The last week of October is always hectic and stressful for
me. Several family celebrations plus Halloween makes for an unhappy introvert. And
this year all the political turmoil added to the pandemic strain piles on the
anxiety.
So I haven’t been very productive this week. Just have been
exhausted and scattered. Which isn’t to say that I have done nothing. I have
been thinking about my Veritas
re-write, and as snatches of scenes or paragraphs I want to insert come to me,
I have written them down. It’s fits and starts, but it’s progress. I hope to
get those words into the computer before the week is out.
Those of you who have followed this blog for a while will
know that we have had a rather adventurous time trying to keep guppies alive in
our small 5-gallon fish tank. We’ve been through 8 fish. The last one died
right before the lockdown in March, and our tank has been empty since.
We’ve begun “cycling” our tank again to get the ammonia and
nitrate levels to zero before adding fish. It’s a slow process and currently
leaving me scratching my head, but we seem to be getting there in spite of
ourselves. Once we get the water right, we’ll get new fish, and hopefully keep
them alive for a decent amount of time. Of course, the way coronavirus cases
are rising in our neck of the woods, we will probably be ready for new fish
right when we get closed down again!
So I have written a paltry few hundred words on my novel,
and have been watching bacteria grow. Exciting times. But the end of October is
always like this for me. I know come November I will be able to take a deep
breath and feel some weight come off my shoulders.
I am not crazy enough to do NaNoWriMo this year. I do not
have the headspace or emotional bandwidth for it. But I do want to try and at
least get into a rhythm, dedicate some time each day to writing. We shall see.
Wrapping Up October – CoronaLife Day 229
The last week of October is always hectic and stressful for me. Several family celebrations plus Halloween makes for an unhappy introvert. And this year all the political turmoil added to the pandemic strain piles on the anxiety.
So I haven’t been very productive this week. Just have been exhausted and scattered. Which isn’t to say that I have done nothing. I have been thinking about my Veritas re-write, and as snatches of scenes or paragraphs I want to insert come to me, I have written them down. It’s fits and starts, but it’s progress. I hope to get those words into the computer before the week is out.
Those of you who have followed this blog for a while will know that we have had a rather adventurous time trying to keep guppies alive in our small 5-gallon fish tank. We’ve been through 8 fish. The last one died right before the lockdown in March, and our tank has been empty since.
We’ve begun “cycling” our tank again to get the ammonia and nitrate levels to zero before adding fish. It’s a slow process and currently leaving me scratching my head, but we seem to be getting there in spite of ourselves. Once we get the water right, we’ll get new fish, and hopefully keep them alive for a decent amount of time. Of course, the way coronavirus cases are rising in our neck of the woods, we will probably be ready for new fish right when we get closed down again!
So I have written a paltry few hundred words on my novel, and have been watching bacteria grow. Exciting times. But the end of October is always like this for me. I know come November I will be able to take a deep breath and feel some weight come off my shoulders.
I am not crazy enough to do NaNoWriMo this year. I do not have the headspace or emotional bandwidth for it. But I do want to try and at least get into a rhythm, dedicate some time each day to writing. We shall see.
Are you doing NaNo? If so, good luck!
Have a happy and safe Halloween, everyone!
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