I woke up before the 7 am alarm. I knew I wasn’t going to be able to sleep in. I got up and had granola with yogurt for breakfast. I kept strictly to my no video games, no television rule and read a book while I ate. I also had a green tea because I was feeling a little headachy. I’ll try for caffeine free tomorrow and see how that goes.
Then I started writing. The story started with a character and went from there. I tried to make sure I could imagine the places the character went and describe them through the character’s point of view. I made my way to the prompt, and then I gave the character a problem to solve. And the solution led the character to somewhere different. I don’t know if the story is any good, but I finished writing it before 3 pm, with a break for lunch and some breaks for water. I was more conscious of not letting myself go hours and hours without eating or drinking this time.
I had planned to go to the grocery store and fruit stand in Weiser after writing, but during one of my breaks I walked down to my neighbor’s house and he gave me a bunch of prunes and pears, and a few apples. I have plenty of fresh fruit now, thanks to his trees and his generosity. So I just did a trash run and didn’t do any shopping.
I played a video game, then ate dinner, and then played some more. This game is very fun. I can’t help but think that Ambrose would be enjoying watching me play it as much as I’m enjoying playing it. Even when I’m frustrated by the constant getting killed, it’s a fun game. I was stuck at one point and told myself just one more try. And then I gave it one more try after that and that was the one where I won.
I had a Spam salad for dinner since I skipped that on Thursday. Got to eat all the opened Spam before it goes bad. And I used the last of the tomatoes from my friend across town. So fresh and delicious! I still have three store bought tomatoes in the fridge. I’ll use those next week. Unless I get more from my friend on Monday, which I would not say no to. I still need to do something with the cucumbers though. I’ll see about slicing those up and getting them in some vinegar and sugar tomorrow.
I have family zoom tomorrow, which will take up some of my time. And I want to make a marinara sauce to do pasta for dinners instead of Spam salad. I’ll still do salad with dinner, it’ll just be smaller since the pasta and sauce will be the main part of the meal. I’ll make the sauce during the zoom so it doesn’t take up my writing time. Because I have one more story to write before midnight on the 30th, and I want to write it tomorrow. Get it done. I’m planning on using one of the starts from last weekend, which means I’m already over 500 words in. I believe I will get it done.
As of next Friday I’ll be allowed to do strenuous exercise again. I’m going to restart my mini calisthenics routine and go for a run on Friday morning. A really slow run, but a run nonetheless. And a hike on Saturday or Sunday, depending on whether I have a zoom and the weather. It’s weird not to have an evening eye drop to do. I should probably get up early and run the dishwasher so I have bowls ready for my sauce making…
