Fri. Sept. 26, 2025: Mapping Out the Upcoming Week

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Friday, September 26, 2025

Waxing Moon

Pluto, Neptune, Saturn, Chiron, Uranus Retrograde

Cloudy and warm

For some reason, Word has defaulted back to the corrupt Aptos font, and I had to re-enter Times New Roman as the default and save it again. Not to mention that I have to go into settings EVERY DAY to remove Copilot. I am sick and tired of this crap.

Charlotte was delighted to sit in on meditation. She loves ZOOM so much. It’s hilarious.

Some of the admin work went smoothly, or at least it seemed to. I won’t know for about 5 business days. Something else came up that should have never been an issue, but has, and I bet I have to go and deal with it in person tomorrow. Which is just annoying, with everything else going on. Stop saying that in your company “accessibility is your priority” and then don’t have contact information with accessible options. Especially when there have been multiple conversations about it.

Got the newsletter out (nearly forgot about it). Joined the #FreelanceFriends chat, which was fun. Worked on the cat story. Didn’t get as much done on it as I hoped, but it’s getting there.

I was sad to learn of Patricia Crowther’s death. I admired her work.

Had all kinds of obstacles to starting the ghostwriting, but I finally got there and dug in. I didn’t get as much done as I hoped, but I’m happy with what got done.

Leftovers for dinner. Had trouble concentrating on anything at night. Did not sleep well.

I was up early, though, and out the door to the laundromat. Got the laundry through and back home before the Sidewalk Chewing Demons could interfere with my passage. It was too dark to read or write in the car (and too stuffy to be inside the laundromat), so I did my morning meditation in the car instead, and also planned a couple of art projects.

When I came home, Bea insisted that I make up the missed petting time!

Decent, slightly scattered 15-minute writing session.

I have a lot of errands this morning, as well as working on the anthology story. I will fold the laundry and put it away. The rest of the day will be about the anthology story, the ghostwriting, and reading the final script for the WAM meeting next week.

Tomorrow, I have housework and switching the white lace curtains of summer to the spiderweb curtains of October. And then, type up and submit my notes for WAM, work on the anthology story and the ghostwriting. Sunday, more decorating, hopefully the anthology story is resting, and more ghostwriting. Monday, I want to do a final polish on the story and send it off one day early. I also have a 2-hour virtual session with the writing group in Amherst. I will probably have to run a couple of errands in person, when things aren’t resolved in person today (because I can already tell you that they won’t be), and more ghostwriting. In the evening, I have an artist meeting on ZOOM, and then, also on ZOOM, I’m attending a friend’s poetry reading.

It’s busy, but it’s a good kind of busy, if I can just keep my wits about me, and take breaks when I need them.

I hope you have a lovely weekend, and we’ll catch up on the other side. I can’t believe a week from today, I will be in-studio!