Wow. How did I let time get away from me so badly? Well, I know how. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel. FINALLY! My goal over the next month or so is to get back on schedule with blogging. Even if it’s only two blogs a week. It’s better than what I’m doing right now. So, let me tell you where I’ve been, what I’ve been doing and what the plan for the rest of the year is. Here is a needed catchup.
A Needed Catchup on Work
So, you’re probably asking – have I started YouTube? Short answer; no. Longer answer – not yet but the office is coming together nicely. My friend and I have not found time to get together to do any sort of filming, which is why nothing has happened yet. Why not? Well, she’s a busy woman to start with. And secondly, I was working 7 nights a week. This is also why I haven’t been blogging. I would be up all night and sleep all day. However, there is good news. There is another girl who is doing nights now and we have one in training to take the others, with a third about to begin training. This means I will be completely free of night shifts at the end of September. Starting October, night shifts will never appear on my schedule again. I can’t wait.
Wedding Planning
I would say that this is going well. There are still some things that I need to get done and I’m hoping to get that done by the end of next week. Then there is just paying things off. At the end of the month I am going to get my dress alterations done. And there are some things that I have no idea how I’m going to get done. Might have to pick my bridesmaids brains. But, I have my shoes, my earrings, my dress. My bridesmaids have their dresses, and the flower girls either have their dresses or have ordered them. My fiance has his suit and I believe all the guys do as well. It’s all coming together.
A Needed Catchup on Fitness
Well, I have not made leaps and bounds on my fitness journey. But I have been mostly consistent with at least 1 workout a week. The workouts have been a mixture of weights, yoga, and walks. There have been a small scattering of beach days where I try to get some swimming. And my friends and I managed to fit in a hike this summer. The hike proved how bad my endurance was, unfortunately. I need to work on that if I want to dance the night away at my wedding.
Is the Plan Still On?
Yes and no. I have come to the conclusion that I will need to rethink my hope of going purely remote next year. I do still plan on going down in hours, and doing some of the work remotely. That is not changing. But I do want to make sure that I have more time to do YouTube and blogging. And, most importantly, I want to buckle down on my novel and get that going. Here is the hiccup with that. My brain, currently, doesn’t want to write that novel. I’m having second thoughts about making that my debut novel. But the trouble with that is I have no new ideas for a new debut novel. Maybe the excitement will come back as I work on it. Here’s hoping.
A Needed Catchup Complete
Well, that is it for now. Short, sweet and to the point. Forgive me. I just finished a night shift. But now I need to retrain my brain to sleep at night for the next four nights. Last week, on my nights off, I didn’t get to sleep before 2 or 3 in the morning. Hopefully I can do better this week. My plan is to not sleep all day. In theory, this is a brilliant idea. I’ll for sure sleep at night. But….can I keep my brain entertained for that long? Sure, I have a list of things planned, but knowing me, I will talk myself out of it. Ugh. I really need to work on that. I do have a book review that I need to write, so I will aim to get that out this week as well. Anything is possible, if I try.
