Half a Year of Crisis Managing and It Sucks
t took me over two weeks to get back into a routine, in the right time zone, where I felt like a human again. Not surprising, since they say getting acclimated to a time zone takes one day for every hour difference, and I was sixteen hours ahead for several weeks.
I’ve mentioned this several times by now, but that Crisis Manager thing that my Chinese horoscope predicted is very annoying. I rewatched the video, and at one point, she says that if I’ve gone half the year without encountering any crises, I should go seek them out, since it’s a good opportunity to network and make money and whatnot.
There has been no need for me to seek out these crises, since they’ve been happening nonstop since the beginning of the year, and I have made neither network nor money nor whatnot from any of them. I’ve known maybe, in total, ten days of peace in 2023 so far. Did I tell you our radon levels were super high and we had to install a mitigation system? Or that our water heater caught fire and nearly killed us? Or that our electrical system was wonky and needed repairs and upgrades? That a second cat was diagnosed with heart problems and we have to drive him 40 minutes away and back for every specialist appointment and he gets car sick? And then, just two weeks ago, our oldest cat (my best friend and familiar) died.
Friends, it’s been a tough year, and it’s only half over. I’m the long-term version of “What a week, huh?” “Lemon, it’s Wednesday.” I will take any support you have to give, whether it’s just listening to me vent, buying me a coffee, cleaning my house so I can spend a few precious hours working on my books, whatever.
All this is to say I’ve basically done nothing regarding my writing. Besides the writing class, making a few edits in Book 1, doing the research in New Zealand, and getting my spouse to finish reading Book 2 for notes. It’s very discouraging. Not sure what the second half of the year will bring, though I felt a terrible foreboding last week, like something even bigger and badder is already on its way. I’ll make plans to get some work done, but if it doesn’t happen, at least you know I tried.
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