Fri. April 18, 2025: A Hint of Spring, Perhaps?

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Friday, April 18, 2025

Waning Moon

Sunny and pleasant

It’s supposed to get all the way up to 77 this weekend. Maybe I can set up the back balcony.

Yesterday was kind of a fractured, all over the day. I was irked by a few things, on both city and state levels (among more personal annoyances against actual individuals), and angry at unnecessary compliances instead of pushbacks.

I got some work done on the ghostwriting project, although I won’t really be able to dig into it until Monday. I got my questions answered, which will help a lot.

I turned around a couple of coverages. I did some work on some LOIs that I want to go out, and dismissed some other companies because the ratio of what they want for what they’re paying is ridiculous. Annoyed that I had to find out about changes at one client’s company through a trade article, instead of them talking to me directly. But I’ve done so much less work for them over the last few months that it doesn’t really matter. It does, however, clear the way for me to pitch within the same field. I just have to decide whether or not I WANT to.

Got some reading done in the afternoon, and we had an early dinner. I virtually attended an event adjacent to the library cohort work, with many of the same people, which was  invigorating, especially considering how blue I felt about everything earlier in the day.

Slept reasonably well. Up and out the door a little after six to the laundromat. Two huge loads of laundry, and now the dryers don’t let you set the full dry time – you have to re-up every 8 minutes, which is annoying.

I’m about to log off and start folding. There’s a lot of folding and putting away. And ironing. A good deal of ironing in my immediate future. Which is fine. I find ironing soothing.

I have errands to run this morning (library, grocery store, etc.) and then housework for most of the weekend. Since I have to turn around a 20K edit by Wednesday for the ghostwriting client, I want to get as much done for my cohort hosting as possible this weekend. It’s not going to be a big group, but I want the place to be welcoming and comfortable.

I also want to get as much done on the last contest group as possible, and finish a book for review, so that can go out the door first thing Monday. And work on the radio play.

Next week is a lot of head down working. The following week is going to be very busy, getting out of April and into May.  I’ll have to finish reading the scripts for the literary committee.

I got my homework in on time (even early) for the library cohort this week, so I feel like I’ve caught up there. A lot of the reading materials are things I’d like to go back and re-read more slowly, and absorb better over the next few months.

Have a great weekend, and we’ll catch up next week!