Fri. March 8, 2024: Trying To Keep It All Running
image courtesy of Pavlo via pixabay.comFriday, March 8, 2024
Day Before Dark Moon
International Women’s Day
Foggy and mild
Happy International Women’s Day! Wouldn’t it be nice if this country stopped stripping away women’s rights and going backwards?
Today it will be in the high 50’s; over the weekend, another snowstorm is coming in.
Today’s serial episode is from ANGEL HUNT:
Episode 118: Gaston Hesitates
Gaston wants to avoid Cissie’s aggression.
Tomorrow’s serial episode is from DEADLY DRAMATICS:
Episode 68: Winter Is Missing
The friends figure out a plan to search for Winter. Tom offers to help Nina.
Managed to move the release dates on 10 episodes of DEADLY DRAMATICS before meditation.
An astrological meme came up on Insta yesterday, warning me “not to be overly enthusiastic” yesterday. On the one hand, yeah, doubtful that’ll happen with everything going on. On the other hand, why the hell not? Shouldn’t I try to find gratitude and silver linings and try to make things better? Argh.
Because I’m stressed, things (and people) that normally wouldn’t bother me are, so I’m just trying to take a breath and not be reactive. Because we’re all dealing with a lot, and only your inner circle knows the full story.
I got a response from author non-support to my question to the rescheduling process that was basically useless, but as long as the rescheduled episodes keep going through, I’ll just keep going.
I decided to live dangerously after breakfast and reschedule 10 more DEADLY DRAMATICS release dates. Then I decided to REALLY live dangerously and reschedule all of them for the season.
If everything goes through, one new episode will drop every day from March 16-May 13, finishing the first season. I rewrote the author note on the final episode of the season. Fingers crossed it all goes through.
That means VICIOUS CRITIC moves up in the writing queue, once I’ve decided how to end LEGERDEMAIN’s season.
I updated the “Why read serials?” video on the Serials page, with the new dates, the 10 free episodes/10 tokens, and taking off REP.
As each serial season finishes, I will make a “bingeworthy” video for them. Because completed serials are required to sit on the platform for a bit.
The people who claimed they don’t read serials because they don’t like waiting to know “what happens next” will have no excuses!
As of this morning, all of the DEADLY DRAMATICS episodes are rescheduled – except the very last one. I’ll wait a couple of days, and then give them a little push, over at Customer Disservice.
Meditation was fine. Got the morning chores done. The weather was nasty. Spent most of the morning dealing with rescheduling the DD episodes and trying to rework the rest of the LEGERDEMAIN arc. Got out a press release about FALL FOREVER. Got us fed for lunch (in the past, we basically foraged our own lunches, but now I’m responsible for both of us and the post-lunch dishes). My mom wasn’t feeling great, but a little better than the day before. There’s still a lot of monitoring happening.
Vacuumed, which meant Tessa pouted and sulked until dinner time.
Researched some other serial platforms, but I don’t like the pay structure, so that’s a pass.
Pondered some more information for the grant applications.
In the afternoon, I turned around two medium coverages, and did part of the reading for a third.
Found out that an online friend I’ve known for a couple of decades passed away recently, and mourned with some other friends.
I was going to make ham & cheese in puff pastry, but the puff pastry would not behave, so I tossed it, and heated up leftover enchiladas instead.
I ordered two small birthday gifts for myself (books; I bet you’re shocked, shocked I tell you). One arrived on Wednesday, and I finished it last night. Lots of good stuff in there. The other arrived yesterday.
On today’s agenda: some writing or at least outlining (I hope). Grocery store, library, Wild Oats, pick up my birthday cake. Swing by the picket line at MASSMoCA and offer support. Most things are closed on Monday, and, if the storm is as bad as they are now saying, I probably won’t get to pick up a dinner order (and I won’t order delivery in bad weather; that’s just mean). I was going to go down to Stockbridge for a play reading on Sunday, but the weather looks so awful, I cancelled.
I think, I hope, that tomorrow I can go to the 150th Anniversary celebration at the Milne Library in Williamstown (and see my fellow cohort’s exhibit there), and then head over to Wild Soul River, where a friend and fellow artist is having an event. That will make me feel like I at least did something for my birthday, even if the weather doesn’t let me do something on the actual day on Monday.
I have a handful of script coverages to do this afternoon and at some point over the weekend. I hope to take Monday off.
I had a heck of a time getting the computer booted up this morning, which does not bode well.
My mom is feeling a little better today, and is on the exercise bicycle. Let’s hope we are in a permanent upswing.
Have a good weekend!
