I slept in until after 9. Why is it easier to sleep in on Sundays than Saturdays? It felt like enough sleep.
I had a goal today. And that goal was to finish my story assignment. I paid good money to take this class; the least I can do is hand in each assignment. Just because I was struggling with figuring out a way to write a story that fit the parameters of the assignment was no excuse. I would get it done and not watch any television until it was finished.
Naturally, I then spent a couple hours procrastinating with my phone. I didn’t get to writing until after 11 am. The writing was a struggle. I felt like I didn’t know what I was doing or how I was going to get where I was going. I took a break for lunch around 1 and ate my leftover pad thai with hot sauce from Hugo’s taco truck added in. That was delicious.
I ended up finishing the story around 4 pm. It was just over 5000 words. I was not totally satisfied with it, but it kind of fulfilled the assignment. It was as close as I was going to get before tonight’s midnight deadline anyway.
I went shopping in Council to pick up salad fixings for the week. I’m going to stick with Spam salad for dinner this week. Maybe next weekend I’ll get some real cooking done and switch things up. I’ve been thinking about driving out to Big Creek next weekend, but I don’t think it’s going to happen. It’s a long drive, and the weather out there could turn to snow even in late September.
To my surprise, I found that the grocery in Council has non-alcoholic beer, so I picked up some Coronas. I also got a frozen dinner for tonight so I wouldn’t have to do any cooking. I still had to do a bit of revision on the story, which I’d been mulling over on the drive.
Last night, I inadvertently rubbed my right eye. Nothing bad happened, but I didn’t feel right about it. I’m technically allowed to touch it now, but I still want to let it be until it’s more fully healed. I think I’ll sleep with the shield again tonight, but under an eye mask, not taped. I’m all out of the tape they gave me, and it really hurts to take off so I’m glad enough to avoid it.
I’m getting used to having my right eye blurry. The muscles over my right eye are still really sore, and I try to massage them but I think it will just take time. Like it’s going to take time for my eyelid to be able to open all the way again.
I did not feel any ill effects from the vaccines, so that was nice. I was a bit sleepy today, but I mostly sat around writing so it was okay that I was sleepy. I hope I can get some good sleep tonight and feel ready for work tomorrow. And choir! I’ve been listening to the songs even though a part of me really rebels at listening to Christmas music in September.
I’m going to try and get some writing done on my September story tomorrow. It’s due on the 30th. I’ve been mulling the theme around in my brain and haven’t come up with anything that has captured my imagination. I’ll try to set an intention to dream something up tonight.
I don’t drink enough water when I’m focused on writing. The time just slips by and I remember how Ambrose would remind me to get up and eat and drink when I was focused on creation, be it writing or publishing or video editing. I should probably set a timer for 50 minutes and take a short stand-up and drink water break every hour, just like hiking.