#WriteMotivation – It was a really bizarre week.
It is seriously a miracle that my entire family survived this past week. I’m not even kidding.
Tuesday – the a/c at my mom’s house broke.
Wednesday – a/c still broken. Heat index was 105-110 F. Grandma began to suffer from nosebleeds.
Thursday – 1 am: I get a call from Mom, Grandma has been taken to the ER for her 5th nosebleed in 12 hours, and this one hasn’t stopped. They finally get it to stop around 3 am and Grandma is sent home. The a/c at mom’s house is finally fixed. For five minutes. Then the furnace blower in the attic goes out. So the a/c creates cool air, it just can’t circulate through the house.
Friday – The furnace blower is replaced. The a/c works again! Mom departs for her vacation with the visiting family. Grandma has a follow-up appt with her primary care physician after the ER visit. I discover how close she actually came to bleeding to death that night.
Saturday – Sister calls. The ceiling in the living room is leaking. The a/c goes off. Repair man is called again. He isn’t able to make it out that day. I lay around the house slightly in-shock and exhausted, trying to recover from everything that happened that week, and hoping (desperately praying) that nothing else goes wrong.
Sunday – Hubby climbs up in the attic and discovers the source of the water – the pipe that drains the condensation off from the a/c came loose. He fixes it.
Between all of that, my sister ended up sleeping at my house most of the week because of the a/c problems, and I managed to prevent any of my chickens from succumbing to the heat (hurrah!), and I stayed caught up with the dishes (MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT HERE!). What I did fall behind on was Camp NaNo…
July #WriteMotivation Goals:
1. Crit Cloudy for Eris.
Hoping to start this today or tomorrow. Since it’s not anywhere near as long as TSB was, I should be able to knock this out pretty quickly.
2. Catalyst re-write for Camp NaNo.
I haven’t touched Catalyst in four days. But I did make some progress while family was here visiting.
3. Read A Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss.
207 pages in… only 700 more to go!
4. Survive the uncle & family coming to visit, and MOM GOING OUT OF TOWN FOR A WEEK. The goal is literally DO NOT DIE OR HAVE A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN.
In progress.
I never want to have a week/month like this one again.
Just FYI.
Sounds…. er…. fun. Glad you’ve survived so far.
When it rains, it pours. During the hottest days, I let my chickens out to forage in the woods. Hubby installed a mister for when I have to leave them in their pens.
A mister wouldn’t do that much good for us here, it’s already humid to start with. Unfortunately, our yard has very little shade, so I definitely make sure to get out there and change their water a few times on the hottest days, and will run the faucet near the house so they have some puddles to stand in.
I’ve also discovered that chickens looooove frozen watermelon.
BUT YOU HAVE SURVIVED! And still made progress, which is really the important point here.
*hugs* Hopefully the rest of the month will go much more smoothly.
Hopefully. *headdesk*
I totally feel your rough week! I’m right there with you! ❤
Hopefully this week will calm down for you so you can catch up on that much needed sleep and start to focus again! Remember, don't kill yourself over your goals…they are just there for guidelines and any amount of progress, no matter how small, is still progress! ❤ ❤
I’ve been… sort of catching up on sleep? I don’t know, I feel completely off-kilter, but I know it will pass. Eventually.
Oh my, that’s a rough few days! Hang in there! 🙂
Oh, gracious! You are a trooper for getting anything done with NaNo considering your week. I haven’t written in days (I’ve plotted – does that count?) and my life this week has been very calm compared to yours. Hope it gets better soon! And good job on what you’ve gotten done so far!
So glad your Gram is okay! Families are a great blessing, as I’m sure you all feel. I think you’re doing great considering all you’ve been through. And the thought of chickens pecking on cold watermelon is so cute.
I will try and get a picture of the chickens and the watermelon for my Saturday post :D.
Hoping it’s over now hon ❤ You'll be fine. You're awesome and after all the crap this month blows over you'll be whipping that manuscript to perfection 😉
Wow. I had a few glitches early in the week when we left on vacation. I’m SO glad it didn’t continue, though. Glad you’re still kicking and writing.