumstances. Not awful but not great either.
In other news today is Thursday. Almost through another week. Will be looking to put up our Christmas tree in the next week or so. Do I let the kids help this year, or do it myself while they are at school? Decisions, decisions. I can put the ground lights up myself instead and wait for help from the kids with the tree. I think they’d like that option the best. Have a day. Ciao Bella!
I’m building a great track record for not going hard in the paint for milestones on the day they happen. Perhaps because I use them for reflection and not as the goal to stop on/at. Frame of mind I suppose. But I’m closer than ever to reaching the two year mark. Thirty days or so and I’ll have it. We’ve met a number of challenges over that period, and somehow came out on top. I’m not 100% there yet, but I’m closer than ever! We had black outs, major snow storms, ice storms, freezing rain, heat waves, SARS Covid-19, vehicle break downs, extended family health concerns with dementia and now throat/tongue cancer. Even busier work year two years running, building on last years successes. Lots to derail this little writing challenge. Yet – I’ve come through, hell or high water. I do not know how long it will last.
I’m doing ok for viewing numbers, but nothing like when I was writing creatively on a consistent basis. I still have little flashes of story snippets come to mind, but it’s hard to put into words what a brain drain it is to write any appreciable sized block of creative writing. Even the super short stories I lean on will make it difficult to brain after a while. My hat is off to those who can do it. I wonder sometimes if the SARS Covid-19 brain fog has left some lasting impairment and that’s why I can’t seem to hold a story / characters / places & dialogue in my head for more than just a brief glimpse or flash of insight. Troubling to think about. Best not to linger.
To the best of my recollection it is Wednesday. Ciao Bella.
Time either doesn’t move at all or it pushes ahead several hours at a time. No two clocks register the same time either. I’m certain some run on 100 second counts while others utilize a thirty minute hour equivalent. Most disorienting. Everything feels damp bordering on wet. We’ve gotten caught in the rain on several instances. Heavy downpours that coalesce from nothing. Very strange. Happy Tuesday.
Such as it were. Out here where I do not recall having ever been, doing laps around the place trying to get my bearings. I still have very little idea of which way is north, or east, south or west for that matter. I can find a Walmart, and various other places with ease now, but otherwise I could be on the moon for all I know of where we are. We aren’t even in, or near the city I was told we were heading to, so don’t ask me for directions.
My Roger’s has been lacklustre to say the least. The maps function is slow, laggy, and randomly shuts down. Could be that my phone is multiple years old, could just be that my Roger’s Service isn’t all that good even at the best of times. Hard to tell without doing any real hard analysis. Best guess? It’s crap. Reasoned argument – after a variety of factors ot has been determined that Roger’s is suboptimal in places where coverage it isn’t 100%. Yeah, so crap in other words. Unreliable. Less than useful in a pinch. Unhelpful. There, I said it.
Taking the kids to a zoological thing today. I hope it is everything my wife hoped for because she is the main factor driving much of this. If she feels it isn’t going her way in any shape or form, shit will hit the fan. And my kids will follow suit. Not much for owning, and dealing with disappointment just yet. Which is fun for everyone. He says through gritted teeth.
Best eat my breakfast, and get to work before the adventure starts. Ciao Bella.
It just happens to feel like that because I have been very busy with family business for the last five days, with another several left to go. I’ll be more than happy to wax poetic about the experience(s) once I have some time to catch my breath, and also when I’m not responsible for driving all over gods green earth every god damned day. Feeling stressed out with all of the pre-holiday season highway driving. If we could all just chill for a bit with regard to Christmas music blaring 24/7 I would appreciate that.
Otherwise all is well, and I can report on my exploits in another couple days time. Chin up. Keep on keeping on. Ciao Bella!
To get lost in the park by myself. Give me strength. Praise jebus.
Small kids and long lines don’t mix all that well. Lord give me the strength to proceed.
Pray for us.
Made it to the end of another week. Wednesday was a bit of a train wreck, and Thursday was very hectic. I hope that everything is just a hair calmer today as we lead into the weekend. Who knows what else could be in store for us weather wise. Freezing rain and sleet were not exactly requested but what can you do? I certainly can’t control the weather! I’d be worth trillions if I could, I promise you that.
I have worked lined up for ten days from now, which as a freelancer, is always a good thing. I love to know when the work is coming, and what it is likely to be. Very happy with the items I have coming. Retail displays, packaging research, and event audits abound! Means I’ll be working up until Christmas this year. That’s pretty good to know. As much as I love a quiet spell where I can tackle home repairs and DIY jobs, or spend some time building furniture of my own, paid work is where it’s at.
In another week or two we will put up the Christmas tree. Which always excites me, I love the way the house feels with lights and decorations displayed. Hang the stockings, decorate the tree, put up streamers and wintery themed knick-knacks. All very homey feeling. Makes the dull grey and white blandness of winter more bearable. We have dome musical dioramas that can get displayed for Christmas time aswell. As long as the island gets and remains uncluttered.
Not much else to report. I haven’t spent any more time on my illustrated childrens book. Not the writing, nor the Photoshop painted pages either. I very much want to complete it and post it here for anyone who cares to read it. At the moment I don’t know when that will be. If I recall I have eight to ten illustrations left to do.
I wonder if I will be as busy come January 2024 as I was this year? Hard to tell. Difficult to know.
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