Full Stop, Part 2

As with many of you, the adjustment to our at-least-temporary, new normal continues. I’m slowly getting my schedule worked around from the typical rush — morning rush to work, afternoon rush home and get a few chores done, evening rush to get some writing and/or marketing done — to a more leisurely pace. I do this every year, at the transition from school to summer break, but the unexpected nature of it still boggles.

There are many financial concerns, of course. Of the four adults in our family, only my husband is still working. My daughter works retail and my son works in a restaurant, and both of those are now shuttered. Even my husband’s work has started “casually” inquiring about his resources to work from home. The big question is how long this goes on. Should the three of us look for work, or wait/hope for our employers to re-open?

For the moment, we’re okay. My kids got the new Animal Crossing game before the pandemic closed in, and we’re enjoying that together. (Although there’s only one TV, so we have to take turns.) I’m able to get started on my garden much earlier than I normally would. Pruning the cherry tree and rose bushes, plus some spring cleaning, will keep me from becoming too sedentary.

And I’m making progress on Prisoners of the Wailing Tower. Alemin, my juggling jokester, has informed me that he’s carried the plot far enough. It’s time for the second POV, Lorah, to tell me who she is and what she wants. Lorah has been obliging, and I’ve started to braid her tale in with Alemin’s.

So it’s all going… somewhere. I’m not sure where, either in the story or real life. Hope you’re all able to make the necessary adjustments. too.

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