The Long Weekend

Three days come and gone and I'm left with that empty feeling usually reserved for Sunday nights. The oppressive heatwave over LA has finally broken, replaced with overcast skies and the threat of showers. Does wonders for my head, the barometric pressure changes.

Do I feel this way because it is another few days of liberty over before getting back to the weekday grind? I don't hate my job. Sure, it stresses me out, but the dread I feel thinking about it when I've been off work for a few days seems disproportionate.

Is it because I never feel like I accomplish enough writing during this precious free time? I managed to write almost 3,000 words this weekend (mostly thanks to a writing group meetup) and have spent the last two hours in Scrivener getting my plot-lines organized.

Perhaps I feel like I haven't relaxed hard enough, recharged the proper amount for the coming week? After three days, you'd think this wouldn't be it, but who knows. I did a decent amount of gaming and other extracurricular activities. It should have been enough!

I took a nap today, unfortunately. It reaffirmed my hatred of them. I doze in and out, unable to get comfortable, wasting the day away and wake up feeling more tired than when I went to bed. At least it wasn't dark out when I woke. That's the worst.

So now, in the last few hours I have before my work week begins, I will sink deeper into this mood. I'll have some dinner. I'll whittle away the hours until bedtime and look to my next breath of air, next weekend.

My New Home

FINALLY! I've finished making the move to Squarespace. It took me a few evenings, a lot of trial and error, and a complete lack of web design understanding to do it, but here we are. With this new home for my website has come a new home for my blog. So, with that in mind, welcome to my new site. And blog.

I just got back from a short vacation to Washington, D.C. to see my family and eat crabs on the Chesapeake Bay. No, I'm not kidding, eating blue crabs on the bay was 49% of the reason I went. Seriously. Have you ever had blue crabs? Fresh, steamed blue crabs? I live in Los Angeles and all we get is dungeness, snow, and king. They all suck. They don't even come close.

FOR REAL.

Go get yourself some on the bay. Then we can talk.

Anyway, the trip was pretty good, though not exactly relaxing or productive. I was able to get an extra day off when I got back to LA to decompress, though, which was nice. It was, of course, great to see my family. It was especially nice to see them in a season that wasn't the dead of winter. D.C. winters are gross.

How did my writing fare? Not great. I got a couple hours in here and there while at my parents' house and then did some major reworking on the plane ride back. The extra day for compression was good because I got a couple hours in there, too. Overall though, I'm not impressed. I have to get back into the rhythm of things. Hopefully this new site/blog migration is the kick I need.

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