Misc, On Writing, Writing

Some Kind of Normal

It’s been hard for me to stay focused since COVID-19 started. I just haven’t been able to get the thing off my mind. Some people think it’s because I’m very worried about the virus and they’ve told me, “Don’t worry about it.”

I hate hearing that. All too often when I talk about something, anything at all, someone tells me “Don’t worry about it.” It makes me feel like I’m being shut down and my thoughts about whatever topic shouldn’t be shared.

The reason I haven’t been able to get COVID-19 off my mind is not so much that I’m worried about it, it’s more like I’m obsessed with the topic. I keep reading about it and getting into discussions about it. COVID-19 is crazy, it’s big, it’s real and it’s happening. For me, at least, it’s hard not to get caught up in the insanity of this thing.

I’d been trying to pull myself away from the topic and get my ass back on the train. Today, I succeeded. The only reason I’m blogging right now is I made it to “blog” on my daily planner.. Each day, I go down a checklist of shit I gotta do. Blogging is one of the tasks on that checklist.

I got a crapload of other stuff done today too and the day ain’t done yet. I got work into a novel, I got work into a short story, I made three submissions, I did some chores, I read four chapters of the Bible (It’s just what I’m reading right now. I’m not particularly religious.), I got in my morning workout and my evening workout (I beat the heavy bag in the morning and the speedbag in the evening.) and a few other things.

After I blog, I have a few more things to do before I call it a night. I hope tomorrow is as productive.

On Writing, Writing

WIP

I’m 80,000 words (396 pages) into Book II of my epic fantasy series. Sir Jose and Sergeant Ritter are fighting at the moment and I don’t know which of them is going to die.

Misc, Political

I Don’t Know

I don’t know anymore. Is Whitmer right or is she wrong? As is often the case with me, I’m finding myself in agreement with both sides of the argument. I do know that cases in Lapeer just jumped from 18 to 82, and we have five Covid-related deaths, as of yesterday. I don’t know what we look like today.

Lapeer is not a highly populated county like Genesee, Oakland and Wayne, but we’re getting our share of this monster.

I wish services like Shipt and Instacart would get their shit together so we can count on them to bring our groceries to us. I wish the stores would allow toilet paper, soap and disinfection wipes, etc to be shipped to us via UPS or FedEx instead of requiring us to go to the store and purchase these items. I heard you can’t even get those items in curbside pickup. You have to enter the store for them.

Everyone is mishandling this thing, from the government to the stores. They’re all making moves that cause problems with other portions of the machine that would function just fine if they would let it.

Misc

Fuck This Shit

To the people who keep saying “Wash your hands.” Are you the people who bought up all the soap and now you have an endless supply of it? So you can wash your hands all you want? While many other people have limited supplies of soap.

To the people who say, “Well, you should’ve bought those supplies before everything went to Hell.” Congratulations on being so fucking privileged that you have the money to purchase everything you need ahead of a crisis. You must also have the ability to see the future, you dumb fucking arrogant assholes.

Misc

Spice Rack Upgraded

It now holds Garlic Salt, Italian Seasoning, Paprika, Salt, Pepper, Cumin, Ground Red Pepper, Onion Powder and Montreal Steak Seasoning. There were other suggestions that I’ll be adding over time.

Misc

Spice Rack

I was tired of having spices lined up on the counter, so I got a rack for them. One of the containers is on it’s side because it wouldn’t fit in there very well. I’m going to start buying that one in slightly smaller containers. I plan to keep on the rack garlic salt, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, paprika and regular salt & pepper. Anything else I should add?

For a long time, I pretty much only used garlic salt or garlic powder, and salt & pepper. I recently started using Italian seasoning and paprika as well.