Done This Week

A short week at work, which always just means the same amount of work packed into less time. Oh well.

My back has slowly improved, very much in spite of life, the universe, and everything. So obviously, I went out and did an even longer session of weed whacking in even heavier growth out in the orchard. Interestingly, now it’s my arms and chest that are sore (though only in an intense workout way, not an “I have damaged myself” way like my back). It was out of control, and mum was having a hard time walking out there.

Unrelated, but Mum had a fall at the start of the week and seems to have pulled a muscle. She’s sort of taking it easy to let it heal? Sort of? *sigh*

It cooled off a little, occasionally, but I can feel May breathing down my neck. Saw a turkey vulture tidying up a corpse in the road, who was entirely unimpressed by my car and refused to do more than placidly waddle off to the side to make way for me. It was quite cute. Sorry to interrupt your lunch, bud!

Lewisia: 3 new pieces written

Day job: 25.5 hours, between a holiday and a day off for mum’s birthday

Cleaning: fixed the pull cord on the lawn mower

Gardening: garden club post, succulent club meeting, weedwhacked almost the whole orchard

Reading: audiobook of Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (aaaay, magical tboy romance! super cute and a fun bit of world building)

Listening: The Collector by Witch Bolt (YouTube really wanted me to listen to this, decent dungeon synth if a bit bland next to the more elaborate ambient work done by, say, Tales Under The Oak), The Devil’s Bris (2020 remaster) by Aurelio Voltaire (this is a pure nostalgia purchase, as Voltaire and this particular album were a huge part of the soundtrack of my high school years, though the remix does have some nice audio detail that was missing from my definitely not pirated old copy)

Clock Mouse: 1407 words

Other: celebrated mum’s birthday mostly with repairing stuff at home XD