It’s been a busy week. Tuesday night we went out to see fireworks over the bay(on Lake Erie). Wednesday we actually didn’t do much because it was HOT, but my husband was home, so that threw my routine off a bit. Friday afternoon we get a call at 12;30 that someone wants to look at the house at 3. THE SAME DAY!! Thankfully they rescheduled it for Saturday evening, so that gave us more time to get things picked up a bit. Friday night we went to the Gathering at French creek that they have in town every year. Ate crappy food(I mean it was good, but holy grease). The kids did some crafts and played some games. The boy danced(I got it on video, but I can’t post it straight from my phone here. I’ll try to get it up sometime this week). Then, there were fireworks. I was an anxious mess by the end of the night.
And I slept in until 7 Saturday morning(if you know me, you know this is a big deal). I still managed to get blog posts written and more cleaning done, then we went to my husband’s aunt’s for a picnic. He was working, but his mom took us over there. And after he got there, we went for a short ride on the motorcycle. After we were back, we ate more food. I got annoyed at how judgey his family is about other people and tried to distract myself by reading. Then, we watched more fireworks. And finally came home.
I may need a full week to recover from all the peopling this weekend. And of course next weekend is his family reunion, so I’ll have to do it all over again. Though without fireworks this time, so that will be something at least.
The girl and her dog cuddling
Color Code:
Goal Met
Progress Made
Set Aside
Not Done
Plotting:
- Primary: Heart to Heart – finish Story Toolkit
This Week: Character Arcs –Marshall& Natalie
- Secondary: Heart to Heart – Outline Act 1, List rest of scenes
- Tertiary: Nowhere to Run – Outline Act 2
- Stretch: Neil & Lin(Rileys #2) – Brainstorm
Writing:
- Primary: Nowhere to Run – Draft through Chapter 14/~25000 words – 6867/25000 words
This Week: Write 6 Scenes– Finished scene 8/6
- Secondary: Side Projects – 5000 words – 1751/5000 words
- This Week:
Arresting Callum – 500 words– 513/500 wordsHawk – 500 words– 661/500 wordsJacob & Matthew – 500 words– 577/500 words
- This Week:
- Tertiary: Jonas & Isaac – 15 pages – 3/15 pages
This Week: 2.5 pages– 3/2.5 pages
- Stretch: By the Gun – 4 Chapters
This Week: Chapter 1– Finished scene 2/2, started Chapter 2
Editing:
- Primary: Short Story Collection
This Week: Bree & Jenny – 1 scene
- Secondary: Stained Blood – Beta Edits(as I get chapters back)
- Tertiary: Flames of Renewal – Proofread(once I get it back from proofreader)
- Stretch: Law of Choice – CP edits(if I get it back this month)
Publish:
- Flames of Renewal
Reading:
- Read: 20 books – 10/20 books
Prowl(Alexis Duran)– Started this Saturday night. Finished it Sunday afternoon.Pounce(Alexis Duran)– Started this Sunday afternoon. Finished it Sunday evening.Roam(Alexis Duran)– Started this Sunday evening. Finished it Sunday night.The Last Single Girl(Bria Quinlan)– Read this Monday afternoon.Glutton for Pleasure(Alisha Rai)– Started this Monday afternoon. Finished it Monday night.Just Juliet(Charlotte Raegen)– Started this Monday night. Finished it Wednesday morning.Seared(Suleikha Snyder)– Started this Wednesday morning. Finished it Wednesday night.Shot to Hell(Cynthia Rayne)– Started this Wednesday night. Finished it Thursday evening.The Tiger’s Watch(Julia Ember)– Started this Thursday night. Finished it Friday afternoon.Fighting Silence(Aly Martinez)– Started this Saturday afternoon. Finished it Saturday night.
Listen: 5 books– 6/5Restore Me(Tahereh Mafi)– Started this Friday morning. Finished this Sunday morning.Level Up(Cathy Yardley)– Started this Monday morning. Finished it Monday afternoon.One True Pairing(Cathy Yardley)– Started this Monday afternoon. Finished it Tuesday afternoon.Hooked(Cathy Yardley)– Started this Tuesday afternoon. Finished it Tuesday night.Burning Up(Jennifer Blackwood)– Started this Wednesday morning. Finished it Friday morning.Autoboyography(Christina Lauren)– Started this Friday morning. Finished it Saturday morning.
Social Media:
- Post 5 Regular Blog Posts – 6/21 posts
- This Week:
Writing WednesdayFiction FridayStream of Consciousness SaturdayWeekend Writing WarriorsSunday Summary
- This Week:
- Post to Patreon 3 times – 0/3
Comments on: "Sunday Summary: Busy Times" (6)
I like fireworks way better from a distance…away from the crowds. The 50 or so people at the Natalie Goldberg reading were plenty enough for me.
Good week though, and I hope the showing went well.
Yeah, the ones last night weren’t too bad, because we weren’t that close. Friday night’s were set off from the other end of the football field at the high school. You could *feel* them.
It was a good week. I’m hoping this week will be as well.
Still excellent forward momentum with all that green, despite the busy week. You remind me to update my weekly reading list and set goals by the month. Re fireworks, I still remember someone throwing a cherry bomb under our bench while we watched lakeside fireworks. Now, IF we go, it’s to some remote hill overlooking the display! Hope the coming week prepares you for that family reunion!
Thanks, Beth.
Needing to recover from “all the peopling”… LOL what a great way to put it! Same here, after a party on the 4th. Fun, but exhausting. Great work on your goals, and keep it up!
I’m always exhausted after being around people. Probably a good thing I’ve been taking Mondays mostly off. Give me time to recover before I fully dive into words again.
Thanks!