Why yes, I did take a break yesterday and watch the Coronation. I'm not here to debate the Royal Family though. Everyone is entitled to their opinion as to whether they are a force for good, evil or whatever (no, I do not think arresting people protesting the monarchy was a good thing to do, in fact, it is pretty fucking horrible and police state).
While taking this break, my son's new bed arrived. We're hoping to have his room finished by the Eurovision Final on Saturday. I have Friday off to wait for the Sky engineer to upgrade the Sky TV to Sky Q (finally, they have an offer on so it is completely free). Having both the TV and internet on Sky Q should make it easier to get internet in my son's room later on in the year or early next year.
There's a few volunteers coming to help with putting things in the loft and taking down the bed. A nice woman is coming to collect the old bed on Saturday for her son.
My son wanted a platform bed like mine, which I bought during the lockdowns so I had to get a bed that one person could assemble by themselves. So getting his new bed set up should be pretty simple. It is the same bed, only a single instead of a double.
Hopefully on Friday when everyone is gone, I can prep the walls in there. So everything will be nice and ready to be done in a few hours on Saturday.
Once his room is finished, I still need to paint the landing. Then we're done, for now. Later on in the year or starting early next year, we'll start getting furniture for the front room that fits a bit better and start on the room of shame.
While taking this break, my son's new bed arrived. We're hoping to have his room finished by the Eurovision Final on Saturday. I have Friday off to wait for the Sky engineer to upgrade the Sky TV to Sky Q (finally, they have an offer on so it is completely free). Having both the TV and internet on Sky Q should make it easier to get internet in my son's room later on in the year or early next year.
There's a few volunteers coming to help with putting things in the loft and taking down the bed. A nice woman is coming to collect the old bed on Saturday for her son.
My son wanted a platform bed like mine, which I bought during the lockdowns so I had to get a bed that one person could assemble by themselves. So getting his new bed set up should be pretty simple. It is the same bed, only a single instead of a double.
Hopefully on Friday when everyone is gone, I can prep the walls in there. So everything will be nice and ready to be done in a few hours on Saturday.
Once his room is finished, I still need to paint the landing. Then we're done, for now. Later on in the year or starting early next year, we'll start getting furniture for the front room that fits a bit better and start on the room of shame.
^This is what we're looking at right now. If you follow my social media, you can see what it looks like when it is done as I probably won't post on here next week. And the new bed, mattress and his pillows.
Once this part of the house is done, I have two stories to finish (including my godless Halloween release for this year, previous Halloween releases include Stef and Tucker 3 and 30-50 Feral Pigs v the Big Bad Unicorn) and a short story, plus this year's Christmas stories. Then I have some formatting to do for my self publishing releases for the rest of this year and early next year (I've already started with Satan's Yeast Infection 2 and Strip/Becoming reissue).
Then I will be finishing off some novels. And then seeing what I'm going to do about Snow White. I still haven't decided how I'm going to release it.
I'm saying this now, because when it doesn't look like I'm busy I have a bunch of people that project their own writer's block and low moods on me and then try to "help" me. I will be busy, but my output will be less. And even if I'm not busy, I'm probably resting. Working continuously isn't healthy. Everyone needs a break. Just like always being available through social media isn't only unhealthy but it increases mental health problems and loneliness.
As I stated last week, I had been a very private person. I'm still not comfortable shouting about what projects I'm working on.
In addition to what horror, sci fi and erotica projects I have on the go, I plan on digging out some of my older multi-media projects over the summer and I'm still working on my employability skills to help me get a new job (I have a career and would like a new job in that field, one that I set out to get when I graduated).
As you can see, when I need help I ask for it (like with my son's room). I don't need any help with what direction I am going in. I'm not wandering around aimless and I wish people would stop projecting their own perceived flaws onto me, especially because it made my mental health worse.
Then I will be finishing off some novels. And then seeing what I'm going to do about Snow White. I still haven't decided how I'm going to release it.
I'm saying this now, because when it doesn't look like I'm busy I have a bunch of people that project their own writer's block and low moods on me and then try to "help" me. I will be busy, but my output will be less. And even if I'm not busy, I'm probably resting. Working continuously isn't healthy. Everyone needs a break. Just like always being available through social media isn't only unhealthy but it increases mental health problems and loneliness.
As I stated last week, I had been a very private person. I'm still not comfortable shouting about what projects I'm working on.
In addition to what horror, sci fi and erotica projects I have on the go, I plan on digging out some of my older multi-media projects over the summer and I'm still working on my employability skills to help me get a new job (I have a career and would like a new job in that field, one that I set out to get when I graduated).
As you can see, when I need help I ask for it (like with my son's room). I don't need any help with what direction I am going in. I'm not wandering around aimless and I wish people would stop projecting their own perceived flaws onto me, especially because it made my mental health worse.