The State of the Ficcery: May 2021
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stonepicnicking_okapiWord Count: 26,272
Writing: [note: some of these are one work filling several prompts/challenges]
9 works for Merry Month of Masturbation [I was hoping for one more to beat last years record of 9 but it doesn't look like it's going to happen. I took a long nap today, though, so perhaps later.]
5 works for Dick-or-Treat
1 work for Bottom Joe weeks
1 work for my Gen Prompt Bingo
5 prose works and 10 poems for Yahtzee
I wrote for 7 days in the GYWO 7 days, 7 stories challenge. I finished 2 poems from April.
Coming Up: I am not going to let myself do anything but my Unconventional Courtship fic until its due date which is 17 June.
Personal: Made the decision to put Minor down at a lower level for soccer next year based on how committed he seems to playing and how much it costs ($$$) to keep him at this level so I won't have to deal with this particular set of stressors (coach, Fascist Soccer Dads, one of which wore a Mt. Rushmore shirt today at the tournament which made me slightly ill). I turned 46. Had to deal with Minor's computer breaking as well as him getting caught watching porn at school on his school computer (which they track, showing just how bright he is sometimes) and him running away from me at the lake, which was all not fun. Minisculus has breakdowns about cicadas flying through the air. I have managed to wake up before 6 am on 26 out of 31 days and gotten my 10,000 steps on 26 out of 31 days. I set a system of paying the boys $1 (50 cents each) for me not eating at least 2 vegetables and I had to pay out $7, which is not great, but a baseline from which to improve. I did Jillian Michael's Workout #1 of Beginner Shred many days (I didn't count) with the sound off because she definitely has a White Woman American Voice that is not motivating. The boys' father is leaving on 19 June so there will be a big clean and getting ready. He's been home for over a year so it will be strange to have him gone again. But I am determined to figure out how everything in the household works. Like, I don't pay the electric bill ever. The pool opens this weekend at the apartment complex so I expect we'll go there a lot. Minisculus doesn't swim, though, so it makes it Super Boring for me. Minisculus learned to ride a bike, for which I'm very proud. I've signed them up for a half day for 5 days of gymnastics to see if they like it.
Writing: [note: some of these are one work filling several prompts/challenges]
9 works for Merry Month of Masturbation [I was hoping for one more to beat last years record of 9 but it doesn't look like it's going to happen. I took a long nap today, though, so perhaps later.]
5 works for Dick-or-Treat
1 work for Bottom Joe weeks
1 work for my Gen Prompt Bingo
5 prose works and 10 poems for Yahtzee
I wrote for 7 days in the GYWO 7 days, 7 stories challenge. I finished 2 poems from April.
Coming Up: I am not going to let myself do anything but my Unconventional Courtship fic until its due date which is 17 June.
Personal: Made the decision to put Minor down at a lower level for soccer next year based on how committed he seems to playing and how much it costs ($$$) to keep him at this level so I won't have to deal with this particular set of stressors (coach, Fascist Soccer Dads, one of which wore a Mt. Rushmore shirt today at the tournament which made me slightly ill). I turned 46. Had to deal with Minor's computer breaking as well as him getting caught watching porn at school on his school computer (which they track, showing just how bright he is sometimes) and him running away from me at the lake, which was all not fun. Minisculus has breakdowns about cicadas flying through the air. I have managed to wake up before 6 am on 26 out of 31 days and gotten my 10,000 steps on 26 out of 31 days. I set a system of paying the boys $1 (50 cents each) for me not eating at least 2 vegetables and I had to pay out $7, which is not great, but a baseline from which to improve. I did Jillian Michael's Workout #1 of Beginner Shred many days (I didn't count) with the sound off because she definitely has a White Woman American Voice that is not motivating. The boys' father is leaving on 19 June so there will be a big clean and getting ready. He's been home for over a year so it will be strange to have him gone again. But I am determined to figure out how everything in the household works. Like, I don't pay the electric bill ever. The pool opens this weekend at the apartment complex so I expect we'll go there a lot. Minisculus doesn't swim, though, so it makes it Super Boring for me. Minisculus learned to ride a bike, for which I'm very proud. I've signed them up for a half day for 5 days of gymnastics to see if they like it.