Fri. Feb. 28, 2025: Wish for a Restful Weekend

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Friday, February 28, 2025

Waxing Moon

Sunny and mild

Here we are, on the final day of February. There are consumer boycotts going on today. I wasn’t planning on spending money anyway today, although there are some bills (like car insurance) on autopay.

I’m ready for the door to slap February on the way out and prepare for a better March.

I see Justice Roberts has betrayed the country again. No big surprise there.

The Gene Hackman death was disturbing. He, his wife, and their dog are found dead and foul play is not suspected? Does that mean it was carbon monoxide poisoning? His work has always been a big part of my life, and he will be missed.

The online meditation group was good.

Spent a good portion of the morning making the devilled eggs for the evening’s workshare.

Set up time on Monday to test the ZOOM links for the screenwriting workshop. That way, we can troubleshoot anything we need to do. The next shipment from the contest I’ve been judging for the past 10 years went out, and should arrive on the 4th.

Still waiting for payment from the ghostwriting client.

The focus for the workday was in writing the reviews, submitting them, and invoicing. I prioritized that work because the client pays quickly. I was paid by the end of the day, and this morning, I will choose my next assignments.

In the early evening, packed the food, packed the serving dishes, loaded the car and drove, yes DROVE, to MASS MoCA. The car worked. Helped set up for the event. Enjoyed talking to people, seeing their work, hearing their passions. I think a lot of really great collaborations will come out of this group. You can already see the way they’re connecting with each other.

Helped clean up, packed up, came home. My parking spot was still free, yay.

Hauled things up the stairs, unpacked, heated up some leftovers, read for a bit.

Woke up at 1:30, worrying, but managed to fall back to sleep around 4 for a couple of hours.

On today’s agenda, I’ll choose the next book reviewing assignments, work on the ghostwriting assignment, attempt to chase down payment from them, get out some LOIs, do a library run (I hope to drive there and back), attend one of Creative Capital’s webinars on a new grant they have funded, and maybe get to work on one of the grant proposals.

I am not buying anything today, as part of the economic blackout. I might go to the Farmers’ Market over the weekend, but that’s it.

I mean, most of what they’re telling us to do is how I shop anyway – local as much as possible.

Tomorrow, Venus goes retrograde until April 12. Big sigh. Venus retrograde means examining relationships, finance, and self-worth. We are also moving into eclipse season, which means even more chaos. It’s supposed to be a good time to get money owed, so maybe that’s a point in my favor! Since Venus sits in my first house, the big caution is plan a new look, but don’t do it until Venus goes direct. Changing one’s look during a Venus retrograde often causes remorse. Since I am planning a big change in my look, I am going to just sit tight and do some research. I pretty much know what I want to do, but this is not the time to do it.

Over the weekend, I will work on the ghostwriting assignment (I honor the contracts, even when it’s not always returned), finish the slides for my screenwriting workshop, and do some marketing materials for the Smashwords promo next week. I’ve also been invited to another promo, with the caveat we can’t discuss it on social media, which seems weird to me. I also want to get some work done on various grant proposals.

The weather is supposed to be all over the place again this weekend, and it will get colder again on Sunday, possibly with more snow.

I hope I can also catch up on sleep.

Have a good one, and we’ll catch up early next week.